Actions
Authenticate by Biometric

authenticateByBiometric

It helps to authenticate user based on biometrics such as face and fingerprint based on sensor available on user's device.

[Note]
It only works in native devices which has biometric sensors.

Native Configuration

iOS Configuration

The action works with both Touch ID and Face ID. However, to use the latter, you need to add following in info.plist

<key>NSFaceIDUsageDescription</key>
<string>Why is my app authenticating using face id?</string>

Android Configuration

Update your MainActivity.java:

import io.flutter.embedding.android.FlutterFragmentActivity;
 
public class MainActivity extends FlutterFragmentActivity {
}

or MainActivity.kt:

import io.flutter.embedding.android.FlutterFragmentActivity
 
class MainActivity: FlutterFragmentActivity() {
}

Permissions

In your AndroidManifest.xml:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.USE_BIOMETRIC"/>

Sample EDL

Button:
  label: Biometric Auth
  onTap:
    authenticateByBiometric:
      label: Authenticate to see your balance
 
      # if device has pin configurated but not biometric sensor be it face or finger, setting allowConfiguration to true will popup user to first configure the settings.
      allowConfiguration: true
      onAuthenticated: |
        //@code
        ensemble.debug('Successfully authenticated');
 
      onAuthenticationFailed: |
        //@code
        ensemble.debug('Failed to authenticate');
 
      onSensorNotConfigured: |
        //@code
        ensemble.debug('sensor is not configured');
 
      onSensorNotAvailable: |
        //@code
        ensemble.debug('sensor not available');
 
      onError: |
        //@code
        ensemble.debug('on unknown error');
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