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Ask HN: Unable to login to YC on Android phone
Is it just me or is it not possible to login to YC through a browser runing on Android? I have a HTC Hero, and trying to login appears to have worked (it doesn't complain explicitly), however on the orange bar I do not appear as being logged in. Trying to then submit asks me to login in again.
I'm guessing its not something server side, but client-side?
- mbrubeck 17y agoThis happens because news.arc sends the login cookie as part of an HTTP redirect response. This isn't allowed by the HTTP spec, but most browsers handle it fine. Android doesn't. Anyone familiar enough with news.arc to try and fix this? I've looked through the source, but I'd need to learn a bit more of Arc and its HTTP library to get to a solution.