expo-local-authentication
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Provides an API for FaceID and TouchID (iOS) or the Fingerprint API (Android) to authenticate the user with a face or fingerprint scan.
Provides an API for FaceID and TouchID (iOS) or the Fingerprint API (Android) to authenticate the user with a face or fingerprint scan.
For managed Expo projects, please follow the installation instructions in the API documentation for the latest stable release.
For bare React Native projects, you must ensure that you have installed and configured the expo package before continuing.
npx expo install expo-local-authentication
No additional set up necessary.
This module requires permissions to access the biometric data for authentication purposes. The USE_BIOMETRIC and USE_FINGERPRINT permissions are automatically added.
<!-- Added permissions -->
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.USE_BIOMETRIC" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.USE_FINGERPRINT" />
Run npx pod-install after installing the npm package.
Add NSFaceIDUsageDescription to your Info.plist:
<key>NSFaceIDUsageDescription</key>
<string>Allow $(PRODUCT_NAME) to use FaceID</string>
Contributions are very welcome! Please refer to guidelines described in the contributing guide.
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Provides an API for FaceID and TouchID (iOS) or the Fingerprint API (Android) to authenticate the user with a face or fingerprint scan.
We found that expo-local-authentication demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 32 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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