Beginning in version 2.2, Mobile SDK supports simultaneous logins from multiple user accounts. These
accounts can represent different users from the same organization,
or different users on different organizations (such as production
and sandbox, for instance.)
Once a user signs in, that user’s credentials are saved to allow seamless switching
between accounts, without the need to re-authenticate against the server. If you don’t
wish to support multiple logins, you don’t have to change your app. Existing Mobile SDK APIs work as before in the
single-user scenario.
Mobile SDK assumes that
each user account is unrelated to any other authenticated user account. Accordingly, Mobile SDK isolates
data associated with each account from that of all others, thus preventing the mixing of
data between accounts. Data isolation protects SharedPreferences files, SmartStore databases,
AccountManager data, and any other flat files
associated with an account.
Example
For native Android, the RestExplorer sample app
demonstrates multi-user switching:
For native iOS, the RestAPIExplorer sample app
demonstrates multi-user switching:
The following hybrid sample apps demonstrate multi-user switching:
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Without SmartStore:
ContactExplorer
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With SmartStore:
AccountEditor
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