Android Question SMTP logins to Gmail being blocked ... and quick solution

This posting is not a question but more of a timesaving TIP ...

I have a couple of Android apps on the market (developed with B4A) that utilize SMTP to send emails via Google's Gmail server. Recently I was playing with one of them and was dismayed to find out that emails could no longer be sent because Google was rejecting the logins. To make a long story short, the problem was caused by Google going to a more sophisticated authentication procedure in recent(?) months, making simplistic legacy clients like my own apps fail to connect.

Short of redesigning the B4A client to match Gmail's new requirements, a customer can adjust his/her Gmail settings to allow the old authentication procedure and thus allow apps like mine to continue working (though it does make the login less secure). Here are Google's instructions:

You can switch to an app made by Google such as Gmail to access your account (recommended) or change your settings at https://www.google.com/settings/security/lesssecureapps so that your account is no longer protected by modern security standards.

To learn more, see https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6010255.

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Having said that, does anyone have a solution in B4A code that will make an app compatible with Gmail's newer authentication procedures?