Android: isAvailable returns false when only Face ID is enabled

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Android: isAvailable returns false when only Face ID is enabled

matthewr-mpg opened this issue a year ago · comments

On Android, isAvailable is showing false when only Face ID is enabled. VerifyIdentity doesn't open a prompt for Face ID. Touch ID works fine when enabled.

Device is a physical Galaxy A11, API level 31.

Installed Dependencies:

  @capacitor/cli: 3.4.1
  @capacitor/core: 3.9.0
  @capacitor/ios: 3.4.3
  @capacitor/android: 3.4.3

matthewr-mpg · Answer 1 · Thu Mar 09 2023 05:08:40 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

After looking into this further, I believe it is a device/os restriction that is preventing using Face ID for auth in this case. This Samsung device uses a "weak" Face ID.

Closing this issue.