Getting Started

Overview

Onfido's iOS input-capture SDK provides a drop-in set of screens and tools for iOS applications. These allow your app to capture identity documents, live photos and live videos for identity verification. The Onfido SDK offers a number of benefits to help you create the best onboarding and identity verification experience for your customers:

• carefully designed UI to guide your customers through the entire photo and video-capture process
• modular design to help you seamlessly integrate the photo and video-capture process into your application flow
• advanced image quality detection technology to ensure the quality of the captured images meets the requirements of the Onfido identity verification process, guaranteeing the best success rate
• direct image upload to the Onfido service, to simplify integration

• SDK supports iOS 10+
• SDK supports Xcode 11+
• SDK has full bitcode support
• SDK supports the following presentation styles:
  • only full screen style for iPhones
  • full screen and form sheet styles for iPads

1. Obtaining an API token

To start integrating, you will need an API token. You can use our sandbox environment to test your integration, and you can create sandbox tokens inside your Onfido Dashboard.

1.1 Regions

Onfido offers region-specific environments. Refer to the regions section in our API reference documentation for token format and API base URL information.

2. Creating an applicant

You can create an Onfido applicant from your backend server, using a valid API token.

For Document and Facial Similarity reports, the minimum applicant details required are firstName and lastName.

Example applicant creation request:

$ curl https://api.onfido.com/v3/applicants \
    -H 'Authorization: Token token=YOUR_API_TOKEN' \
    -d 'first_name=Theresa' \
    -d 'last_name=May'

The JSON response contains an id field containing a UUID (universally unique identifier) that identifies the applicant. When you pass the applicant ID to the SDK, all documents, live photos and live videos uploaded by that instance of the SDK will then be associated with that applicant.

3. Configuring the SDK with tokens

We support 2 token mechanisms:

• SDK token
• Mobile token

SDK Token

You will need to generate and include an SDK token every time you initialise the SDK.

To generate an SDK token you should perform a request to the 'generate SDK token' endpoint in the Onfido API.

$ curl https://api.onfido.com/v3/sdk_token \
  -H 'Authorization: Token token=YOUR_API_TOKEN' \
  -F 'applicant_id=YOUR_APPLICANT_ID' \
  -F 'application_id=YOUR_APPLICATION_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER'

Make a note of the token value in the response, as you will need it when initialising the SDK.

The SDK token configurator function has an optional parameter called expireHandler which can be used to generate and pass an SDK token when it expires. Using this parameter you can make sure that the SDK will continue its flow even after the SDK token has expired.

Example Usage

Swift

func getSDKToken(_ completion: @escaping (String) -> Void) {
    <Your network request logic to retrieve SDK token goes here>
    completion(myNewSDKtoken)
}

let config = try! OnfidoConfig.builder()
    .withSDKToken("YOUR_SDK_TOKEN_HERE", expireHandler: getSDKToken)

Objective C

-(void) getSDKToken: (void(^)(NSString *)) handler {
  <Your network request logic to retrieve SDK token goes here>
   handler(sdkToken);
}

ONFlowConfigBuilder *configBuilder = [ONFlowConfig builder];
[configBuilder withSdkToken:@"YOUR_SDK_TOKEN_HERE" expireHandler:^(void (^ handler)(NSString *  expireHandler)) {
        [self getSDKToken:handler];
}];

Mobile Tokens

In order to start integration, you will need an API token and a mobile token. You can use our sandbox environment to test your integration, and can generate and manage tokens inside your Onfido Dashboard.

Example Usage

Swift

let config = try! OnfidoConfig.builder()
    .withToken("YOUR_MOBILE_TOKEN_HERE")
    .withApplicantId("APPLICANT_ID_HERE")

Objective C

ONFlowConfigBuilder *configBuilder = [ONFlowConfig builder];
[configBuilder withToken:@"YOUR_MOBILE_TOKEN_HERE"];
[configBuilder withApplicantId:@"APPLICANT_ID_HERE"];

4. App permissions

The Onfido SDK makes use of the device camera. You will be required to have the NSCameraUsageDescription, NSMicrophoneUsageDescription, NFCReaderUsageDescription keys in your application's Info.plist file. Both keys will be required for app submission.

