expo-local-authentication

# Changelog ## Unpublished ### 🛠 Breaking changes ### 🎉 New features ### 🐛 Bug fixes ### 💡 Others ## 57.0.2 — 2026-07-22 ### 🐛 Bug fixes - [Android] Ensure concurrent `authenticateAsync` calls don't resolve the active prompt's promise ([#45954](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/45954) by [@kitten](https://github.com/kitten)) ## 57.0.1 — 2026-07-15 _This version does not introduce any user-facing changes._ ## 57.0.0 — 2026-06-25 _This version does not introduce any user-facing changes._ ## 56.0.4 — 2026-05-21 ### 🐛 Bug fixes - Fix an ES module import error in the typed config plugin. ([#46089](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/46089) by [@zoontek](https://github.com/zoontek)) ## 56.0.3 — 2026-05-06 _This version does not introduce any user-facing changes._ ## 56.0.2 — 2026-05-06 _This version does not introduce any user-facing changes._ ## 56.0.1 — 2026-05-06 _This version does not introduce any user-facing changes._ ## 56.0.0 — 2026-05-05 ### 🛠 Breaking changes - Bumped minimum iOS/tvOS version to 16.4, macOS to 13.4. ([#43296](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/43296) by [@tsapeta](https://github.com/tsapeta)) ### 🎉 New features - Expose a typed config plugin function ([#44098](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/44098) by [@zoontek](https://github.com/zoontek)) ## 55.0.13 - 2026-04-09 _This version does not introduce any user-facing changes._ ## 55.0.12 - 2026-04-07 _This version does not introduce any user-facing changes._ ## 55.0.11 - 2026-04-02 _This version does not introduce any user-facing changes._ ## 55.0.10 - 2026-04-02 _This version does not introduce any user-facing changes._ ## 55.0.9 - 2026-03-17 _This version does not introduce any user-facing changes._ ## 55.0.8 — 2026-02-25 _This version does not introduce any user-facing changes._ ## 55.0.7 — 2026-02-20 _This version does not introduce any user-facing changes._ ## 55.0.6 — 2026-02-16 _This version does not introduce any user-facing changes._ ## 55.0.5 — 2026-02-08 _This version does not introduce any user-facing changes._ ## 55.0.4 — 2026-02-03 _This version does not introduce any user-facing changes._ ## 55.0.3 — 2026-01-27 _This version does not introduce any user-facing changes._ ## 55.0.2 — 2026-01-26 _This version does not introduce any user-facing changes._ ## 55.0.1 — 2026-01-22 _This version does not introduce any user-facing changes._ ## 55.0.0 — 2026-01-21 _This version does not introduce any user-facing changes._ ## 17.0.8 - 2025-12-05 _This version does not introduce any user-facing changes._ ## 17.0.7 — 2025-09-11 _This version does not introduce any user-facing changes._ ## 17.0.6 — 2025-09-02 _This version does not introduce any user-facing changes._ ## 17.0.5 — 2025-08-31 _This version does not introduce any user-facing changes._ ## 17.0.4 — 2025-08-27 _This version does not introduce any user-facing changes._ ## 17.0.3 — 2025-08-25 _This version does not introduce any user-facing changes._ ## 17.0.2 — 2025-08-16 _This version does not introduce any user-facing changes._ ## 17.0.1 — 2025-08-15 _This version does not introduce any user-facing changes._ ## 17.0.0 — 2025-08-13 ### 🎉 New features - [Android] Added `promptSubtitle` and `promptDescription` parameters to `authenticateAsync`. ([#35335](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/35335) by [@filipejuan](https://github.com/filipejuan)) ## 16.0.5 - 2025-07-01 ### 💡 Others - Remove "Please" from warnings and errors ([#36862](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/36862) by [@brentvatne](https://github.com/brentvatne)) ## 16.0.4 — 2025-04-30 _This version does not introduce any user-facing changes._ ## 16.0.3 — 2025-04-25 _This version does not introduce any user-facing changes._ ## 16.0.2 — 2025-04-14 _This version does not introduce any user-facing changes._ ## 16.0.1 — 2025-04-09 _This version does not introduce any user-facing changes._ ## 16.0.0 — 2025-04-04 ### 🛠 Breaking changes - Bump minimum macOS version to 11.0. ([#34980](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/34980) by [@gabrieldonadel](https://github.com/gabrieldonadel)) ### 💡 Others - [Android] Started using expo modules gradle plugin. ([#34176](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/34176) by [@lukmccall](https://github.com/lukmccall)) - [apple] Migrate remaining `expo-module.config.json` to unified platform syntax. ([#34445](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/34445) by [@reichhartd](https://github.com/reichhartd)) ## 15.0.2 - 2025-01-10 _This version does not introduce any user-facing changes._ ## 15.0.1 — 2024-10-22 _This version does not introduce any user-facing changes._ ## 15.0.0 — 2024-10-22 ### 🛠 Breaking changes - Bumped iOS deployment target to 15.1. ([#30840](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/30840) by [@tsapeta](https://github.com/tsapeta)) ### 🎉 New features - Added support for macOS platform. ([#29185](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/29185) by [@hassankhan](https://github.com/hassankhan)) ### 🐛 Bug fixes - [iOS] `isEnrolledAsync()` returns correct value when biometry is locked out. ([#30565](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/30565) by [@vonovak](https://github.com/vonovak)) - [Android] Fix `authenticateAsync` crash when `disableDeviceFallback` is `true`. ([#32076](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/32076) by [@dcangulo](https://github.com/dcangulo)) ## 14.0.1 — 2024-04-23 _This version does not introduce any user-facing changes._ ## 14.0.0 — 2024-04-18 ### 🛠 Breaking changes - `SecurityLevel.BIOMETRIC` has been deprecated in favour of `SecurityLevel.BIOMETRIC_STRONG` and `SecurityLevel.BIOMETRIC_WEAK`. Using `SecurityLevel.BIOMETRIC` might lead to unexpected behaviour. ([#26768](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/26768) by [@behenate](https://github.com/behenate)) ### 🎉 New features - [Android] Add support for `weak` and `strong` biometric authentication. ([#26768](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/26768) by [@behenate](https://github.com/behenate)) ### 💡 Others - Prevent config plugin from writing permissions until prebuild. ([#28107](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/28107) by [@EvanBacon](https://github.com/EvanBacon)) - drop unused web `name` property. ([#27437](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/27437) by [@EvanBacon](https://github.com/EvanBacon)) - Removed deprecated backward compatible Gradle settings. ([#28083](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/28083) by [@kudo](https://github.com/kudo)) ## 13.8.0 — 2023-11-14 ### 🛠 Breaking changes - Bumped iOS deployment target to 13.4. ([#25063](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/25063) by [@gabrieldonadel](https://github.com/gabrieldonadel)) - On `Android` bump `compileSdkVersion` and `targetSdkVersion` to `34`. ([#24708](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/24708) by [@alanjhughes](https://github.com/alanjhughes)) ## 13.7.0 — 2023-10-17 ### 🛠 Breaking changes - Dropped support for Android SDK 21 and 22. ([#24201](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/24201) by [@behenate](https://github.com/behenate)) ## 13.6.0 — 2023-09-04 ### 🎉 New features - Added support for React Native 0.73. ([#24018](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/24018) by [@kudo](https://github.com/kudo)) ### 💡 Others - [Android] Migrate to use Expo Modules API. ([#24083](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/24083) by [@lukmccall](https://github.com/lukmccall)) ## 13.5.0 — 2023-08-02 _This version does not introduce any user-facing changes._ ## 13.4.1 — 2023-06-13 ### 🐛 Bug fixes - [Android] Fixed device credentials fallback when biometric sensors are unavailable ([#22388](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/22388) by [@hubastard](https://github.com/hubastard)) - Fixed Android build warnings for Gradle version 8. ([#22537](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/22537), [#22609](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/22609) by [@kudo](https://github.com/kudo)) ## 13.4.0 — 2023-05-08 _This version does not introduce any user-facing changes._ ## 13.3.0 - 2023-04-10 ### 🐛 Bug fixes - On iOS, fix incorrect nil check when checking for `NSFaceIDUsageDescription` in the Info.plist. ([#21500](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/21500) by [@alanjhughes](https://github.com/alanjhughes)) ## 13.2.1 — 2023-02-09 _This version does not introduce any user-facing changes._ ## 13.2.0 — 2023-02-03 ### 💡 Others - On Android bump `compileSdkVersion` and `targetSdkVersion` to `33`. ([#20721](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/20721) by [@lukmccall](https://github.com/lukmccall)) ## 13.1.0 — 2022-12-30 ### 🎉 New features - Native module on iOS is now written in Swift using the Sweet API. ([#19980](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/19980) by [@fobos531](https://github.com/fobos531)) ## 13.0.2 — 2022-11-02 _This version does not introduce any user-facing changes._ ## 13.0.1 — 