Local Authentication
Beto, March 17, 2022 · 0 views
Your users already carry Face ID and fingerprint sensors everywhere they go. With your app can use them, so you get hardware-level security without building a password system. In the video I build a clean example app, styled after a personal finance Figma kit.
What's inside
- Why device biometrics beat passwords for quick app access
- Installing and
- Detecting which auth methods a device supports
- Prompting for Face ID, fingerprint, or passcode with one API
- One codebase for iOS and Android, no platform-specific auth code
- Full source code on GitHub, ready to customize
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