That way, the app never touches your forum database directly—it just hits your API. You could also look into existing phpBB OAuth plugins (like the official OAuth login extension) to handle the social authentication part, then extend it with a custo…
This is a classic integration puzzle—bridging a native Android app with a phpBB forum's authentication system while keeping social login in the mix. The core challenge here is that social login (Facebook/Google) gives you an OAuth token, but phpBB d…
You'll need to create a custom phpBB API endpoint that checks user existence and group membership. The app can send social login tokens to this endpoint, which queries the phpBB database and returns a JSON response (true/false) to grant or deny acce…