<key>NSCameraUsageDescription</key>
<string>Required for document and facial capture</string>
<key>NSMicrophoneUsageDescription</key>
<string>Required for video capture</string>

5. Adding the SDK dependency

Using Cocoapods

The SDK is available on Cocoapods and you can include it in your projects by adding the following to your Podfile:

pod 'Onfido'

Run pod install to get the SDK.

Using Carthage

The SDK is available on Carthage and you can include it in your projects by adding the following to your Cartfile:

binary "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/onfido/onfido-ios-sdk/master/onfido-carthage-spec.json"

Run carthage update to get the SDK.

Manual Installation

The SDK is available in the GitHub Releases tab where you can download the compressed framework. You can find the latest release here.

1. Download the compressed debug zip file containing the Onfido.framework
2. Uncompress the zip file and then move the Onfido.framework artefact into your project
3. Add Onfido.framework located within your project to the Embedded binaries section in the General tab of your iOS app target
4. Open your app's project file in Xcode. Then select your app's target under target list. Next select Build Phases tab and under Embed Frameworks step add a new Run Script Phase. Name it Onfido Framework Archive. In the text area add the following code:

if [[ "$ACTION" != "install" ]]; then
exit 0;
fi

FRAMEWORK_DIR="${CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR}/${FRAMEWORKS_FOLDER_PATH}"
ONFIDO_FRAMEWORK="${FRAMEWORK_DIR}/Onfido.framework"

cd "${ONFIDO_FRAMEWORK}"

lipo -remove i386 Onfido -o Onfido
lipo -remove x86_64 Onfido -o Onfido

Non-Swift apps

If your app is not Swift based then you must create a new Swift file inside of your project with the following contents:

/*
 This file is required to force Xcode to package Swift runtime libraries required for
 the Onfido iOS SDK to run
 */
import Foundation
import AVFoundation
import CoreImage
import UIKit
import Vision

func fixLibSwiftOnoneSupport() {
    // from https://stackoverflow.com/a/54511127/2982993
    print("Fixes dyld: Library not loaded: @rpath/libswiftSwiftOnoneSupport.dylib")
}

Additionally you must also set Always Embed Swift Standard Libraries to Yes in your project configuration.

The above code and configuration will force Xcode to package the required Swift runtime libraries required by the Onfido SDK to run.

6. Creating the SDK configuration

Once you have an added the SDK as a dependency and you have an applicant ID, you can configure the SDK:

Swift

let config = try! OnfidoConfig.builder()
    .withSDKToken("YOUR_SDK_TOKEN_HERE")
    .withWelcomeStep()
    .withDocumentStep()
    .withFaceStep(ofVariant: .photo(withConfiguration: nil))
    .build()

let onfidoFlow = OnfidoFlow(withConfiguration: config)
    .with(responseHandler: { results in
        // Callback when flow ends
    })

Objective-C

ONFlowConfigBuilder *configBuilder = [ONFlowConfig builder];


[configBuilder withSdkToken:@"YOUR_SDK_TOKEN_HERE"];
[configBuilder withWelcomeStep];
[configBuilder withDocumentStep];

NSError *variantConfigError = NULL;
Builder *variantBuilder = [ONFaceStepVariantConfig builder];
[variantBuilder withPhotoCaptureWithConfig: NULL];
[configBuilder withFaceStepOfVariant: [variantBuilder buildAndReturnError: &variantConfigError]];

if (variantConfigError == NULL) {
  NSError *configError = NULL;
  ONFlowConfig *config = [configBuilder buildAndReturnError:&configError];

  if (configError == NULL) {
      ONFlow *onFlow = [[ONFlow alloc] initWithFlowConfiguration:config];
      [onFlow withResponseHandler:^(ONFlowResponse *response) {
          // Callback when flow ends
      }];
  }
}

