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Touch ID is Apple's technology for fingerprint scanning introduced with the iPhone 5s. Starting with iOS 8, third-party developers are able to access Touch ID and determine whether or not a fingerprint scan was valid. Prior to iOS8, it had no public API and can therefore could not be used by third-party developers.

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How can you test Touch ID for macOS?

I am working on an app for macOS. We want to use the Touch ID sensor in the new MacBook Pro’s to unlock our app. On iOS, you can test the Local Authentication framework from the simulator. Is there a way to test Touch ID for Mac apps? The latest…
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iPhone App Crash with error [UIApplication _cachedSystemAnimationFenceCreatingIfNecessary:]

I have an iPhone App in the app store which is using Touch ID. If Touch ID is enabled, the user is authenticated with it, else user needs to enter his PIN to login to the application. After IOS 10.1 release, when I checked the crash report, the…
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How to link Touch ID with login credentials?

I'm able to validate a user Touch ID successfully. However, what's the safest way to retrieve the user login and password to perform login once the touch ID authentication is successful. For iTunes connect app, once the touch ID login is successful,…
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How to Map 3rd party app credentials with the iOS touch ID in iOS8?

I am developing an enterprise application which has user authentication which will be validated at the server side whenever user tries to login through web-service. I have got a requirement to use iOS touch id for authentication as Apple released…
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Touch ID prompt showing up as portrait in landscape only app

With the new iPads rolling out, I'm adding touch ID to our next app update. I have a landscape only app that always hides the status bar running on an iPhone 5s running iOS 8. I have the touch ID code working fine, but the alert only appears as if…
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TouchID - Detect new fingerprints added - When does evaluatedPolicyDomainState change?

I'm integrating TouchID into my app. I'm allowing the user to turn it on and off for security reasons. I want it to auto-turn off when the user adds a new fingerprint. According to Apple, evaluatedPolicyDomainState This property returns a value…
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Touch ID Issue with Sandbox Purchases

Hi I was wondering if anyone else is having the same issue or has a fix for it. When i'm trying to make an in app purchase in the sandbox for my app and i try and use touch id, it repeats the touch id alert three times then fails, i've tried using…
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Is it possible to get the value of USE TOUCHID FOR iPhone unlock in default settings

Is it possible to Access Default settings > TouchID & Passcode > iPhone Unlock toggle value.
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Android M - Keychain like storage for username/password

Here's the workflow from iOS that I'm trying to achieve on Android: User starts app for the first time and Logs in successfully with credentials (sent to API for validation). Prompt shows asking to enroll with Touch ID User chooses YES =>…
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Touch ID - How to get to the passcode screen? -Swift

So I have been searching all over stackoverflow and I cannot seen to find the answer for this. How do I allow a user to access the built in apple passcode screen when a user taps "Enter Password"? Please click the link provided below to see an image…
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How to use Touch ID sensor in iOS 8

One of the most things I was excited about iOS 8 was the ability to use fingerprint sensors on the iPhone 5s and later. Unfortunately I cannot find out what is the required framework for that, nor how I can make authentication. Please help me…
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Using Touch ID or Face ID without storing user biometrics

I apologize in advance if this topic does not fit Stackoverflow (I ask moderators to move it where appropriate). Thanks. I was wondering how apps use Touch ID or Face ID to verify identity without storing the biometric data into their…
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Can't check Face ID when user denied to use

I want to take different actions to users if device support Face ID or Touch ID. When using the Face ID, iOS asking permission to use. (unlike Touch ID). And if the user denies permission, context.biometryType return LABiometryTypeNone. Is there…
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OAuth2 app with Touch ID

Is there any way that a third-party app can logically use Touch ID to authenticate to a web service that uses OAuth2? Say I own a web service that requires authentication using OAuth2. It supports both the implicit and authorization-code grants…
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Is it possible to programmatically dismiss the Touch ID LAContext dialog?

In the event that my app receives a push notification while the touch ID dialog is on screen, I'd like to be able to cancel/dismiss it and handle the push. Is this possible, or do I need to either store the push data until the user causes the dialog…
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