BiometricPrompt.PromptInfo.Builder

public class BiometricPrompt.PromptInfo.Builder


A builder used to set individual options for the PromptInfo class.

Summary

Public constructors

Public methods

@NonNull BiometricPrompt.PromptInfo

Creates a PromptInfo object with the specified options.

@NonNull BiometricPrompt.PromptInfo.Builder

Optional: Specifies the type(s) of authenticators that may be invoked by BiometricPrompt to authenticate the user.

@NonNull BiometricPrompt.PromptInfo.Builder
setConfirmationRequired(boolean confirmationRequired)

Optional: Sets a system hint for whether to require explicit user confirmation after a passive biometric (e.g. iris or face) has been recognized but before onAuthenticationSucceeded is called.

@NonNull BiometricPrompt.PromptInfo.Builder

Optional: Sets the description for the prompt.

@NonNull BiometricPrompt.PromptInfo.Builder
setDeviceCredentialAllowed(boolean deviceCredentialAllowed)

This method is deprecated.

Use setAllowedAuthenticators instead.

@NonNull BiometricPrompt.PromptInfo.Builder

Required: Sets the text for the negative button on the prompt.

@NonNull BiometricPrompt.PromptInfo.Builder

Optional: Sets the subtitle for the prompt.

@NonNull BiometricPrompt.PromptInfo.Builder

Required: Sets the title for the prompt.

Public constructors

Builder

Added in 1.0.0
public Builder()

Public methods

build

Added in 1.0.0
public @NonNull BiometricPrompt.PromptInfo build()

Creates a PromptInfo object with the specified options.

Throws
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

If any required option is not set, or if any illegal combination of options is present.

setAllowedAuthenticators

Added in 1.1.0
public @NonNull BiometricPrompt.PromptInfo.Builder setAllowedAuthenticators(
    @BiometricManager.AuthenticatorTypes int allowedAuthenticators
)

Optional: Specifies the type(s) of authenticators that may be invoked by BiometricPrompt to authenticate the user. Available authenticator types are defined in Authenticators and can be combined via bitwise OR. Defaults to:

Note that not all combinations of authenticator types are supported prior to Android 11 (API 30). Specifically, DEVICE_CREDENTIAL alone is unsupported prior to API 30, and BIOMETRIC_STRONG | DEVICE_CREDENTIAL is unsupported on API 28-29. Setting an unsupported value on an affected Android version will result in an error when calling build.

This method should be preferred over setDeviceCredentialAllowed and overrides the latter if both are used. Using this method to enable device credential authentication (with DEVICE_CREDENTIAL) will replace the negative button on the prompt, making it an error to also call setNegativeButtonText.

If this method is used and no authenticator of any of the specified types is available at the time authenticate() is called, onAuthenticationError will be invoked with an appropriate error code.

Parameters
@BiometricManager.AuthenticatorTypes int allowedAuthenticators

A bit field representing all valid authenticator types that may be invoked by the prompt.

setConfirmationRequired

Added in 1.0.0
public @NonNull BiometricPrompt.PromptInfo.Builder setConfirmationRequired(boolean confirmationRequired)

Optional: Sets a system hint for whether to require explicit user confirmation after a passive biometric (e.g. iris or face) has been recognized but before onAuthenticationSucceeded is called. Defaults to true.

Disabling this option is generally only appropriate for frequent, low-value transactions, such as re-authenticating for a previously authorized application.

Also note that, as it is merely a hint, this option may be ignored by the system. For example, the system may choose to instead always require confirmation if the user has disabled passive authentication for their device in Settings. Additionally, this option will be ignored on devices running OS versions prior to Android 10 (API 29).

Parameters
boolean confirmationRequired

Whether this option should be enabled.

setDescription

Added in 1.0.0
public @NonNull BiometricPrompt.PromptInfo.Builder setDescription(@Nullable CharSequence description)

Optional: Sets the description for the prompt.

Parameters
@Nullable CharSequence description

The description to be displayed on the prompt.

setDeviceCredentialAllowed

Added in 1.0.0
Deprecated in 1.1.0
public @NonNull BiometricPrompt.PromptInfo.Builder setDeviceCredentialAllowed(boolean deviceCredentialAllowed)

Optional: Sets whether the user should be given the option to authenticate with their device PIN, pattern, or password instead of a biometric. Defaults to false.

Note that this option is incompatible with setNegativeButtonText and must NOT be enabled if the latter is set.

Before enabling this option, developers should check whether the device is secure by calling isDeviceSecure. If the device is not secure, authentication will fail with ERROR_NO_DEVICE_CREDENTIAL.

On versions prior to Android 10 (API 29), calls to cancelAuthentication will not work as expected after the user has chosen to authenticate with their device credential. This is because the library internally launches a separate activity (by calling createConfirmDeviceCredentialIntent) that does not have a public API for cancellation.

Parameters
boolean deviceCredentialAllowed

Whether this option should be enabled.

setNegativeButtonText

Added in 1.0.0
public @NonNull BiometricPrompt.PromptInfo.Builder setNegativeButtonText(@NonNull CharSequence negativeButtonText)

Required: Sets the text for the negative button on the prompt.

Note that this option is incompatible with device credential authentication and must NOT be set if the latter is enabled via setAllowedAuthenticators or setDeviceCredentialAllowed.

Parameters
@NonNull CharSequence negativeButtonText

The label to be used for the negative button on the prompt.

setSubtitle

Added in 1.0.0
public @NonNull BiometricPrompt.PromptInfo.Builder setSubtitle(@Nullable CharSequence subtitle)

Optional: Sets the subtitle for the prompt.

Parameters
@Nullable CharSequence subtitle

The subtitle to be displayed on the prompt.

setTitle

Added in 1.0.0
public @NonNull BiometricPrompt.PromptInfo.Builder setTitle(@NonNull CharSequence title)

Required: Sets the title for the prompt.

Parameters
@NonNull CharSequence title

The title to be displayed on the prompt.