Issue 118 in google-authenticator: Feature Request: Rearrange the order of your accounts

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New issue 118 by Fli...@gmail.com: Feature Request: Rearrange the order of
your accounts
http://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/issues/detail?id=118

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Version 0.73 on Android version 2.3.7

Please provide any additional information below.
I'm using Google Authenticator to manage many different accounts. I'd like
the ability to rearrange the order of my accounts in GA.

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Labels: android

Comment #1 on issue 118 by mar...@google.com: Feature Request: Rearrange

the order of your accounts
http://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/issues/detail?id=118

(No comment was entered for this change.)

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Comment #2 on issue 118 by justin.g...@gmail.com: Feature Request:

Rearrange the order of your accounts
http://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/issues/detail?id=118

Meanwhile, until someone takes up the non-trivial task of adding a database
column for sort order, adding the UI magic to make press-drag work
correctly + update the database, why not simply changing parameter 7 (sort
by) of the DATABASE.query call in getNames() to use EMAIL_COLUMN instead of
NULL?

That way, even if the order is still less than ideal by default, at least
it would be sorted by account name which a) can be changed, and b) can be
sanely navigated through.

Unless I'm missing something and that simple change wouldn't really sort
the output by account name?

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Comment #3 on issue 118 by wweb...@gmail.com: Feature Request: Rearrange

the order of your accounts
http://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/issues/detail?id=118

Yes, please allow the ability to sort accounts in GA, or at least sort it
by the account name, alphabetically. I have just 5 accounts but with it not
sorting alphabetically on the username, stuff is scrambled all over based
upon the order in which I added the accounts, which is to say it's not
exactly logical.

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Comment #4 on issue 118 by r...@vertigion.com: Feature Request: Rearrange

the order of your accounts
http://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/issues/detail?id=118

I'm not sure why you need to sort by account name. Just have the order
drag-able like everything else on the iPhone.

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Comment #5 on issue 118 by klyu...@google.com: Feature Request: Rearrange

the order of your accounts
http://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/issues/detail?id=118

Issue 190 has been merged into this issue.

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Comment #6 on issue 118 by it...@infinidat.com: Feature Request: Rearrange

the order of your accounts
http://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/issues/detail?id=118

Close to a year and it hasn't been implemented yet?

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Comment #7 on issue 118 by limwen...@gmail.com: Feature Request: Rearrange

the order of your accounts
http://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/issues/detail?id=118

I expected Google to have updated the app to allow for rearranging already
but they haven't. I have 7 accounts and it is so irritating, because the
account that I most use is at the bottom and I keep having to scroll down
just to find it. I can't imagine having more accounts, then finding for
this account would start being a problem.

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Comment #8 on issue 118 by henry.b...@cloudreach.co.uk: Feature Request:

Rearrange the order of your accounts
http://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/issues/detail?id=118

I have access to some 20 accounts using MFA, some accessed more than others
at different times of the year. It would be most helpful to be able to drag
an account to the top of the list for easy access, rather than have them
appear in the order in which they were added.

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Comment #9 on issue 118 by nateme...@gmail.com: Feature Request: Rearrange

the order of your accounts
http://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/issues/detail?id=118

Just wanted to update - I just found out that this is fixed! Click
on "Legal Information," which will then enable you to click on the "Edit"
button (that's a bug), and then you can click and drag the accounts to the
order you desire!

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Comment #10 on issue 118 by tyler.sz...@gmail.com: Feature Request:

Rearrange the order of your accounts
http://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/issues/detail?id=118

On what version do you see this fixed? I'm unable to follow your flow on
version 2.44.

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Comment #11 on issue 118 by nateme...@gmail.com: Feature Request: Rearrange

the order of your accounts
http://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/issues/detail?id=118

I'm using GA version 1.1.4.757 on iOS 6.1.2. Maybe it's still having issues
on Android? If so, shame on Google for not getting that fixed sooner on
their own OS (and FYI - I definitely had the same problem before; this is
the first time it worked on iOS for me)

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Comment #12 on issue 118 by grebul...@gmail.com: Feature Request: Rearrange

the order of your accounts
http://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/issues/detail?id=118

Is this ever going to happen?

