Sharepoint Idle timeout on page with Provider hosted app

We have a Sharepoint idle timeout implemented using javascript which triggers on every page load initializes and timer counts to say 60sec as configured when idle .On reaching the time the script triggers a window.href to the ADFS logout page.This is fine.
Issue comes when user is working on a provider hosted app in a sharepoint page.Since any postback inside the app(iframe) does not reload sharepoint page the js timer reaches the value and logs
out.
How can this be achieved.any inputs.

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/lync/en-US/85f52c85-f2e3-4930-894e-2d7a198a39de/redirecting-user-from-app-part-to-a-list-in-host-web?forum=sharepointdevelopment
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to deploy provider hosted app you need 2 things
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2. Redirect URL.
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on searching.
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Not sure, but this is straight.
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Hi,
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Fix is to setup a trust between SharePoint and the server requiring certificate validation.
For more information, you can refer to:
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Best Regards,
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using System.Collections.Generic;
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Hi,
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Hi,
According to your post, my understanding is that you had issues about the provider hosted app.
Per the error, the issue may be related to the permission issue.
For a better troubleshooting, we can check with the following steps.
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You can check the ULS log to see if anything unexpected occurred when you deploy the app and open the site page.
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C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\15\LOGS
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http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg193966(v=office.14).aspx
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Jason
Forum Support
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SharePoint remote provider hosted apps - confusion around key questions

For some time, I have been trying to get a provider hosted app setup to work, and I am afraid that I - as a relative novice - must have missed some key points despite hours of googling and reading. Here's my questions:
A remote, provider hosted app, would have its AppWeb in a domain that is different from the host SharePoint Farm in which it is gets installed and used. In other words, the AppWeb may be located at remote.contoso-apps.com, where as the SharePoint farm uses
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Farm can only contain Apps from one vendor delivering remote apps? Or is the key in hard coding the app web in the manifest? (However, even if I've tried this it seems like the token SPAppWebUrl still translates into the pattern defined in the App Isolation
Settings in the host farm???).
Back to the AppWeb: Many bloggers have mentioned that you have to add some kind of SharePoint element to your App project (not the Web Project part) to get the AppWeb provisioned from Visual Studio 2013. But at what stage are these SharePoint elements actually
provisioned - during some kind of publish operation of the Web Project part (the Pages, Scripts etc.) or when you install the app package (hardly the latter, since the first installation may be when a customer installs the app???). The reason I ask is (of
course) that my SharePoint Elements do not seem to get provisioned. And just to test my very basic understanding: the AppWeb can be any pure IIS web site from the start - i.e., not a SharePoint Web App?
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Paul,
thanks for your effort, but unfortunately the answers do not get me much further.
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used to communicate across domains. From the outset, the whole idea about an AppWeb is - according to Microsoft documentation - that the AppWeb should be isolated from the HostWeb and therefore in a separate domain.
This article,
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/jj612823(v=office.15).aspx, even talks about scenarios where the SharePoint Host Web and App Web are in different security zones!
So according to a load of other documentation it is indeeed a valid scenario I am addressing, but I still miss the key answers to the questions above. I suspect that the key is to hardcode certain URIs in your app that points to the cloud AppWeb
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Question 2: The article mentioned does not talk about the issues that I have asked about, specifically when the SharePoint elements in the App are created.
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<h2 class="ms-accentText">who care about the style in their apps</h2>
<p></p>
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<h2 class="ms-webpart-titleText">Get started with style in your app... </h2>
<a class="ms-commandLink" href="#">some command</a>
<br />
This sample shows you how to use some of the classes defined in the SharePoint website's style sheet.
</div>

<script type="text/javascript">
"use strict";
var appweburl;
(function () {
var ctag;
// Get the URI decoded app web URL.
appweburl =
decodeURIComponent(
getQueryStringParameter("SPAppWebUrl")
// Get the ctag from the SPClientTag token.
ctag =
decodeURIComponent(
getQueryStringParameter("SPClientTag")
// The resource files are in a URL in the form:
// web_url/_layouts/15/Resource.ashx
var scriptbase = appweburl + "/_layouts/15/";
// Dynamically create the invisible iframe.
var blankiframe;
var blankurl;
var body;
blankurl = appweburl + "/Pages/blank.html";
blankiframe = document.createElement("iframe");
blankiframe.setAttribute("src", blankurl);
blankiframe.setAttribute("style", "display: none");
body = document.getElementsByTagName("body");
body[0].appendChild(blankiframe);
// Dynamically create the link element.
var dclink;
var head;
dclink = document.createElement("link");
dclink.setAttribute("rel", "stylesheet");
dclink.setAttribute("href", scriptbase + "defaultcss.ashx?ctag=" + ctag);
head = document.getElementsByTagName("head");
head[0].appendChild(dclink);
// Function to retrieve a query string value.
// For production purposes you may want to use
// a library to handle the query string.
function getQueryStringParameter(paramToRetrieve) {
var params;
var strParams;
params = document.URL.split("?")[1].split("&");
strParams = "";
for (var i = 0; i < params.length; i = i + 1) {
var singleParam = params[i].split("=");
if (singleParam[0] == paramToRetrieve)
return singleParam[1];
</script>
</body>
</html>
More information is here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/fp179898(v=office.15).aspx
Other materials:
http://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/58731/how-do-i-inherit-the-css-theme-color-in-my-sharepoint-2013-app
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/7d1028fe-e8c6-4d48-8e69-30eef3757522/auto-hosted-app-client-webpart-server-side-code-is-not-working?forum=appsforsharepoint
Best Regards
Dennis Guo
TechNet Community Support

