How to check device compatibility for finger print authentication in android

Question

I am working with finger print authentication using android 6.0 api. My requirement is, if current device is supports finger print authentication, then I will go through fi

Answer 1

You have to use method isHardwareDetected on FingerprintManager class.

Determine if fingerprint hardware is present and functional. Returns true if hardware is present and functional, false otherwise.

// Check if we're running on Android 6.0 (M) or higher
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.M) {
    //Fingerprint API only available on from Android 6.0 (M)
    FingerprintManager fingerprintManager = (FingerprintManager) context.getSystemService(Context.FINGERPRINT_SERVICE);
    if (!fingerprintManager.isHardwareDetected()) { 
        // Device doesn't support fingerprint authentication     
    } else if (!fingerprintManager.hasEnrolledFingerprints()) { 
        // User hasn't enrolled any fingerprints to authenticate with 
    } else { 
        // Everything is ready for fingerprint authentication 
    }
}

Don't forget to add permission to access fingerprint functions in AndroidManifest. Since API 28:

Before API28:

With Support Library

If you don't want to check Build.VERSION, it's also possible to check on device lower than Android 6.0 with Support Library

Add dependency:

compile "com.android.support:support-v4:23.0.0"

And use FingerprintManagerCompat class as this:

FingerprintManagerCompat fingerprintManagerCompat = FingerprintManagerCompat.from(context);

if (!fingerprintManagerCompat.isHardwareDetected()) { 
    // Device doesn't support fingerprint authentication     
} else if (!fingerprintManagerCompat.hasEnrolledFingerprints()) { 
    // User hasn't enrolled any fingerprints to authenticate with 
} else { 
    // Everything is ready for fingerprint authentication 
}