2022-10-28 _This version does not introduce any user-facing changes._ ## 13.0.0 — 2022-10-25 ### 🛠 Breaking changes - Bumped iOS deployment target to 13.0 and deprecated support for iOS 12. ([#18873](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/18873) by [@tsapeta](https://github.com/tsapeta)) ### 💡 Others - [plugin] Migrate import from @expo/config-plugins to expo/config-plugins and @expo/config-types to expo/config. ([#18855](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/18855) by [@brentvatne](https://github.com/brentvatne)) - Updated docs link. ([#18972](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/18972) by [@EvanBacon](https://github.com/EvanBacon)) - Drop `@expo/config-plugins` dependency in favor of peer dependency on `expo`. ([#18595](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/18595) by [@EvanBacon](https://github.com/EvanBacon)) ## 12.3.0 — 2022-07-07 _This version does not introduce any user-facing changes._ ## 12.2.0 — 2022-04-18 ### 🎉 New features - Add the ability to set confirmation requirement on Android. ([#16793](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/16793) by [@fguitton](https://github.com/fguitton)) ### 🐛 Bug fixes - On Android fixed `BiometricPrompt.ERROR_CANCELED` returned when fallbacking to PIN/Pattern/Password authentication method. ([#16927](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/16927) by [@bbarthec](https://github.com/bbarthec), [@Polidoro-root](https://github.com/Polidoro-root)) ### 💡 Others - Updated `@expo/config-plugins` from `4.0.2` to `4.0.14` ([#15621](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/15621) by [@EvanBacon](https://github.com/EvanBacon)) - Updated `androix.biometric.biometric` from `1.1.0` to `1.2.0-alphas04`. ([#16927](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/16927) by [@bbarthec](https://github.com/bbarthec), ([#16927](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/16927) by [@bbarthec](https://github.com/bbarthec), [@Polidoro-root](https://github.com/Polidoro-root)) - Bumped `compileSdkVersion` from `30` to `31`. ([#16927](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/16927) by [@bbarthec](https://github.com/bbarthec), ([#16927](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/16927) by [@bbarthec](https://github.com/bbarthec), [@Polidoro-root](https://github.com/Polidoro-root)) ### ⚠️ Notices - On Android bump `compileSdkVersion` to `31`, `targetSdkVersion` to `31` and `Java` version to `11`. ([#16941](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/16941) by [@bbarthec](https://github.com/bbarthec)) ## 12.1.1 - 2022-02-01 ### 🐛 Bug fixes - Fix `Plugin with id 'maven' not found` build error from Android Gradle 7. ([#16080](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/16080) by [@kudo](https://github.com/kudo)) ## 12.1.0 — 2021-12-03 _This version does not introduce any user-facing changes._ ## 12.0.0 — 2021-09-28 ### 🛠 Breaking changes - Dropped support for iOS 11.0 ([#14383](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/14383) by [@cruzach](https://github.com/cruzach)) ### 🐛 Bug fixes - Added missing definition on type LocalAuthenticationResult. ([#13636](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/13636) by [@mstach60161](https://github.com/mstach60161)) - Fixed detection of the available authentication types on some Samsung devices on Android. ([#14300](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/14300) by [@beaur](https://github.com/beaur)) - Fix building errors from use_frameworks! in Podfile. ([#14523](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/14523) by [@kudo](https://github.com/kudo)) ### 💡 Others - Rewrite module from Java to Kotlin. ([#13582](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/13582) by [@mstach60161](https://github.com/mstach60161)) - Updated `@expo/config-plugins` ([#14443](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/14443) by [@EvanBacon](https://github.com/EvanBacon)) ## 11.1.0 — 2021-06-16 ### 🐛 Bug fixes - Enable kotlin in all modules. ([#12716](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/12716) by [@wschurman](https://github.com/wschurman)) - Fixed `authenticateAsync` not resolving when the user used PIN on some Android devices. ([#13023](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/13023) by [@lukmccall](https://github.com/lukmccall)) ### 💡 Others - Removed unnecessary dependency on `unimodules-constants-interface`. ([#12876](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/12876) by [@tsapeta](https://github.com/tsapeta)) - Build