How to get sharepoint online (office 365) data in cloud/windows azure (provider) hosted app using Javascript?

How to get sharepoint online (office 365) data in cloud/windows azure (provider) hosted app using Javascript?
I wish to retrieve sharepoint online data in html page (hosted in windows azure) using javascript and then need to play with AngularJS

Hi,
According to your description, you might want to get data from Office 365 SharePoint Online(also known as host web) and pass to the Provider Hosted App which is hosted
in Windows Azure site.
I would suggest you take a look at the links below about accessing data from the host web
for a quick start:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/fp179927(v=office.15).aspx#SP15Accessdatafromremoteapp_Codeexample
http://dannyjessee.com/blog/index.php/2014/07/accessing-sharepoint-data-from-provider-hosted-apps-use-the-right-context/
Aother sample solution for your reference:
https://code.msdn.microsoft.com/SharePoint-2013-Get-the-0ec36bb6
Best regards
Patrick Liang
TechNet Community Support

Error occurred in deployment step 'Install app for SharePoint': Failed to install app for SharePoint. provider-hosted app sharepoint on premise

Error occurred in deployment step 'Install app for SharePoint, ULS log as below:
0x0BA8 SharePoint Foundation         App Deployment                acjjg Medium The current user has System.Threading.Thread.CurrentPrincipal.Identity.Name
= 0#.w|perf\abraham.lincoln, System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().Name = NT AUTHORITY\IUSR, System.Web.HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.Name = 0#.w|perf\abraham.lincoln. dcf1d59c-94c5-5071-47bf-07cd3f2ead95
12/14/2014 23:54:27.39 w3wp.exe (0x2170)                       0x0BA8 SharePoint Foundation
App Deployment                ag8d6 Medium SPApp: CreateAppUsingPackageMetadata: isCabStream is false. Treating the stream as a ZIP. dcf1d59c-94c5-5071-47bf-07cd3f2ead95
12/14/2014 23:54:27.39 w3wp.exe (0x2170)                       0x0BA8 SharePoint Foundation
App Deployment                ahkn9 High    Deleting App with fingerprint TJQrYuD5N+kEe38LZtl6wSs3Ak3yYvWcmwuNLTqtpdFzb4qSMopN3SWCRdWvntrKoM7qIS2S2llpA5omi8iHqQ==
on site 264dc389-d394-4985-a43c-ad91a383c0df dcf1d59c-94c5-5071-47bf-07cd3f2ead95
12/14/2014 23:54:27.39 w3wp.exe (0x2170)                       0x0BA8 SharePoint Foundation
App Deployment                ahkob High    The App with fingerprint TJQrYuD5N+kEe38LZtl6wSs3Ak3yYvWcmwuNLTqtpdFzb4qSMopN3SWCRdWvntrKoM7qIS2S2llpA5omi8iHqQ==
on site 264dc389-d394-4985-a43c-ad91a383c0df was to be deleted, but it did not exist dcf1d59c-94c5-5071-47bf-07cd3f2ead95
12/14/2014 23:54:27.41 w3wp.exe (0x2170)                       0x0BA8 SharePoint Foundation
App Deployment                abnqa Medium App Packaging: CreatePackage: There are 10 parts in the package. There are 1 package-part relationships
in the package. dcf1d59c-94c5-5071-47bf-07cd3f2ead95
12/14/2014 23:54:27.41 w3wp.exe (0x2170)                       0x0BA8 SharePoint Foundation
App Deployment                afyz6 Medium SPAppResources: ParseResources: No default resource file was found. dcf1d59c-94c5-5071-47bf-07cd3f2ead95
12/14/2014 23:54:27.41 w3wp.exe (0x2170)                       0x0BA8 SharePoint Foundation
App Deployment                afyzx Medium SPAppResources: ParseResources: no resource file relationships were found. dcf1d59c-94c5-5071-47bf-07cd3f2ead95
12/14/2014 23:54:27.41 w3wp.exe (0x2170)                       0x0BA8 SharePoint Foundation
App Deployment                aebgs Medium SPPackageUtility: ExtractPart: Creating directory 'C:\Users\abraham.lincoln.PERF\AppData\Local\Temp\71345ca6-3565-43d8-9017-2d3336965d8f\extract' dcf1d59c-94c5-5071-47bf-07cd3f2ead95
12/14/2014 23:54:27.41 w3wp.exe (0x2170)                       0x0BA8 SharePoint Foundation
App Deployment                aebgt Medium SPPackageUtility: ExtractPart: Creating file 'C:\Users\abraham.lincoln.PERF\AppData\Local\Temp\71345ca6-3565-43d8-9017-2d3336965d8f\extract\AppManifest.xml' dcf1d59c-94c5-5071-47bf-07cd3f2ead95
12/14/2014 23:54:27.41 w3wp.exe (0x2170)                       0x0BA8 SharePoint Foundation
App Deployment                ajddw Medium SPPackageUtility: ExtractPart: Part stream length is '1072'. dcf1d59c-94c5-5071-47bf-07cd3f2ead95
12/14/2014 23:54:27.41 w3wp.exe (0x2170)                       0x0BA8 SharePoint Foundation
App Deployment                ajddz Medium SPPackageUtility: ExtractPart: Length is '1072', not locking before copying the stream. dcf1d59c-94c5-5071-47bf-07cd3f2ead95
12/14/2014 23:54:27.41 w3wp.exe (0x2170)                       0x0BA8 SharePoint Foundation
