Closed robbiehanson closed 9 months ago
Technical notes for iOS:
We are currently using LAPolicyDeviceOwnerAuthenticationWithBiometrics
. In the event of a failure, it automatically displays a prompt to the user that says "Enter passcode". This is a bug. That is, LAContext
has a localizedFallbackTitle
which defaults to "Enter passcode". But it's purpose (when used with LAPolicy.deviceOwnerAuthenticationWithBiometrics
) is to link to an app-specific fallback. There was NOT an app-specific fallback in Phoenix. So this was a bug. We need to set the localizedFallbackTitle
to something like "Enter recovery phrase", and then link that to the proper UI.
Fixed via PR #478
After the user enables biometrics in Phoenix, they may be locked out of the app due to a hardware failure. For example, on iOS, if the fingerprint reader breaks then they may be locked out of the app.
In a general sense, this is similar to other common scenarios:
And the solution is to simply re-install Phoenix, and restore your wallet using your recovery phrase.
However, in this particular situation (biometrics failure) it makes sense to allow the user to restore access to the app if they know their recovery phrase. This allows them to skip the uninstall/reinstall step. Which may be particularly useful if they've disabled certain backup features (e.g. due to privacy concerns).