7. Starting the flow

Swift

let onfidoRun = try! onfidoFlow.run()

self.present(onfidoRun, animated: true, completion: nil) //`self` should be your view controller

Objective-C

NSError *runError = NULL;
UIViewController *onfidoController = [onFlow runAndReturnError:&runError];

if (runError == NULL) {
    [self presentViewController:onfidoController animated:YES completion:NULL];
}

Carry on reading the next sections to learn how to:

• handle callbacks
• customise the SDK
• create checks

Handling callbacks

To receive the result from the SDK flow, you should pass a callback to the instance of OnfidoFlow (ONFlow for Objective-C). Typically, on success, you would create a check on your backend server.

The result object passed to the callback may include the following attributes for Swift:

• .success([OnfidoResult])
• .error(Error)
• .cancel

For an Objective-C based interface an instance of ONFlowResponse is passed back to the callback with three properties:

• results
• error
• userCanceled: When userCanceled is false then results or error properties will be set

Swift

let responseHandler: (OnfidoResponse) -> Void = { response in
  switch response {
    case let .error(error):
        // Some error happened
    case let .success(results):
        // User completed the flow
        // You can create your check here
    case .cancel:
        // Flow cancelled by the user
  }
}

Objective-C

(^responseHandlerBlock)(ONFlowResponse *response) {

    if (response.userCanceled) {
        // Flow cancelled by the user
    } else if (response.results) {
        // User completed the flow
        // You can create your check here
    } else if (response.error) {
        // Some error happened
    }
}

Success handling

Success is when the user has reached the end of the flow.

Swift

[OnfidoResult] is a list with multiple results. The results are different enum values, each with its own associated value (also known as payload). This enum, OnfidoResult, can have the following values:

• OnfidoResult.document
• OnfidoResult.face

Its payload is relevant in case you want to manipulate or preview the captures in some way. Keep reading to find out how to extract the payload of each OnfidoResult enum value.

Objective-C

[ONFlowResult] is a list with multiple results. The result is an instance of ONFlowResult containing two properties:

• type
  • which is an enum with values ONFlowResultTypeDocument and ONFlowResultTypeFace
• result
  • which instance type can be of ONDocumentResult or ONFaceResult. The result type can be derived by the type property

Capture result payload

Under normal circumstances, you would not need to inspect the results of the captures themselves, as the SDK handles file uploads for you. However, if you want to see information regarding the document and face captures, you can access the result object as follows:

Swift

let document: Optional<OnfidoResult> = results.filter({ result in
  if case OnfidoResult.document = result { return true }
  return false
}).first

if let documentUnwrapped = document, case OnfidoResult.document(let documentResponse) = documentUnwrapped {

  /* documentResponse
  Onfido API response to the upload of the document
  More details: https://documentation.onfido.com/#upload-document
  */
  print(documentResponse.id)

  // use documentResponse.href to fetch the captured image if required
}

Face follows a similar structure to document, but the case is OnfidoResult.face instead of OnfidoResult.document.

Objective-C

NSPredicate *documentResultPredicate = [NSPredicate predicateWithBlock:^BOOL(id flowResult, NSDictionary *bindings) {

    if (((ONFlowResult *)flowResult).type == ONFlowResultTypeDocument) {
        return YES;
    } else {
        return NO;
    }
}];
NSArray *flowWithDocumentResults = [results filteredArrayUsingPredicate:documentResultPredicate];

if (flowWithDocumentResults.count > 0) {

    /* documentResponse
    Onfido API response to the upload of the document
    More details: https://documentation.onfido.com/#upload-document
    */
    ONDocumentResult *documentResult = ((ONFlowResult *)flowWithDocumentResults[0]).result;
    NSLog(@"%@", documentResult.id);

    // use documentResponse.href to fetch the captured image if required
}

Face follows a similar structure to document, change the type ONFlowResultTypeDocument for ONFlowResultTypeFace.