App Deployment                aebgt Medium SPPackageUtility: ExtractPart: Creating file 'C:\Users\abraham.lincoln.PERF\AppData\Local\Temp\71345ca6-3565-43d8-9017-2d3336965d8f\extract\AppIcon.png' dcf1d59c-94c5-5071-47bf-07cd3f2ead95
12/14/2014 23:54:27.41 w3wp.exe (0x2170)                       0x0BA8 SharePoint Foundation
App Deployment                ajddw Medium SPPackageUtility: ExtractPart: Part stream length is '3540'. dcf1d59c-94c5-5071-47bf-07cd3f2ead95
12/14/2014 23:54:27.41 w3wp.exe (0x2170)                       0x0BA8 SharePoint Foundation
App Deployment                ajddz Medium SPPackageUtility: ExtractPart: Length is '3540', not locking before copying the stream. dcf1d59c-94c5-5071-47bf-07cd3f2ead95
12/14/2014 23:54:27.41 w3wp.exe (0x2170)                       0x0BA8 SharePoint Foundation
App Deployment                aidi7 Medium SPIconAppPartValidator: IsSupportedFormat: image raw format is 'b96b3caf-0728-11d3-9d7b-0000f81ef32e'. dcf1d59c-94c5-5071-47bf-07cd3f2ead95
12/14/2014 23:54:27.42 w3wp.exe (0x2170)                       0x0BA8 SharePoint Foundation
App Deployment                afyz6 Medium SPAppResources: ParseResources: No default resource file was found. dcf1d59c-94c5-5071-47bf-07cd3f2ead95
12/14/2014 23:54:27.42 w3wp.exe (0x2170)                       0x0BA8 SharePoint Foundation
App Deployment                afyzx Medium SPAppResources: ParseResources: no resource file relationships were found. dcf1d59c-94c5-5071-47bf-07cd3f2ead95
12/14/2014 23:54:27.42 w3wp.exe (0x2170)                       0x0BA8 SharePoint Foundation
App Deployment                aebgt Medium SPPackageUtility: ExtractPart: Creating file 'C:\Users\abraham.lincoln.PERF\AppData\Local\Temp\71345ca6-3565-43d8-9017-2d3336965d8f\extract\featurecc1deab7-efdf-4cc2-80ae-60e073577d64.xml' dcf1d59c-94c5-5071-47bf-07cd3f2ead95
12/14/2014 23:54:27.42 w3wp.exe (0x2170)                       0x0BA8 SharePoint Foundation
App Deployment                ajddw Medium SPPackageUtility: ExtractPart: Part stream length is '321'. dcf1d59c-94c5-5071-47bf-07cd3f2ead95
12/14/2014 23:54:27.42 w3wp.exe (0x2170)                       0x0BA8 SharePoint Foundation
App Deployment                ajddz Medium SPPackageUtility: ExtractPart: Length is '321', not locking before copying the stream. dcf1d59c-94c5-5071-47bf-07cd3f2ead95
12/14/2014 23:54:27.42 w3wp.exe (0x2170)                       0x0BA8 SharePoint Foundation
App Deployment                aebgt Medium SPPackageUtility: ExtractPart: Creating file 'C:\Users\abraham.lincoln.PERF\AppData\Local\Temp\71345ca6-3565-43d8-9017-2d3336965d8f\extract\elements4d87f314-4b0a-4b89-8a7e-9cb73c99f25f.xml' dcf1d59c-94c5-5071-47bf-07cd3f2ead95
12/14/2014 23:54:27.42 w3wp.exe (0x2170)                       0x0BA8 SharePoint Foundation
App Deployment                ajddw Medium SPPackageUtility: ExtractPart: Part stream length is '849'. dcf1d59c-94c5-5071-47bf-07cd3f2ead95
12/14/2014 23:54:27.42 w3wp.exe (0x2170)                       0x0BA8 SharePoint Foundation
App Deployment                ajddz Medium SPPackageUtility: ExtractPart: Length is '849', not locking before copying the stream. dcf1d59c-94c5-5071-47bf-07cd3f2ead95
12/14/2014 23:54:27.42 w3wp.exe (0x2170)                       0x0BA8 SharePoint Foundation
App Deployment                aerhy Medium App Packaging - List of App Parts (count ='2'): Name='SPIconAppPart',Name='SPFeatureAppPart', dcf1d59c-94c5-5071-47bf-07cd3f2ead95
12/14/2014 23:54:27.42 w3wp.exe (0x2170)                       0x0BA8 SharePoint Foundation
App Deployment                aerhz Medium App Packaging - List of Deployment Groups (count ='3'): Name='SPIconDeploymentGroup',Name='SPTargetWebDeploymentGroup',Name='SPQuickLaunchDeploymentGroup', dcf1d59c-94c5-5071-47bf-07cd3f2ead95
12/14/2014 23:54:27.42 w3wp.exe (0x2170)                       0x0BA8 SharePoint Foundation
App Deployment                mq71 Medium Creating App with fingerprint TJQrYuD5N+kEe38LZtl6wSs3Ak3yYvWcmwuNLTqtpdFzb4qSMopN3SWCRdWvntrKoM7qIS2S2llpA5omi8iHqQ==
to site 264dc389-d394-4985-a43c-ad91a383c0df. dcf1d59c-94c5-5071-47bf-07cd3f2ead95
12/14/2014 23:54:27.44 w3wp.exe (0x2170)                       0x0BA8 SharePoint Foundation
App Deployment                afpd2 Medium Committing package with fingerprint TJQrYuD5N+kEe38LZtl6wSs3Ak3yYvWcmwuNLTqtpdFzb4qSMopN3SWCRdWvntrKoM7qIS2S2llpA5omi8iHqQ==
and data length 8010 to site 264dc389-d394-4985-a43c-ad91a383c0df. dcf1d59c-94c5-5071-47bf-07cd3f2ead95
12/14/2014 23:54:27.46 w3wp.exe (0x2170)                       0x0BA8 SharePoint Foundation
App Deployment                ajk9e Medium Writing 8010 bytes to database for app with fingerprint TJQrYuD5N+kEe38LZtl6wSs3Ak3yYvWcmwuNLTqtpdFzb4qSMopN3SWCRdWvntrKoM7qIS2S2llpA5omi8iHqQ== dcf1d59c-94c5-5071-47bf-07cd3f2ead95
12/14/2014 23:54:27.50 w3wp.exe (0x2170)

