Setting up AWS Authentication using Cognito pool

We saw how Cognito pool works in previous chapters. We will implement simple sign-up and sign-in screens, and configure them in an app in 10 minutes. Remember, we created and configured Cognito pool in the Configuring Cognito pool section. And we downloaded one file named awsconfiguration.json. It's time to use that file. Locate the file and perform the following steps:

  1. The awsconfiguration.json file contains the configuration of backend resources that Mobile Hub enabled in your project. This contains the pool and details about the backend services your app will need. Analytics cloud services are enabled for your app by default. This sounds cool, doesn't it?
  2. Create an Android project using ...

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