Android Biometric Testing

Overview

A majority of mobile devices today support Biometric hardware sensors to authenticate the device owner’s identity. Pcloudy enables you to test the Authentication features such as Touch ID/Face ID on the android devices connected on the Pcloudy platform.

Simply connect to a device on the platform and once the device is connected, the user can inject a passing or failing Touch ID or face ID, depending on the device model.

Pre-requisites:

• App should stay in front during testing
• The application must be "instrumented" at time of installation on device.

Injecting a fingerprint or face ID manually

1. Go to "My Data" to instrument the upload APK file.
2. Click on the "Andorid Icon" and choose "Sensor Testing".
3. A success notification will appear at the bottom of the screen as a confirmation. You can even click on the "+"(plus sign) to confirm that the APK file is instrumented and ready to use.
4. Connect any android device and click on “INSTALL”.
5. Install the application on the connected device. Make sure that the app under test stays in the foreground.
6. Under “All Actions” and click on “Touch ID”.
7. In the Touch ID option, do one of the following:
   • To test a successful Touch ID or Face ID, click on Pass
   • To test an invalid Touch ID or Face ID, click Fail