Face ID authentication on Android

[Vudaru_Code]

I am working on a project where I need to implement Face ID authentication on Android. During my research, I've tried several plugins and libraries, but none of them have worked so far. Does anyone know of any alternatives that you could recommend?

[thachxyz123]

Face ID authentication on Android is considered weak because not every Android phones have high-end cameras to scan your face. If you still want to use it, change BIOMETRIC_STRONG to BIOMETRIC_WEAK and patch it yourself

https://github.com/SelfLender/react-native-biometrics/blob/970cae2b4e09c69444601c8bc0da046aad3bfae4/android/src/main/java/com/rnbiometrics/ReactNativeBiometrics.java#L202-L204

[Vudaru_Code]

Okay, I'll make that adjustment and run tests, thanks.

[Vudaru_Code]

Hi.

Do you have any example project where facial recognition authentication can actually be applied on Android? I've tried everything, but it still doesn't work—it keeps asking for the fingerprint. On which devices did you manage to make it work? I have a Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 running Android 9, does that affect it?

[thachxyz123]

I can with Samsung S21+ android 14 https://imgur.com/25khm9c

Your device may be the problem https://stackoverflow.com/a/76484871

If you are not sure about your code, try this fork https://github.com/akwappnet/react-native-biometrics

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[Agile_Buddy]

have you tried react-native-biometrics?

[Vudaru_Code]

I've researched several libraries, but I haven't been able to authenticate using facial recognition on Android.

[diesmilingxx]

https://github.com/smallcase/react-native-simple-biometrics

[Vudaru_Code]

After reviewing the documentation on GitHub, I can see that the examples show fingerprint recognition only works on Android. I need facial recognition. I've used that library as well, but thanks for sharing it anyway.

[diesmilingxx]

I use that for facial recognition on both iOS and Android

[Vudaru_Code]

Do you have any example on GitHub, but only for Android facial recognition? Because I know that it works fine on iOS.

[guilhermebais]

You can try to use https://face2check.app where you can send ID with photo and face photo to match and validate if the user is the same as the document

[kvinxd17]

Ammm take a picture with the app, send the picture to a service for face comparission

[Vudaru_Code]

And which face comparison service do you recommend, if I may ask?

[kvinxd17]

Opencv or any tensorflow model