Android Setup

This SDK is deprecated and will receive limited support. Please adopt the v10 SDK: React Native v10

Supported Versions

Minimum supported version is android 4.4 api 19

Maximum supported version is android 13 api 33

Gradle Integration

This is best done in Android Studio but if not installed can be done by looking at the android folder of your react native project

1. In your root-level (project-level) Gradle file (build.gradle), add rules to include the Maven Central repository.

buildscript {​    
        repositories {        
        mavenCentral() // add the maven central repository
        maven {
            url 'https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/'
          }
   }
}

2. In your module (app-level) Gradle file (usually app/build.gradle), apply the Smile ID android plugin:

apply plugin: 'com.smileidentity.smile-id-android'

3. Declare the Smile ID android SDK in your root level Gradle file (usually build.gradle).

dependencies {  
classpath group: 'com.smileidentity', name: 'smile-id-android', version: '1.0.1'
}

Android Manifest

Permissions

Add the following permissions if they do not exist already

  <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA" />
  <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE" />
  <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
  <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
  <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
  <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
  <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />

Activities

Add the following activities under the application tag

 <!--id capture-->
<activity android:name="com.smileid.smileidui.SIDIDCaptureActivity" />
<!--selfie capture-->
<activity android:name="com.smileid.smileidui.SIDSelfieCaptureActivity" />
<!--selfie review screen-->
<activity android:name="com.smileid.smileidui.SIDReviewActivity" />

That's it android is ready!

Smile Config

Place the file you downloaded from the portal as specified here in the android/app folder

That's it android is ready!

Common Errors

Execution failed for task ':app:mergeDebugJavaResource'.

A failure occurred while executing com.android.build.gradle.internal.tasks.Workers$ActionFacade More than one file was found with OS independent path 'META-INF/DEPENDENCIES'.

To resolve this error add this to your android section under android

packagingOptions {
    exclude 'META-INF/androidx.*'
    exclude 'androidx.*'
    exclude 'META-INF/DEPENDENCIES'
}

An issue with local.properties

You will have to add the local.properties to your root android project

Trouble Shooting

If you get an error as below \

Execution failed for task ':app:mergeDebugJavaResource'.

A failure occurred while executing com.android.build.gradle.internal.tasks.Workers$ActionFacade More than one file was found with OS independent path 'META-INF/DEPENDENCIES'.

The solution is to add this to your module level build.gradle\

android {
....
    packagingOptions {
        exclude 'META-INF/androidx.*'
        exclude 'androidx.*'
        exclude 'META-INF/DEPENDENCIES'
    }
....    
}

Manifest merger failed : Attribute application@label value=xxx

Solution is to add the below to your AndroidManifest.xml\

<application
...
tools:replace="android:label"
.../>