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Comment #13 on issue 118 by steve.mu...@gmail.com: Feature Request:

Rearrange the order of your accounts
http://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/issues/detail?id=118

Agreed ... the inability to do this is a pain in the butt. I've got 6
accounts, and have to strategically create my list of entries to get it
sorted the way I want to. And if I ever change out one of them, I have to
undo them all, then do it all over again.

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Comment #14 on issue 118 by d...@drewvogel.com: Feature Request: Rearrange

the order of your accounts
http://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/issues/detail?id=118

I would love to see the ability to reorder accounts & edit descriptions in
GA.

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Comment #15 on issue 118 by Stijn.va...@gmail.com: Feature Request:

Rearrange the order of your accounts
http://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/issues/detail?id=118

Still no news about this will be fixed or not ?

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Comment #16 on issue 118 by rnh...@gmail.com: Feature Request: Rearrange

the order of your accounts
http://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/issues/detail?id=118

*meh* I moved to Authy (https://www.authy.com/) and stopped using the GA
app. Authy looks better, is easier to use, and is being maintained.

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Comment #17 on issue 118 by steve.mu...@gmail.com: Feature Request:

Rearrange the order of your accounts
http://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/issues/detail?id=118

Duo Security (www.duosecurity.com) offers an app as well that handles the
same functions as GA, and provides ability to sort as well as icons. GA is
an entry-level player in the TOTP market at this point.

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Comment #18 on issue 118 by afuen...@google.com: Feature Request: Rearrange

the order of your accounts
http://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/issues/detail?id=118

Dear Google users,

We are aware that there is a need to support reordering accounts in
Authenticator for Android and it is in our roadmap of issues to resolve.
We are working on this and many other efforts to keep our users secure.
Thank you for bringing this up and for being interested in the
Authenticator app.

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Comment #19 on issue 118 by steve.mu...@gmail.com: Feature Request:

Rearrange the order of your accounts
http://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/issues/detail?id=118

Appreciate the comment from Google, but mind you, you're nearly 2 years
late to this thread (opened on November 2011). I'm not sure what "roadmap"
items could possibly take 2 years on a simple TOTP app. Again, see my
earlier comments above.

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Comment #20 on issue 118 by Michael....@gmail.com: Feature Request:

Rearrange the order of your accounts
http://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/issues/detail?id=118

Switching to Authy too, thanks rnh. Reply from Google is too little, too
late

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Comment #21 on issue 118 by coreyh...@gmail.com: Feature Request: Rearrange

the order of your accounts
http://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/issues/detail?id=118

Yeah, in light of the current situation with security and some of us
maintaing two-factor auth using GA, we NEED, NOT WANT, to have the ability
to sort accounts.

Someone make a decision and make it happen.

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Comment #22 on issue 118 by steve.mu...@gmail.com: Feature Request:

Rearrange the order of your accounts
http://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/issues/detail?id=118

Who cares at this point. They can't even get the latest update on iOS to
work properly. Two words. Duo Security.

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Comment #23 on issue 118 by elizal...@gmail.com: Feature Request: Rearrange

the order of your accounts
http://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/issues/detail?id=118

Uggghhh, I don't have the luxury of removing all the accounts and then
adding them back in the order I need them. My phone only holds the past 30
days of calendar days and it took me five hours of testing my phones
date/time and then syncing to get all my info back! Now I'm looking at a
day's work to put them in the right order!

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Comment #24 on issue 118 by bl...@orcaware.com: Feature Request: Rearrange

the order of your accounts
http://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/issues/detail?id=118

The latest version of the app lets you reorder them after you click on the
pen in the upper right corner of the screen, so need to remove and re-add
them all.

