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 With Ionic's Identity Vault and Secure Storage no longer maintained, you can achieve the same with the Capacitor Biometrics plugin and Capacitor Secure Preferences.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.
Today we are excited to announce our Capacitor Biometrics plugin. It lets you request biometric authentication (Face ID, fingerprint) and device credentials (PIN, pattern, password) on Android and iOS through a single API. The plugin is available to all Capawesome Insiders.
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.
Today we are excited to announce our brand new Capacitor Audio Recorder plugin. This plugin enables recording audio in your Capacitor app and provides cross-platform support for Android, iOS and web. It's available to all Capawesome Insiders.
Today we are excited to announce our brand new Capacitor Contacts plugin. This plugin allows you to access the device's contacts and provides cross-platform support for Android, iOS, and Web. The project is now available for all Capawesome Insiders.
Capacitor 7.0 is finally here and brings a lot of improvements! Make sure to check out the official announcement post from the Ionic team. In this article, you can find out what breaking changes have been made to the Capawesome plugins.
Capacitor makes building a cross-platform app with one codebase easier than ever before. Today we will use the Ionic Framework and Capacitor to create a simple heart rate monitor app for Android and iOS in just 15 minutes. For this, we will use the Capacitor Bluetooth Low Energy plugin to connect to a heart rate sensor.
One of the biggest advantages of Capacitor over other runtimes is the ability to deliver updates in real-time, without having to resubmit the app to the app stores. This feature is referred to as Live Updates or Over-the-Air (OTA) Updates. There already exist several plugins for this, such as our Capacitor Live Update plugin, which can be integrated into your app within minutes. But how do these plugins work in detail? That's exactly what we'll look at in this blog post.
Live Updates are a powerful feature that allows you to deliver updates to your Capacitor app in real-time without having to resubmit your app to the app stores. In order to ensure a smooth rollout of updates, it is recommended to gradually roll out updates to your users. This way you can minimize potential issues and collect feedback from a smaller group of users before rolling out the update to all users.
Today we are excited to announce our brand new Capacitor Bluetooth Low Energy plugin. This plugin enables interaction with Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) devices in the central and peripheral role and provides cross-platform support for Android and iOS. The project is now available for all Capawesome Insiders.