Error handling

Response Handler Errors

Swift

The Error object returned, as part of OnfidoResponse.error(Error), is of type OnfidoFlowError. It's an enum with multiple cases depending on the error type.

switch response {
  case let OnfidoResponse.error(error):
    switch error {
      case OnfidoFlowError.cameraPermission:
        // It happens if the user denies permission to the sdk during the flow
      case OnfidoFlowError.failedToWriteToDisk:
        // It happens when the SDK tries to save capture to disk, maybe due to a lack of space
      case OnfidoFlowError.microphonePermission:
        // It happens when the user denies permission for microphone usage by the app during the flow
      case OnfidoFlowError.upload(let OnfidoApiError):
        // It happens when the SDK receives an error from a API call see [https://documentation.onfido.com/#errors](https://documentation.onfido.com/#errors) for more information
      case OnfidoFlowError.exception(withError: let error, withMessage: let message):
        // It happens when an unexpected error occurs, please contact [ios-sdk@onfido.com](mailto:ios-sdk@onfido.com?Subject=ISSUE%3A) when this happens
      default: // necessary because swift
    }
}

Objective-C

The error property of the ONFlowResponse returned to the callback block is of type NSError. You can easily identify the error by comparing the code property of the NSError instance with ONFlowError, i.e. response.code == ONFlowErrorCameraPermission. You could also find out more about the error by printing or logging the userInfo property of the NSError instance. The NSError contained within the ONFlowResponse's error property can be handled such as:

switch (error.code) {
    case ONFlowErrorCameraPermission:
        // It happens if the user denies permission to the sdk during the flow
        break;
    case ONFlowErrorFailedToWriteToDisk:
        // It happens when the SDK tries to save capture to disk, maybe due to a lack of space
        break;
    case ONFlowErrorMicrophonePermission:
        // It happens when the user denies permission for microphone usage by the app during the flow
        break;
    case ONFlowErrorUpload:
        // It happens when the SDK receives an error from a API call see [https://documentation.onfido.com/#errors](https://documentation.onfido.com/#errors) for more information
        // you can find out more by printing or logging userInfo from error
        break;
    case ONFlowErrorException:
        // It happens when an unexpected error occurs, please contact [ios-sdk@onfido.com](mailto:ios-sdk@onfido.com?Subject=ISSUE%3A) when this happens
        break;
}

Run exceptions

When initiating the SDK there can be an exception.

Swift

You can handle run exceptions in Swift with a do/catch as shown below:

do {
  let onfidoRun = try self.onfidoFlow!.run()
  self.present(onfidoRun, animated: true, completion: nil)
}
catch let error {
  switch error {
    case OnfidoFlowError.cameraPermission:
      // do something about it here
    case OnfidoFlowError.microphonePermission:
      // do something about it here
    default:
      // should not happen, so if it does, log it and let us know
  }
}

Objective-C

You can handle run exceptions in Objective-C as shown below:

NSError *runError = NULL;
UIViewController *onfidoController = [onFlow runAndReturnError:&runError];

if (runError) {
    switch (runError.code) {
        case ONFlowErrorCameraPermission:
            // do something about it here
            break;
        case ONFlowErrorMicrophonePermission:
            // do something about it here
            break;
        default:
            // do something about it here
            break;
    }
} else {
    [self presentViewController:onfidoController animated:YES completion:NULL];
}

Configuration errors

The following are required when configuring the Onfido iOS SDK:

• mobile token
• applicant
• at least one capture step

Otherwise you may encounter the following errors when calling the build() function on the OnfidoConfig.Builder (ONFlowConfigBuilder in Objective-C) instance:

• OnfidoConfigError.missingToken (Swift) ONFlowConfigErrorMissingSteps (Objective-C)

  • No or empty string token provided

• OnfidoConfigError.missingApplicant (Swift) ONFlowConfigErrorMissingApplicant (Objective-C)

