Android Ionic Capacitor Wrapper

• Setup the Ionic development environment based on the development and target OS by following the steps here,

  Setting up the development environment
  Github Repository

• We will be integrating Android Identity SDK version 9.3.10.2.9. Download and unzip the resources archive, it consists of the ionic-angular, android_resources and android_code directories, IonicSDK2AndroidResources

• Create an empty Ionic Angular application

ionic start ionic-angular-capacitor-identity-sdk blank --type=angular

• Add ionic angular code. Copy and paste the contents of the ionic-angular folder to the home folder. Overwrite files if required.

• Add android project. Build and sync code.

ionic cap add android
ionic build
ionic cap sync

• Open android directory in Android Studio

ionic cap open android

• Add Android code. Add files from android_code directory. Replace main build.gradle file from android_resources directory. Overwrite files if required.

• Add following property to manifest node in manifest file,

xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"

• Add following property to application node in manifest file,

tools:replace="android:name,android:allowBackup"

• Add following activity declaration in application node in manifest file,

<activity android:name="io.ionic.starter.CallPluginActivity"/>

• Add following plugins on the top of the app project’s build.gradle file,

apply plugin: "com.android.application"
apply plugin: 'kotlin-android'

• Modify the following in the app project’s build.gradle file,

compileSdkVersion 32
buildToolsVersion "30.0.3"
minSdkVersion 23
targetSdkVersion 32

• Add following nodes in android node in the app project’s build.gradle file,

compileOptions {
sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
}
aaptOptions {
noCompress "tflite"
}
packagingOptions {
pickFirst '**/*.so'
}

• Add following dependencies in the app project’s build.gradle file,

implementation "androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.3.1"
implementation 'com.idmission.sdk2:idmission-sdk:9.3.10.2.9'

• Sync Now and Build in Android Studio

• Run the android app

• Ionic sample app
Download link

• Here is a brief description of the sample app functionality,
• ID Validation - Initiates ID Validation(Service ID 20) flow.
• ID Validation and Match Face - Initiates ID Validation and Match Face(Service ID 10) flow.
• ID Validation and Customer Enroll - Initiates ID Validation and Customer Enroll(Service ID 50) flow.
• Customer Enroll Biometrics - Initiates Customer Enroll Biometrics(Service ID 175) flow.
• Customer Verification - Initiates Customer Verification(Service ID 105) flow.
• Identify Customer - Initiates Identify Customer(Service ID 185) flow.
• Live Face Check - Initiates Live Face Check(Service ID 660) flow.
• Submit - Submits the form.