Questions regarding the use of the Fingerprint Authentication API, introduced in Android 6.0 Marshmallow (API level 23).
Questions tagged [android-fingerprint-api]
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FingerPrint Authentication in my app
Im trying to implement fingerprint authentication inside app. while initializing KeyGenerator .it showing this error.
protected void generateKey() {
try {
keyStore = KeyStore.getInstance("AndroidKeyStore");
} catch (Exception e) {
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Ragavendra M
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Authenticating to remote servers using the Fingerprint API
I've been following this link https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2015/10/new-in-android-samples-authenticating.html
for the server side verification. But I think this is applicable to private android mobile(only personal fingerprint) to…

yemjee shrestha
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Is there any way to generate fingerprint through app in android
Is there any way to generate fingerprint through app in android and then use this fingerprint to for authentication. And this fingerprint has no relation with the fingerprint which you use to unlock your phone. If yes then please let me know!
Thanks…

Rohit Mathur
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Tie Android fingerprint to Already created User Login
I want to add in fingerprint login to my app. We have two was of logging in one being with email and pwd and the other is through gigya FB. I want to be able to tie in the fingerprint to login into either one of these login methods and fire off…

JPM
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Android - Fingerprint Protected Keys Invalidation
I am storing fingerprint protected key pairs within AndroidKeyStore on an Android 7 device (Nexus 5X).
These keys have a life cycle that depends on a lot on the status of user fingerprint set for the device and I am facing a scenario that I cannot…

Antelop
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Is it possible to identify multiple fingers?
If multiple fingerprints are stored in device,How to find which user is authorized. For example, if finger 1 is scanned do something, and if finger 2 is scanned, do something else?

DPoongodi udhay
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Allow to build Application with Android Fingerprint API in devices below Marshmallow
I have an application that uses biometrics (Fingerprint API), to let users log in. Now this application does not have reach to the users that do not have Marsh Mallow devices, but below.
When I comment a line with Cipher (API level 1), the build can…

Abhinav Saxena
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Sign JWT with PrivateKey from android Fingerprint API
I have some claims and I want to create JWT and sign it with a PrivateKey created in Fingerprint API.
This is the JWT claim -
Header:
{
"alg": "RS256”,
“kid”: “ABCDEDFkjsdfjaldfkjg”,
“auth_type” : “fingerprint” /…

Manisha
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Android Studio complains about missing permission check for Fingerprint sensor
I have the following code-lines:
FingerprintManager fm = activity.getSystemService(FingerprintManager.class);
fm.isHardwareDetected();
At this Point, Android Studio complains about a missing permssionCheck (checkSelfPermission).
Call…

Benjamin Mesing
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How to check fingerprint scanner without registering a fingerprint
I am trying to check fingerprint scanner hardware but i dont want to register the fingerprint.Is it possible?

Tara Singh Danu
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Access Control via built-in fingerprint sensor on Android
I understand how to authenticate users via Fingerprint Authentication using Android SDK. But it only tells if the fingerprint matches one of the enrolled fingerprints or not - i.e. a boolean.
I want to make it so that it gives me the fingerprint…

sga4
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How can i match Fingerprint from sqlite data base?
I want to create one application which can match fingerprint form my server existing fingerprints, on my server side some fingerprints saved with the help of external fingerprint scanner.
can i match with saved fingerprint?

Vishal
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Finger print authentication
I want to authantication with finger print. I did not find anything about it.
Is there any example ?
https://developer.android.com/about/versions/marshmallow/android-6.0.html
this is Android 6.0+ i want to low level example so i want to…

Zarzamora
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user input followed by fingerprint validation android
I want to do an app in which it asks for the aadhar number validates the number and verifies the user's fingerprint. I have checked the dummy aadhar number validation and fingerprint validation separately, it works fine. But if I want to integrate…

sri ram
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getSystemService(Context.FINGERPRINT_SERVICE) error
I use the following code:
FingerprintManager fingerprintManager = (FingerprintManager) getBaseContext().getSystemService(Context.FINGERPRINT_SERVICE);
Context.FINGERPRINT_SERVICE gets underlined in red like an error and it suggests:
Must be one of:…

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