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I use the Samsung Pass SDK (1.20) in order to authenticate users that have a Samsung Android device with a fingerprint scanner. I am required to enable the user to enter his/her password as an alternative to fingerprint scanning (same as in the Android lock-screen).

In Samsung devices running Android 5 - it works fine. The dialog is displayed with a button with the text "Backup password" and the user can enter the password to authenticate but in Android 6.0 and up - it doesn't work.

Using the function isFeatureEnabled(DEVICE_FINGERPRINT_AVAILABLE_PASSWORD) returns false.

It looks like Samsung has disabled this feature in Android 6 devices. I couldn't find anything in the docs about this.

Is there a reason for that? more importantly, are there any workarounds (not hacks of course)?

Thanks!

Tomasz Dzieniak
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  • researching same thing right now - still no answer – Evgeniy Mishustin Jun 20 '16 at 11:29
  • Does anyone got the solution for this answer ? please share it here if found. Thanks. – james Oct 05 '16 at 10:48
  • From what iv'e seen - in Android 6 this option is disabled for Samsung devices completely. No change in Android N from what iv'e seen. I would assume it's in order to align the Samsung fingerprint SDK with the Google native fingerprint api that was introduced in Android M. – FunkSoulBrother Oct 06 '16 at 06:55

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