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Exploring the Capacitor Biometrics API

Modern mobile applications increasingly rely on biometric authentication to provide secure and convenient user experiences. With the Capacitor Biometrics plugin from Capawesome, developers can integrate powerful biometric authentication capabilities into their Ionic and Capacitor applications, enabling fingerprint, face, and iris recognition across Android, iOS, and Web platforms through a unified API that simplifies the complexity of platform-specific biometric implementations.

This guide covers the Capacitor Biometrics API with practical examples and best practices. For the full Capacitor Biometrics plugin documentation, see the API Reference.

Exploring the Capacitor NFC API

Near Field Communication (NFC) has become an essential technology for modern mobile applications, enabling seamless interactions between devices and smart objects. With the Capacitor NFC plugin from Capawesome, developers can integrate powerful NFC capabilities into their Ionic and Capacitor applications, bridging the gap between web technologies and native device features through a unified NFC API that works seamlessly across multiple platforms, including Android, iOS, and Web.

How to Securely Store Credentials with Capacitor

A common requirement for mobile apps is secure storage of credentials (passwords, tokens, API keys) and user authentication via biometrics (fingerprint, Face ID). With Ionic's Identity Vault and Secure Storage no longer maintained, you can achieve the same with the Capacitor Biometrics plugin and Capacitor Secure Preferences.

For a complete walkthrough on the Biometrcis plugin make sure to read Exploring the Capacitor Biometrics API.

Announcing the Capacitor Secure Preferences Plugin

Today we are excited to announce our brand new Capacitor Secure Preferences plugin. This plugin is a drop-in replacement for the official Capacitor Preferences plugin and allows you to securely store key/value pairs such as passwords, tokens or other sensitive information. The plugin provides cross-platform support for Android, iOS and Web and is now available to all Capawesome Insiders.