Hello,
I am developing an app for my company and it needs to access Dropbox files on a regular basis. I often see in other apps the ability to connect with Dropbox, which presumably generates an access and refresh token pair to be used for Dropbox API access. Instead of writing my own login form, I would really like to use the Dropbox app on the phone to do the authentication. For example, the Adobe Reader app has a tab called 'Locations', which lists several cloud services. Tapping on 'Dropbox' opens the Dropbox app and the rest of the login flow happens there. When the user has successfully authenticated, the Dropbox app sends the user back to the Adobe Reader app.
From a development point of view, I have no idea what that process is called and I can't find any information about it. It's magical from a UX perspective and I desperately want to implement the same flow in my app. Any information at all about how those two apps are interacting to accomplish the seamless hand-off would be extremely helpful.
Thanks.