Hi Jerry,
I agree with Nikhil, I think you have posted partial ULS log, we could not find effective errors for the issue.
For Provider Hosted app in SharePoint server on-premise,
the TokenHelper class will try to access your Azure Security Principle by default.
Did you have a valid Azure account?
If not, the issue may be caused that you don't have a valid account, to resolve this issue, you can use
a valid Azure account or not going to use Azure Platform for hosting the app as the article
below.
http://pratapreddypilaka.blogspot.jp/2012/12/sharepoint-2013-avoiding-azure-on-dev.html
Thanks,
Jason
Jason Guo
TechNet Community Support

Creating app scoped external content type using Provider Hosted App in sharepoint 2013 using visual studio 2012

Hi,
I am creating provider hosted app in visual studio 2012 using app scoped external content type having OData with Northwind url
App manifest start page url :
ODataNewAppWeb/Pages/Default.aspx
In XML it is:
<StartPage>~remoteAppUrl/Pages/Default.aspx</StartPage>
When i am deploying app pressing F5 the app gets deployed successfully....
Now i am changing my start page url in Appmanifest like this:
ODataNewApp/Lists/Employees
In XML it looks like:
StartPage>~appWebUrl/Lists/Employees</StartPage>
When i am deploying app pressing F5 the app..
Getting register SOD error.....
I have followed all the steps like:
1)Creating app domain
2)Starting all the required services
3)Creating root site collection
But still no success.. Please help me on this.... I am struggling with this from two weeks...

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