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      iOS Biometric Testing
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      iOS Biometric Testing

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      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 apple 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.

      Touch ID supported Devices
      Face ID supported Devices

      Pre-requisites:

      • App should be installed with the pCloudy biometric framework. Download the File
      • Steps to configure the pCloudy biometric framework with your test application
        • Extract the downloaded zip file
        • Once the file is extracted, add "BiometricAuthentication.framework" to your project
        • Mention "import BioMetricAuthenticator" on your project as shown in below screenshot
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        • Use BioMetricAuthenticator instead of LAContext as shown in below code
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      Once the above steps are performed. You can go ahead and use the generated .ipa file on the pCloudy devices for biometric authentication.

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

      pCloudy allows users to bypass the “biometric auth” in a manual test or an automated process by using Appium.

      Injecting a fingerprint or face ID manually

      1. Connect any iOS device and click on “INSTALL”.
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      2. Install the application on the connected device. Make sure that the app under test stays in the foreground.
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      3. Open “All Actions” and click on “Touch ID” or “Face ID” icon
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      4. In the Touch ID or Face ID, 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

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      Using Touch/Face ID through Automation(Appium)

      pCloudy command:mobile:biometric:auth

      The command should be activated in the automation script at the point that the target application presents a "popup" indicating that the application is trying to retrieve information from the Touch/Face ID reader.

      This command will inject the authentication reply for Touch/Face ID check performed by the application.

      Sample

      Map<String, Object> params = new HashMap<>();
//Enter authentication result as true or false
params.put("auth", true);
System.out.println(driver.executeScript("mobile:biometric:auth",params));
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