  • No applicant instance provided

• OnfidoConfigError.missingSteps (Swift) ONFlowConfigErrorMissingSteps (Objective-C)

  • No step provided

• OnfidoConfigError.multipleTokenTypes (Swift) ONFlowConfigErrorMultipleTokenTypes (Objective-C)

  • Both an SDK token and a Mobile token is provided

• OnfidoConfigError.applicantProvidedWithSDKToken (Swift) ONFlowConfigErrorApplicantProvidedWithSDKToken (Objective-C)

  • Both an SDK token and an applicant is provided

• OnfidoConfigError.invalidDocumentFormatAndCountryCombination (Swift) ONFlowConfigErrorInvalidDocumentFormatAndCountryCombination (Objective-C)

  • Unsupported document format for the specified country provided
  • See Document Type Configuration section to check supported combinations

• OnfidoConfigError.invalidCountryCode (ONFlowConfigErrorInvalidCountryCode in Objective-C)

  • When invalid country code provided.

Customizing the SDK

For a general introduction to the customization options available on the Onfido SDKs, you may wish to read our SDK customization guide on the Developer Hub.

Flow customization

The SDK's flow can be customized by removing, adding or reshuffling certain steps. For example, you could have only document capture for your flow, or have both document and selfie capture.

The information displayed on some screens can also be customized. For example, specifying the document type options for document capture.

Welcome

The welcome screen displays a summary of the capture steps the user will pass through.

You can show the welcome screen by calling configBuilder.withWelcomeStep() in Swift or [configBuilder withWelcomeStep] in Objective-C.

You can specify the steps to match the flow required. For example, you could have only document capture for your flow, or have both document and selfie capture.

Swift

let config = try! OnfidoConfig.builder()
    .withWelcomeStep()
    ...
    .build()

Objective-C

ONFlowConfigBuilder *configBuilder = [ONFlowConfig builder];
[configBuilder withSdkToken:@"YOUR_SDK_TOKEN_HERE"];
...
[configBuilder withWelcomeStep];

NSError *configError = NULL;
ONFlowConfig *config = [configBuilder buildAndReturnError:&configError];

if (configError) {
    // Handle config build error
} else {
    // use config
}

Face

In this step, a user can use the front camera to capture either a photo of their face, or a live video.

The face step has two variants for Swift interface:

• FaceStepVariant.photo(with: PhotoStepConfiguration?)
• FaceStepVariant.video(with: VideoStepConfiguration?)

For Objective-C interface, you should use ONFaceStepVariantConfig as below.

To configure with video variant:

NSError * error;
Builder * variantBuilder = [ONFaceStepVariantConfig builder];
[variantBuilder withVideoCaptureWithConfig:
 [[VideoStepConfiguration alloc] initWithShowIntroVideo: YES]];
[configBuilder withFaceStepOfVariant: [variantBuilder buildAndReturnError: &error]];

To configure with photo variant:

NSError * error;
Builder * variantBuilder = [ONFaceStepVariantConfig builder];
[variantBuilder withPhotoCaptureWithConfig: [[PhotoStepConfiguration alloc] initWithShowSelfieIntroScreen: YES]]];
[configBuilder withFaceStepOfVariant: [variantBuilder buildAndReturnError: &error]];

Swift

let config = try! OnfidoConfig.builder()
    .withSDKToken("YOUR_SDK_TOKEN_HERE")
    .withWelcomeStep()
    .withDocumentStep()
    .withFaceStep(ofVariant: .photo(withConfiguration: PhotoStepConfiguration(showSelfieIntroScreen: true)))  // specify the face capture variant here
    .build()

Objective-C

ONFlowConfigBuilder *configBuilder = [ONFlowConfig builder];

[configBuilder withSdkToken:@"YOUR_SDK_TOKEN_HERE"];
[configBuilder withWelcomeStep];
[configBuilder withDocumentStep];
NSError *variantError = NULL;
Builder * variantBuilder = [ONFaceStepVariantConfig builder];
[variantBuilder withVideoCaptureWithConfig: [[VideoStepConfiguration alloc] initWithShowIntroVideo: YES]];
[configBuilder withFaceStepOfVariant: [variantBuilder buildAndReturnError: &variantError]];

if (variantError) {
  // Handle variant config error
} else {
  NSError *configError = NULL;
  ONFlowConfig *config = [configBuilder buildAndReturnError:&configError];

  if (configError) {
      // Handle config build error
  } else {
      // use config
  }
}

Document

In this step, a user can pick the type of document to capture and its issuing country before capturing it with their phone camera.