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Comment #25 on issue 118 by dkilleb...@dnanexus.com: Feature Request:

Rearrange the order of your accounts
http://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/issues/detail?id=118

@blair how do I reorder? Please explain in detail - I've tried the steps
you've described without any luck. (latest version? the latest version in
the Play store is July 18 2013)

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Comment #26 on issue 118 by bl...@orcaware.com: Feature Request: Rearrange

the order of your accounts
http://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/issues/detail?id=118

@dkilleb I was referring to the recent iOS upgraded version, which allows
you to reorder them.

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Comment #27 on issue 118 by luc.mo...@gmail.com: Feature Request: Rearrange

the order of your accounts
http://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/issues/detail?id=118

I'm waiting for long on this issue. I've starting using Authy in parallel
but it require to slide + click each time you want to change the account
displayed, Google Auth is faster for this. Also Authy is not compatible
with all website (base32 secret key seams not working).
Please try to update the Google one for a feature as simple as that it's a
shame not to do something, event the iOS version is better than Android
one !!

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Comment #28 on issue 118 by jay.lib...@socialpoint.es: Feature Request:

Rearrange the order of your accounts
http://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/issues/detail?id=118

Android 4.2.2, Google Authenticator v2.49, still lacks the ability to drag
accounts around in the list in Authenticator. The accounts still appear
only in the order in which they were added to the app.

On iOS, by contrast, I can drag the accounts to place them in whatever
order I prefer.

C'mon Google! Android is your platform! Why would your platform suck
compared to Apple's?????

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Comment #29 on issue 118 by Fli...@gmail.com: Feature Request: Rearrange

the order of your accounts
http://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/issues/detail?id=118

It's been over two years since I posted this issue. Can we get an upgrade
or statement from a Google staff member regarding the status of this issue?

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Comment #30 on issue 118 by peter.on...@gmail.com: Feature Request:

Rearrange the order of your accounts
http://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/issues/detail?id=118

Go Authy, it has all what is missing here and much more.

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Comment #31 on issue 118 by austinbe...@gmail.com: Feature Request:

Rearrange the order of your accounts
http://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/issues/detail?id=118

What's really strange about this is that the iPhone Google Authenticator
application *does* support re-arranging.

Is this ever going to be fixed?

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Comment #32 on issue 118 by austinb...@gmail.com: Feature Request:

Rearrange the order of your accounts
http://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/issues/detail?id=118

What's really strange is that the iPhone app *does* allow re-arranging
accounts.

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Comment #33 on issue 118 by paul.tot...@gmail.com: Feature Request:

Rearrange the order of your accounts
http://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/issues/detail?id=118

Maybe FreeOTP <https://fedorahosted.org/freeotp/> ?

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Comment #34 on issue 118 by seigneurao: Feature Request: Rearrange the

order of your accounts
http://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/issues/detail?id=118

Definitely interested in this feature.

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Comment #35 on issue 118 by ni.ste...@gmail.com: Feature Request: Rearrange

the order of your accounts
http://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/issues/detail?id=118

Why isn't that simple problem fixed yet?! - after THREE YEARS!!!!!!!

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Comment #36 on issue 118 by david.mi...@gmail.com: Feature Request:

Rearrange the order of your accounts
http://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/issues/detail?id=118

Please fix this.

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Comment #37 on issue 118 by BigRedBr...@gmail.com: Feature Request:

Rearrange the order of your accounts
http://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/issues/detail?id=118

I agree. Add a little code to fix this. It is such a tiny problem but
annoys the heck out of many people.

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Comment #38 on issue 118 by taylo...@gmail.com: Feature Request: Rearrange

the order of your accounts
http://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/issues/detail?id=118

This would be great to implement on Android. I have 4.2.2 with GA v2.49
and I would have to reload each site in the order I want to rearrange
things. That involves turning off TFA on 6 websites, then turn them on 'in
order'. Then, if my usage changes I would have to do the same again to
move a code up higher so that I don't have to scroll. This should be a
simple fix.

