Feature Request: Rearrange the order of your accounts

[ThomasHabets]

Original issue 118 created by FlintB on 2011-11-09T07:30:09.000Z:

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.

[ThomasHabets]

Not related to this product. Please reopen in https://github.com/google/google-authenticator-android if applicable.

[ThomasHabets]

Comment #1 originally posted by markus@google.com on 2011-12-15T09:11:21.000Z:

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Comment #2 originally posted by justin.guyett on 2012-02-23T01:25:16.000Z:

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?

[ThomasHabets]

Comment #3 originally posted by wweburg on 2012-04-27T22:14:37.000Z:

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.

[ThomasHabets]

Comment #4 originally posted by ray@vertigion.com on 2012-06-07T18:13:42.000Z:

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

[ThomasHabets]

Comment #5 originally posted by klyubin@google.com on 2012-07-09T21:07:34.000Z:

Issue 190 has been merged into this issue.

[ThomasHabets]

Comment #6 originally posted by itays@infinidat.com on 2012-08-30T12:38:11.000Z:

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

[ThomasHabets]

Comment #7 originally posted by limwenpin on 2012-09-25T00:49:44.000Z:

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.

[ThomasHabets]

Comment #8 originally posted by henry.bell@cloudreach.co.uk on 2012-11-08T11:38:07.000Z:

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.

[ThomasHabets]

Comment #9 originally posted by natemeyer on 2013-04-25T20:33:10.000Z:

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!

[ThomasHabets]

Comment #10 originally posted by tyler.szabo on 2013-04-25T21:07:17.000Z:

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 originally posted by natemeyer on 2013-04-25T21:18:00.000Z:

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 originally posted by grebulon2 on 2013-05-07T19:25:48.000Z:

Is this ever going to happen?

[ThomasHabets]

Comment #13 originally posted by steve.mueller on 2013-06-11T14:01:20.000Z:

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.

[ThomasHabets]

Comment #14 originally posted by drew@drewvogel.com on 2013-07-15T13:02:38.000Z:

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

[ThomasHabets]

Comment #15 originally posted by Stijn.vandendael on 2013-08-14T11:54:07.000Z:

Still no news about this will be fixed or not ?

[ThomasHabets]

Comment #16 originally posted by rnhurt on 2013-08-14T17:43:40.000Z:

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.

[ThomasHabets]

Comment #17 originally posted by steve.mueller on 2013-08-14T17:45:31.000Z:

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.

[ThomasHabets]

Comment #18 originally posted by afuentes@google.com on 2013-08-14T17:48:55.000Z:

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.

[ThomasHabets]

Comment #19 originally posted by steve.mueller on 2013-08-14T17:51:38.000Z:

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.

[ThomasHabets]

Comment #20 originally posted by Michael.Silvanus on 2013-08-20T04:16:30.000Z:

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

[ThomasHabets]

Comment #21 originally posted by coreyhawk on 2013-09-09T00:54:34.000Z:

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.

[ThomasHabets]

Comment #22 originally posted by steve.mueller on 2013-09-09T00:56:07.000Z:

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

[ThomasHabets]

Comment #23 originally posted by elizaleah on 2013-11-09T23:08:42.000Z:

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!

[ThomasHabets]

Comment #24 originally posted by blair@orcaware.com on 2013-11-09T23:10:53.000Z:

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.

[ThomasHabets]

Comment #25 originally posted by dkillebrew@dnanexus.com on 2013-11-20T21:41:04.000Z:

@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)

[ThomasHabets]

Comment #26 originally posted by blair@orcaware.com on 2013-11-21T08:47:17.000Z:

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

[ThomasHabets]

Comment #27 originally posted by luc.mosca on 2013-12-04T09:56:56.000Z:

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 !!

[ThomasHabets]

Comment #28 originally posted by jay.libove.disabled@socialpoint.es on 2013-12-11T16:15:57.000Z:

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?????

[ThomasHabets]

Comment #29 originally posted by FlintB on 2013-12-12T17:33:36.000Z:

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?

[ThomasHabets]

Comment #30 originally posted by peter.ondruska on 2013-12-12T18:03:14.000Z:

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

[ThomasHabets]

Comment #31 originally posted by austinbeam.cop on 2014-01-16T22:55:23.000Z:

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

Is this ever going to be fixed?

[ThomasHabets]

Comment #32 originally posted by austinbeam on 2014-01-16T22:56:11.000Z:

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

Is this ever going to be fixed?

[ThomasHabets]

Comment #33 originally posted by paul.totterman on 2014-01-23T14:08:22.000Z:

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

[ThomasHabets]

Comment #34 originally posted by seigneurao on 2014-01-30T15:04:57.000Z:

Definitely interested in this feature.

[ThomasHabets]

Comment #35 originally posted by ni.stevie on 2014-02-21T10:03:47.000Z:

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

[ThomasHabets]

Comment #36 originally posted by david.michael.tucker on 2014-03-11T02:06:11.000Z:

Please fix this.

[ThomasHabets]

Comment #37 originally posted by BigRedBrent on 2014-03-11T13:31:08.000Z:

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

[ThomasHabets]

Comment #38 originally posted by taylorcs on 2014-03-23T15:18:07.000Z:

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.

[ThomasHabets]

Comment #39 originally posted by exchange2003 on 2014-05-02T12:39:16.000Z:

• 1 on this feature!

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Comment #40 originally posted by FlintB on 2014-05-05T02:21:01.000Z:

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.

[ThomasHabets]

Comment #41 originally posted by joserjimenez on 2014-05-12T21:13:08.000Z:

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.

[ThomasHabets]

Comment #42 originally posted by joeysmith on 2014-05-13T00:37:16.000Z:

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! :)

[ThomasHabets]

Comment #43 originally posted by MFederman on 2014-06-22T04:17:19.000Z:

+1, this would be an excellent feature

[ThomasHabets]

Comment #44 originally posted by amadib on 2014-06-23T14:06:51.000Z:

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

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Comment #45 originally posted by patryk.wegrzynski on 2014-07-26T19:38:08.000Z:

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

[ThomasHabets]

Comment #46 originally posted by peter.ondruska on 2014-07-26T20:02:06.000Z:

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

[ThomasHabets]

Comment #47 originally posted by gfpjonathan on 2014-08-13T07:15:26.000Z:

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!

[ThomasHabets]

Comment #48 originally posted by ngates@cloud49.com on 2014-09-25T02:07:00.000Z:

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.

[ThomasHabets]

Comment #49 originally posted by joeysmith on 2014-09-25T02:10:20.000Z:

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 :)