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[Feature] Build a LoginButton control based on WebAccount metadata

Open shweaver-MSFT opened this issue 2 years ago • 0 comments

Describe the problem this feature would solve

Currently, the LoginButton uses Graph to request the user display name and image. This returns an experience that is consistent across surfaces that also use Graph data, but not necessarily consistent with Windows. Apps/services on Windows desktop use the details provided by the WebAccount object returned by the Windows platform.

We should offer a solution that is more inline with what the OS is doing. Added bonus is that it doesn't require a Graph request, so the button can be written entirely with Windows APIs, without any additional steps or explicit web requests.

Describe the solution

  • In the CommunityToolkit.Authentication.Uwp package, create a new LoginButton based control
    • Copy code where it makes sense, don't build on top of the existing LoginButton to avoid taking dependency on Graph
  • Remove references to the Graph SDK and swap the Graph User object reference for WebAccount instead.
  • Update the LoadState method to pull the WebAccount from an active WindowsProvider and load the username and photo.
    • If the GlobalProvider is not an instance of WindowsProvider, disable the control.

shweaver-MSFT avatar Jul 19 '21 17:07 shweaver-MSFT