expo-local-authentication
Provides an API for FaceID and TouchID (iOS) or the Fingerprint API (Android) to authenticate the user with a face or fingerprint scan.
API documentation
Installation in managed Expo projects
For managed managed Expo projects, please follow the installation instructions in the API documentation for the latest stable release.
Installation in bare React Native projects
For bare React Native projects, you must ensure that you have installed and configured the react-native-unimodules
package before continuing.
Add the package to your npm dependencies
expo install expo-local-authentication
Configure for iOS
Run npx pod-install
after installing the npm package.
Configure for Android
No additional set up necessary.
Contributing
Contributions are very welcome! Please refer to guidelines described in the contributing guide.