rn-biometric-authentication

React Native Biometric Auth

React native biometric Auth is a bridge to Android/iOS for biometric authentication.

Feature List

1. Check if Biometric authentication enabled on the device.
2. Authenticate user using Biometric with a fallback mechanism to passcode or device password.
3. Supported on both Android and iOS.

How to use

Installation

npm i rn-biometric-authentication

Link / AutoLinking

On React Native 0.60+ the CLI autolink feature links the module while building the app.

Additional configuration

iOS

This package requires an iOS target SDK version of iOS 10 or higher

Ensure that you have the NSFaceIDUsageDescription entry set in your react native iOS project, or Face ID will not work properly. This description will be will be presented to the user the first time a biometrics action is taken, and the user will be asked if they want to allow the app to use Face ID. If the user declines the usage of face id for the app, the isSensorAvailable function will indicate biometrics is unavailable until the face id permission is specifically allowed for the app by the user.

Android

This package requires a compiled SDK version of 29 (Android 10.0) or higher

Methods

isSensorAvailable()

Detects what type of biometric sensor is available. Returns a Promise that resolves to an object with details about biometrics availability

Result Object

Property	Type	Description
available	bool	A boolean indicating if biometrics is available or not
biometryType	string	A string indicating what type of biometrics is available. TouchID(iOS), FaceID(iOS), Biometrics(Android), or undefined if biometrics is not available.
error	string	An error message indicating why biometrics may not be available. undefined if there is no error.

Example

import ReactNativeBiometricAuth from 'rn-biometric-authentication'
 
ReactNativeBiometricAuth.isSensorAvailable()
  .then((resultObject) => {
    const { available, biometryType } = resultObject
 
    if (available && biometryType === ReactNativeBiometrics.TouchID) {
      console.log('ReactNativeBiometricAuth', 'TouchID is supported')
    } else if (available && biometryType === ReactNativeBiometrics.FaceID) {
      console.log('ReactNativeBiometricAuth', 'FaceID is supported')
    } else if (available && biometryType === ReactNativeBiometrics.Biometrics) {
      console.log('ReactNativeBiometricAuth', 'Biometrics is supported')
    } else {
      console.log('ReactNativeBiometricAuth', 'Biometrics not supported')
    }
  })

simplePrompt(options)

Prompts the user for their fingerprint or face id. Returns a Promise that resolves if the user provides a valid biometrics or cancel the prompt, otherwise the promise rejects.

Options Object

Parameter	Type	Description	iOS	Android
promptMessage	string	Message that will be displayed in the biometrics prompt	✔	✔
cancelButtonText	string	Text to be displayed for the cancel button on biometric prompts, defaults to Cancel	✖	✔
isDeviceAuthEnabled	boolean	Enable fallback to device credential for authentication.	✖	✔
fallbackText	string	Fallback text to be displayed for passcode if TouchID or FaceID authentication failed.	✔	✖

Result Object

Property	Type	Description
success	bool	A boolean indicating if the biometric prompt succeeded, false if the users cancels the biometrics prompt
error	string	An error message indicating why the biometric prompt failed. undefined if there is no error.

Example

import ReactNativeBiometricAuth from 'rn-biometric-authentication'
 
ReactNativeBiometricAuth.simplePrompt({promptMessage: 'Authenticate'})
  .then((resultObject) => {
    const { success } = resultObject
 
    if (success) {
      console.log('ReactNativeBiometricAuth', 'Success')
    } else {
      console.log('ReactNativeBiometricAuth', 'Cancelled')
    }
  })
  .catch(() => {
    console.log('ReactNativeBiometricAuth', 'Failed')
  })

Inspiration

This library uses some code from react-native-biometrics. Added options to fallback to the device credentials for authentication. Removed some feature to make it simple to use for authentication purpose only.