Hello, I am currently implementing a biometric authentication registration flow using WebAuthn. I am using ASAuthorizationPlatformPublicKeyCredentialRegistrationRequest, and I would like to know if there is a way to hide the "Save to another device" option that appears during the registration process.
Specifically, I want to guide users to save the passkey only locally on their device, without prompting them to save it to iCloud Keychain or another device.
If there is a way to hide this option or if there is a recommended approach to achieve this, I would greatly appreciate your guidance.
Also, if this is not possible due to iOS version or API limitations, I would be grateful if you could share any best practices for limiting user options in this scenario.
If anyone has experienced a similar issue, your advice would be very helpful. Thank you in advance.
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Using personal physical iPhone for simulations. Can't get Keychain to read or store AppleID name/email. I want to avoid hard reseting physical phone.
Logs confirm Keychain is working, but userIdentifier and savedEmail are not being stored correctly.
🔄 Initializing UserManager...
✅ Saved testKeychain to Keychain: Test Value
✅ Retrieved testKeychain from Keychain: Test Value
🔍 Keychain Test - Retrieved Value: Test Value
⚠️ Keychain Retrieve Warning: No stored value found for userIdentifier
⚠️ Keychain Retrieve Warning: No stored value found for savedEmail
🔍 Debug - Retrieved from Keychain: userIdentifier=nil, savedEmail=nil
⚠️ No stored userIdentifier in Keychain. User needs to sign in.
📦 Converting User to CKRecord: Unknown, No Email
✅ User saved locally: Unknown, No Email
✅ User saved to CloudKit: Unknown, No Email
Below UserManager.swift if someone can help troubleshoot. Or step by step tutorial to configure a project and build a User Login & User Account creation for Apple Only app.
import Foundation
import CloudKit
import AuthenticationServices
import SwiftData
@MainActor
class UserManager: ObservableObject {
@Published var user: User?
@Published var isLoggedIn = false
@Published var errorMessage: String?
private let database = CKContainer.default().publicCloudDatabase
init() {
print("🔄 Initializing UserManager...")
// 🔍 Keychain Debug Test
let testKey = "testKeychain"
KeychainHelper.shared.save("Test Value", forKey: testKey)
let retrievedValue = KeychainHelper.shared.retrieve(forKey: testKey)
print("🔍 Keychain Test - Retrieved Value: \(retrievedValue ?? "nil")")
fetchUser() // Continue normal initialization
}
// ✅ Sign in & Save User
func handleSignIn(_ authResults: ASAuthorization) {
guard let appleIDCredential = authResults.credential as? ASAuthorizationAppleIDCredential else {
errorMessage = "Error retrieving Apple credentials"
print("❌ ASAuthorization Error: Invalid credentials received")
return
}
let userIdentifier = appleIDCredential.user
let fullName = appleIDCredential.fullName?.givenName ?? retrieveSavedName()
var email = appleIDCredential.email ?? retrieveSavedEmail()
print("🔍 Apple Sign-In Data: userIdentifier=\(userIdentifier), fullName=\(fullName), email=\(email)")
// 🔄 If Apple doesn't return an email, check if it exists in Keychain
if appleIDCredential.email == nil {
print("⚠️ Apple Sign-In didn't return an email. Retrieving saved email from Keychain.")
}
// ✅ Store userIdentifier & email in Keychain
KeychainHelper.shared.save(userIdentifier, forKey: "userIdentifier")
KeychainHelper.shared.save(email, forKey: "savedEmail")
let newUser = User(fullName: fullName, email: email, userIdentifier: userIdentifier)
saveUserToCloudKit(newUser)
}
func saveUserToCloudKit(_ user: User) {
let record = user.toRecord()
Task {
do {
try await database.save(record)
DispatchQueue.main.async {
self.user = user
self.isLoggedIn = true
self.saveUserLocally(user)
print("✅ User saved to CloudKit: \(user.fullName), \(user.email)")
}
} catch {
DispatchQueue.main.async {
self.errorMessage = "Error saving user: \(error.localizedDescription)"
print("❌ CloudKit Save Error: \(error.localizedDescription)")
}
}
}
}
// ✅ Fetch User from CloudKit
func fetchUser() {
let userIdentifier = KeychainHelper.shared.retrieve(forKey: "userIdentifier")
let savedEmail = KeychainHelper.shared.retrieve(forKey: "savedEmail")
print("🔍 Debug - Retrieved from Keychain: userIdentifier=\(userIdentifier ?? "nil"), savedEmail=\(savedEmail ?? "nil")")
guard let userIdentifier = userIdentifier else {
print("⚠️ No stored userIdentifier in Keychain. User needs to sign in.")
return
}
let predicate = NSPredicate(format: "userIdentifier == %@", userIdentifier)
let query = CKQuery(recordType: "User", predicate: predicate)
Task { [weak self] in
guard let self = self else { return }
do {
let results = try await self.database.records(matching: query, resultsLimit: 1).matchResults
if let (_, result) = results.first {
switch result {
case .success(let record):
DispatchQueue.main.async {
let fetchedUser = User(record: record)
self.user = User(
fullName: fetchedUser.fullName,
email: savedEmail ?? fetchedUser.email,
userIdentifier: userIdentifier
)
self.isLoggedIn = true
self.saveUserLocally(self.user!)
