determine if pass is installed in passbook

[thurt]

Suppose I am distributing barcodes at stores which encodes a url to a .pkpass file. I will also have the same url as a pressable button in our cordova mobile app.

When a user opens the mobile app, I would like to know whether they already added the pass (via scanning from a store).

It is not clear to me how that is possible? Will I need to download the .pkpass file in the mobile app first before I can check whether its in the passbook?

Any ideas appreciated

[passslot]

Yes you need to have a local PKPass instance to check if it is contained in the Wallet app (see https://developer.apple.com/documentation/passkit/pkpasslibrary/1617110-containspass). Our plugin however does not expose that iOS functionality at the moment

[thurt]

Thanks for the info 👍

This is something i am hoping to do and i have started looking at extending the obj-c code in this plugin.

It looks pretty straightforward, we would just need a function that take a javascript Pass object, https://github.com/passslot/cordova-plugin-passbook/blob/master/www/passbook.js#L13, which should be enough to create a PKPass object in obj-c? Then send PKPass object to containsPass: method, as you mentioned.

I'm also wondering if passWithPassTypeIdentifier:serialNumber: method would accomplish the same goal as containsPass: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/passkit/pkpasslibrary/1617104-passwithpasstypeidentifier?language=objc

[thurt]

I think I need to add entitlement, com.apple.developer.pass-type-identifiers, into the app before I can read passes from user's phone https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/Miscellaneous/Reference/EntitlementKeyReference/ApplePayandPassKitEntitlements/ApplePayandPassKitEntitlements.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40011195-CH7-SW2

@passslot are you aware of a way to add this entitlement in phonegap build? The apple documentation only provides instructions for Xcode native app.

more discussion here: https://forums.adobe.com/message/9659251#9659251

[thurt]

i have found that phonegap build will use the entitlements listed in the apple provisioning profile. So in order to get com.apple.developer.pass-type-identifiers entitlement added to your built app, you must make sure that the provisioning profile is properly setup (ie linked to an app id which has wallet pass enabled)

[pzarudnii]

Hello, @thurt I`m looking for same functionality. Did you get a working version of the verification function?