Android code using Java 8 to fix Android instrumented test build error. ([#12939](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/12939) by [@kudo](https://github.com/kudo)) ## 11.0.2 — 2021-04-13 _This version does not introduce any user-facing changes._ ## 11.0.1 — 2021-04-09 ### 🐛 Bug fixes - Avoid LAContext#biometryType bug on iOS 11.0.0. ([#12413](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/12413) by [@mickamy](https://github.com/mickamy/)) - Do not require activity existence on getKeyguardManager. ([#12400](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/12400) by [@mickamy](https://github.com/mickamy/)) - Flip `isAuthenticating` when the user dismisses the authentication dialog on Android. ([#12728](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/12728) by [@mickamy](https://github.com/mickamy/)) ## 11.0.0 — 2021-03-10 ### 🛠 Breaking changes - Remove deprecated support for passing a string to `authenticateAsync` in favor of the `promptMessage` option. ([#11906](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/11906) by [@EvanBacon](https://github.com/EvanBacon)) ### 🎉 New features - Converted plugin to TypeScript. ([#11715](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/11715) by [@EvanBacon](https://github.com/EvanBacon)) - Updated Android build configuration to target Android 11 (added support for Android SDK 30). ([#11647](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/11647) by [@bbarthec](https://github.com/bbarthec)) - Added method to know enrolled security level of device. ([#11780](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/11780) by [@mickamy](https://github.com/mickamy)) ### 🐛 Bug fixes - Remove peerDependencies and unimodulePeerDependencies from Expo modules. ([#11980](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/11980) by [@brentvatne](https://github.com/brentvatne)) ## 10.0.0 — 2021-01-15 ### 🛠 Breaking changes - Dropped support for iOS 10.0 ([#11344](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/11344) by [@tsapeta](https://github.com/tsapeta)) ### 🎉 New features - Created config plugins ([#11538](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/11538) by [@EvanBacon](https://github.com/EvanBacon)) ## 9.5.0 — 2020-11-17 ### 🐛 Bug fixes - Guard against crash on Android when `FragmentActivity` is null creating the Biometric Prompt. ([#10679](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/10679) by [@vascofg](https://github.com/vascofg)) - Guard against Null Pointer Exception on Android when calling `authenticate` on the Biometric Prompt after resuming the app on some devices. ([#10965](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/10965) by [@vascofg](https://github.com/vascofg)) ## 9.4.0 — 2020-10-12 ### 🐛 Bug fixes - Fixed `cancelAuthenticate` not working in Android as expected. ([#10482](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/10482) by [@huisf](https://github.com/HuiSF)) ## 9.3.0 — 2020-08-18 _This version does not introduce any user-facing changes._ ## 9.2.0 — 2020-07-02 ### 🐛 Bug fixes - Fix crash when `NSFaceIDUsageDescription` is not provided and device fallback is disabled. ([#8595](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/8595) by [@tsapeta](https://github.com/tsapeta)) - Added missing biometric permission to Android. ([#8692](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/8692) by [@byCedric](https://github.com/byCedric)) - Use hardcoded system feature strings to support Android SDK 28. ([#9034](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/9034) by [@bycedric](https://github.com/bycedric)) ## 9.1.1 — 2020-05-29 _This version does not introduce any user-facing changes._ ## 9.1.0 — 2020-05-27 ### 🎉 New features - Added support for `promptMessage`, `cancelLabel` and `disableDeviceFallback` on Android. ([#8219](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/8219) by [@diegolmello](https://github.com/diegolmello)) - Added iris local authentication type for Android. ([#8431](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/8364) by [@bycedric](https://github.com/bycedric)) ### 🐛 Bug fixes - Added estimate of supported authentication types for Android. ([#8431](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/8431) by [@bycedric](https://github.com/bycedric)) ### 💡 Others - Removed `console.warn` from the `authenticateAsync` function, preventing running it every time the user cancels authentication or authentication fails. ([#19803](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/19803) by [@GustavoMont](https://github.com/GustavoMont))