print("✅ User loaded from CloudKit: \(fetchedUser.fullName), \(fetchedUser.email)")
}
case .failure(let error):
DispatchQueue.main.async {
print("❌ Error fetching user from CloudKit: \(error.localizedDescription)")
}
}
}
} catch {
DispatchQueue.main.async {
print("❌ CloudKit fetch error: \(error.localizedDescription)")
}
}
}
}
// ✅ Save User Locally
private func saveUserLocally(_ user: User) {
if let encoded = try? JSONEncoder().encode(user) {
UserDefaults.standard.set(encoded, forKey: "savedUser")
UserDefaults.standard.set(user.fullName, forKey: "savedFullName")
UserDefaults.standard.set(user.email, forKey: "savedEmail")
print("✅ User saved locally: \(user.fullName), \(user.email)")
} else {
print("❌ Local Save Error: Failed to encode user data")
}
}
// ✅ Retrieve Previously Saved Name
private func retrieveSavedName() -> String {
return UserDefaults.standard.string(forKey: "savedFullName") ?? "Unknown"
}
// ✅ Retrieve Previously Saved Email
private func retrieveSavedEmail() -> String {
return KeychainHelper.shared.retrieve(forKey: "savedEmail") ?? UserDefaults.standard.string(forKey: "savedEmail") ?? "No Email"
}
// ✅ Sign Out
func signOut() {
isLoggedIn = false
user = nil
UserDefaults.standard.removeObject(forKey: "savedUser")
print("🚪 Signed Out")
}
}
Topic:
Privacy & Security
SubTopic:
General
Tags:
Sign in with Apple
Authentication Services
iCloud Keychain Verification Codes
Hi Team,
I have created multiple certificates for macOS application. Below are the certificates created-
Apple Development Certificate
DeveloperID Installer Certificate
Apple Distribution Certificate
others certificates
Later, I have imported the all these above certificates in keychain-access.
Now, I tried to compile the code through Xcode. I am getting error for code signing certificate.
Warning: unable to build chain to self-signed root for signer "Apple Development: Amit (M2WMF2YERI)”
....
Command CodeSign failed with a nonzero exit code
When I checked the TeamID of User(Amit) I can see that his current TeamID is [P8ZW3W9R2Q].
There is mismatch of teamID in apple development certificate generation.
Note-
All certificates are generated with current TeamID[P8ZW3W9R2Q] of user (Amit) except Apple Development certificate which has been generated with TeamID [M2WMF2YERI] which is generated with old TeamID of user (Amit).
I attempted to generate the apple development certificate multiple times but it is getting generated with old TeamID TeamID[M2WMF2YERI] of user(Amit)
Summary-
While creating a developer certificate using apple developer account and mapping it in keychain, the certificate is being generated with old apple account details (Inactive) instead of the current one. This is causing issues when using the certificate in keychain.
If anyone has encountered this issue, how it was resolved?
Topic:
Code Signing
SubTopic:
Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles
Tags:
iCloud Keychain Verification Codes
Hello, I am currently working on implementing credential registration for biometric authentication using WebAuthn in an iOS app. I am using ASAuthorizationPlatformPublicKeyCredentialProvider to create a credential registration request based on the data retrieved from the WebAuthn options endpoint.
At the moment, I am only using user.id, user.name, and challenge from the options response, and I am unsure how to utilize the other fields effectively. I would greatly appreciate advice on how to use the following fields:
**Fields I would like to use:
**
rp (Relying Party)
I am retrieving id and name, but I am not sure how best to pass and utilize these fields. Is there an explicit way to use them?
authenticatorSelection
How can I set requireResidentKey and userVerification in ASAuthorizationPlatformPublicKeyCredentialRegistrationRequest? Also, what are the specific benefits of using these fields?
timeout
Is there a way to reflect the timeout value in the credential registration request, and what would be the best way to handle this information in iOS?
attestation
The attestation field can contain values such as none or direct. How should I reflect this in the credential registration request for iOS? I would appreciate a sample implementation or guidance on the benefits of setting this field.
extensions
If I want to customize the authentication flow using the extensions field, how can I appropriately reflect this in iOS? For instance, how can I utilize extensions like credProps?
pubKeyCredParams
Regarding pubKeyCredParams, which is a list of supported public key algorithms, I am unsure how to use it to select an appropriate algorithm in iOS. How should I incorporate this information into the request?
excludeCredentials
I understand that setting excludeCredentials can prevent duplicate registration, but I am not sure how to use past credential information to set it effectively. Any advice on this would be appreciated.
**Current Code
**
Currently, I have implemented the following code, but I am struggling to understand how to add and configure the fields mentioned above.
let publicKeyCredentialProvider = ASAuthorizationPlatformPublicKeyCredentialProvider(
relyingPartyIdentifier: "www.example.com"
)
let registrationRequest = publicKeyCredentialProvider.createCredentialRegistrationRequest(
challenge: challenge,
name: userId,
userID: userIdData
)
let authController = ASAuthorizationController(authorizationRequests: [registrationRequest])
authController.delegate = self
authController.presentationContextProvider = self
authController.performRequests()
In addition to the above code, I would be grateful if anyone could advise on how to configure fields like rp, authenticatorSelection, attestation, extensions, and pubKeyCredParams as well. Furthermore, I would appreciate any insights into the benefits of setting each of these fields in iOS, and any security considerations to be aware of.
If anyone has experience with this, your guidance would be extremely helpful. Thank you very much in advance!