Cognito

to add amplify to the android app its dependencies in the gradle.build file

dependencies {
    implementation 'com.amplifyframework:aws-auth-cognito:1.17.4'
}

run the following command from the console to start provisioning auth resources in the backend

amplify add auth

add the following when it prompts:

? Do you want to use the default authentication and security configuration?

Default configuration

? How do you want users to be able to sign in?

Username

? Do you want to configure advanced settings?

No, I am done.

to push the changes you done to the cloud, execute the following command

amplify push

add the plugins using the following code before start the configuration

  // Add this line, to include the Auth plugin.
  Amplify.addPlugin(new AWSCognitoAuthPlugin());
  Amplify.configure(getApplicationContext());

check the current session using the following code:

  Amplify.Auth.fetchAuthSession(
      result -> Log.i("AmplifyQuickstart", result.toString()),
      error -> Log.e("AmplifyQuickstart", error.toString())
  );