Set up authentication link to the user's email address

April 21, 2023 ยท View on GitHub

Android

  1. See Before you begin and follow the instructions to configure sign-in with Email Link correctly.
    Attention: Skip step 2. The dependency for the Firebase Authentication Android library is already declared by the plugin.
  2. See Enable Email Link sign-in for your Firebase project and follow the instructions to enable the Email provider and Email link sign-in method for your Firebase project.
  3. See Handling Android App Links on how to enable App Links in order to open an Email Link directly in your app.

    1. Add the following intent filter to android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml inside the activity element:

      <intent-filter android:autoVerify="true">
	<action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />

	<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
	<category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />

	<data
		android:host="[DOMAIN_NAME]"
		android:scheme="https" />
</intent-filter>

      [DOMAIN_NAME] must be replaced with your domain name of the link.

iOS

  1. See Before you begin and follow the instructions to configure sign-in with Email Link correctly.
    Attention: Skip step 2. The FirebaseAuth pod is already added by the plugin.
  2. See Enable Email Link sign-in for your Firebase project and follow the instructions to enable the Email provider and Email link sign-in method for your Firebase project.
  3. See Support Universal Links on how to enable Universal Links in order to open an Email Link directly in your app.

    1. Add the following lines to your ios/App/App/Info.plist file:

      <key>CFBundleURLTypes</key>
<array>
	<dict>
		<key>CFBundleURLName</key>
		<string>$(PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER)</string>
		<key>CFBundleURLSchemes</key>
		<array>
			<string>[DOMAIN_NAME]</string>
		</array>
	</dict>
</array>

      [DOMAIN_NAME] must be replaced with your domain name of the link.

    2. Add the following lines to your ios/App/App/App.entitlements file:

      ?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
	<key>com.apple.developer.associated-domains</key>
	<array>
		<string>applinks:[DOMAIN_NAME]</string>
	</array>
</dict>
</plist>

      [DOMAIN_NAME] must be replaced with your domain name of the link.

Web

  1. See Before you begin and follow the instructions to configure sign-in with Email Link correctly.
  2. See Enable Email Link sign-in for your Firebase project and follow the instructions to enable the Email provider and Email link sign-in method for your Firebase project.