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Comment #39 on issue 118 by exchange...@gmail.com: Feature Request:

Rearrange the order of your accounts
http://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/issues/detail?id=118

+ 1 on this feature!

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Comment #40 on issue 118 by Fli...@gmail.com: Feature Request: Rearrange

the order of your accounts
http://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/issues/detail?id=118

Come on Google. You just took 1,200 engineers off of Google+. Can't you
have just one of them spend the day (or afternoon) on this? The codes has
got to be easy to write.

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Comment #41 on issue 118 by joserjim...@gmail.com: Feature Request:

Rearrange the order of your accounts
http://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/issues/detail?id=118

Please add this feature. I have a growing list of sites that I have enabled
2fa and this would be a huge help. As it is many don't adopt 2fa because it
is cumbersome, not having this functionality reduces adopters.

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Comment #42 on issue 118 by joeysm...@gmail.com: Feature Request: Rearrange

the order of your accounts
http://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/issues/detail?id=118

I'm wondering whether any of the 114 people who have starred this issue
have bothered looking at the code. I can tell you that I have, and it is
not obvious how to change their current UI into something with a
reorderable list; I have started my own attempt at writing the patch for
it, and 450+ lines of code in, I'm still not able to reorder items, as the
main UI panel requires a lot of changes to get that far, without
interrupting the way the timer gets drawn.

Maybe one of you is an expert at Android and can release a patch for us; or
you can wait until I release my patch; until then, due to the depth of the
change required to deliver this seemingly simple request, I doubt begging
for the feature is going to do much good.

The joys of open source! :)

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Comment #43 on issue 118 by MFeder...@gmail.com: Feature Request: Rearrange

the order of your accounts
http://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/issues/detail?id=118

+1, this would be an excellent feature

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Comment #44 on issue 118 by ama...@gmail.com: Feature Request: Rearrange

the order of your accounts
http://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/issues/detail?id=118

submitted in 2011 ...wow, still hasn't been done?

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Comment #45 on issue 118 by patryk.w...@gmail.com: Feature Request:

Rearrange the order of your accounts
http://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/issues/detail?id=118

How long we need to wait until it will be ready?

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Comment #46 on issue 118 by peter.on...@gmail.com: Feature Request:

Rearrange the order of your accounts
http://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/issues/detail?id=118

Please stop whining and get Authy. Google do not care as you see.

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Comment #47 on issue 118 by gfpjonat...@gmail.com: Feature Request:

Rearrange the order of your accounts
http://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/issues/detail?id=118

Dear Google, you commented a year ago:
https://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/issues/detail?id=118#c18.

Please do make this change. Cheers!

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Comment #48 on issue 118 by nga...@cloud49.com: Feature Request: Rearrange

the order of your accounts

https://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/issues/detail?id=118

Why is this so difficult? Why is this 3 years in the works? I just want
to sort my profiles. I would expect this of Apple.

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Comment #49 on issue 118 by joeysm...@gmail.com: Feature Request: Rearrange

the order of your accounts
https://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/issues/detail?id=118

I gave a hint as to why it's so difficult in comment #42. If you think it's
that simple, I invite you to take a swing at it yourself :)

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Comment #50 on issue 118 by MFeder...@gmail.com: Feature Request: Rearrange

the order of your accounts
https://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/issues/detail?id=118

It is fine for it to be difficult, and I am no coder, but if no one is take
a swing at it, it will never get done. If you are a coder, go for it mate,
I will only give you encouragement, I am not here to harass anyone.

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Comment #51 on issue 118 by radik...@gmail.com: Feature Request: Rearrange

the order of your accounts
https://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/issues/detail?id=118

If you have root you can always change the order by using sqlite3 to view
the databases file and then running:

INSERT INTO "accounts" VALUES(#,'YOUR ACCOUNT NAME','YOUR 2-FACTOR KEY
HERE',0,0,0,NULL,NULL);

Where you would specify the order you want it (#), the account name, and
the long 2-factor key that is in your database file.