Connecting to Gmail.

Dunbrokin

I presume there is not gmail app so I need to connect to my Gmail account with Dekko2. I realise that there was a major change in Google security in May 2023 which voided the usual way of doing things. I have tried this approach:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/73365098/how-to-turn-on-less-secure-app-access-on-google/77743367#77743367

but with no luck. What is the most sensible way to go about getting my Gmail emails in UBports?

This is my setup.

arubislander

@Dunbrokin just tried it. Already had a Google account configured in Dekko. But thought I would add another.
Went to Settings -> Mail -> Accounts then tapped on the + beside Manage Accounts, chose Google, entered a name, then a Description, then my full google email account, including the @gmail.com portion.
Then for password I just copy pasted the app password, including the spaces.
Tapped on Next, had to wait a few seconds, and then got a notification that my account had been 'created' in Dekko. From there on it worked like a charm.

lduboeuf

@Dunbrokin you may have info in that related topic: https://forums.ubports.com/topic/7475/gmail-and-dekko?_=1704177356916

MrT10001

If you have two step verification enabled on your Google account, you will have to generate an app password that goes into Dekko in place of your Google account password. I have Dekko working with my Google Gmail on my "working" devices and get all the spam that AliExpress kindly send me!

Dunbrokin

@lduboeuf That method does not work anymore as Google has removed the "less secure app" option.

Dunbrokin

@MrT10001 Thank you for that - Yes that is what I did in the screen shots of my phone above. I even removed the spaced that Google unhelpfully leaves in in the password. ....but still nada!

arubislander

@Dunbrokin just tried it. Already had a Google account configured in Dekko. But thought I would add another.
Went to Settings -> Mail -> Accounts then tapped on the + beside Manage Accounts, chose Google, entered a name, then a Description, then my full google email account, including the @gmail.com portion.
Then for password I just copy pasted the app password, including the spaces.
Tapped on Next, had to wait a few seconds, and then got a notification that my account had been 'created' in Dekko. From there on it worked like a charm.

Dunbrokin

@arubislander Thank you, will give it another try and let you know how it goes.

Dunbrokin

@arubislander Thank you so much....that worked!