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Racer77
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2 months ago

Feature Request: Register for the otpauth:// scheme in Android app

Android permits applications to handle intents for the otpauth:// URI scheme. Bitwarden and Red Hat's FreeOTP use this to add 2FA secrets to credentials. When combined with Circle to Search (or pasting a URI into the Android Launcher), it makes it much easier to add 2FA secrets on the same device.

For example, here's a generated version of Google's classic example (otpauth://totp/Example:alice@google.com?secret=JBSWY3DPEHPK3PXP&issuer=Example):

Circle To Search provides the following suggestion which can be handled by various apps:

This is Bitwarden's flow:

Here's the https://github.com/freeotp/freeotp-android/blob/3cff613a1b11f48877849d9724c99627492c603f/mobile/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml#L51-L63.

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  • 1P_SimonH's avatar
    1P_SimonH
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    Hi Racer77,

    Appreciate you sharing this feedback and including the screenshots and github link! I've submitted your suggestion to the Product team for review.

    ref: PB-50825669