Can a user trigger the Authenticator without coming across an authentication challenge?

[nishankhadka09]

I wanted to perform something like this:
User goes to settings -> clicks Esri authentication -> Load Authenticator -> Authenticates
User then goes to map sources screen-> chooses Arcgis portal -> writes the portal id.
Then -> Map tries to load the portal
If it fails -> just show Toast with auth error.

But it seems like it can only be triggered once the sdk comes across Authentication Challenge.

Is there a way I can achieve the former, just want to make the app behave similar to a desktop app written in C#?

[eri9000]

Hello @nishankhadka09

The Authenticator toolkit component will only be displayed when the user is trying to load a secured resource, meaning that it does not support preemptive prompting.
This is because the authenticator needs to know the resource's security type (either ArcGIS or Network) so that it is able to display the correct type of prompt.

In your case, if you know before hand what kind of portal the user is trying to load and what kind of security it supports, then you can create a credential, prompt the user, and add it to the credential cache for future use.