Is there any way to use apple's Touch ID (fingerprint scanner) on iOS Simulator?

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Ashish picture Ashish · Aug 23, 2014 · Viewed 30.7k times · Source

I am working on an app which would require Touch ID Authentication, so is there any way i can use Touch ID (fingerprint scanner) in the simulator ?

Also, please do share some kind of example code for using LocalAuthentication framework.

Answer

karthik picture karthik · Jul 4, 2015

XCODE 7 beta supports testing the Touch ID Authentication in iPhone Simulator.You can try this for your testing.

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