Document Type Configuration

The document step can be configured to capture single document types with a specific configuration. Each document type has its own configuration class. While configuring document type, you can optionally pass a configuration object along with type.

The supported document types are:

Configuring Country

Please refer to the ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 3 letter country codes to find out what you need to pass as country code to the SDK.

Note:: SDK throws OnfidoConfigError.invalidCountryCode (ONFlowConfigErrorInvalidCountryCode) error when invalid country code provided.

The following code shows how to capture only driving licenses from the United Kingdom:

Swift

let config = try! OnfidoConfig.builder()
    .withSDKToken("YOUR_SDK_TOKEN_HERE")
    .withDocumentStep(ofType: .drivingLicence(config: DrivingLicenceConfiguration(country: "GBR")))
    .build()

Objective-C

ONFlowConfigBuilder *configBuilder = [ONFlowConfig builder];

[configBuilder withSdkToken:@"YOUR_SDK_TOKEN_HERE"];
NSError *documentVariantError = NULL;
DocumentConfigBuilder * documentVariantBuilder = [ONDocumentTypeVariantConfig builder];
[documentVariantBuilder withDrivingLicenceWithConfig:[[DrivingLicenceConfiguration alloc] initWithCountry: @"GBR"]];
ONDocumentTypeVariantConfig *documentStepVariant = [variantBuilder buildAndReturnError: documentVariantError];

if (documentVariantError) {
  // Handle variant config error
} else {
  NSError *configError = NULL;
  ONFlowConfig *config = [configBuilder buildAndReturnError:&configError];
}

Configuring Document Format

Some documents are not in card format. The SDK provides an optimised experience for some folded documents, such as the Italian national identity or French driving license.

Typically the user picks the format, but you can specify a specific format by configuring the Onfido SDK.

Card is the default document format value for all document types.

Please check the table below to see supported document formats for each document type.

The following code shows how to capture a folded national identity document from Italy:

Swift

let config = try! OnfidoConfig.builder()
    .withSDKToken("YOUR_SDK_TOKEN_HERE")
    .withDocumentStep(ofType: .nationalIdentityCard(config: NationalIdentityConfiguration(documentFormat: .folded, country: "ITA"))
    .build()

Objective-C

ONFlowConfigBuilder *configBuilder = [ONFlowConfig builder];

[configBuilder withSdkToken:@"YOUR_SDK_TOKEN_HERE"];
NSError *documentVariantError = NULL;
DocumentConfigBuilder * documentVariantBuilder = [ONDocumentTypeVariantConfig builder];
[documentVariantBuilder withNationalIdentityCardWithConfig:[[NationalIdentityConfiguration alloc] initWithDocumentFormat:DocumentFormatFolded country: @"ITA"]];

ONDocumentTypeVariantConfig *documentStepVariant = [variantBuilder buildAndReturnError: documentVariantError];

if (documentVariantError) {
  // Handle variant config error
} else {
  NSError *configError = NULL;
  ONFlowConfig *config = [configBuilder buildAndReturnError:&configError];
}

Enabling ePassport NFC extraction (BETA)

Pre-requisites

• This feature requires Near Field Communication Tag Reading capability in your app target. If you haven't added it before, please follow the steps in Apple's documentation to understand how to enable it

• You have to include the following code in your app target's Info.plist file to be able to read NFC tags properly

<key>com.apple.developer.nfc.readersession.felica.systemcodes</key>
<array>
  <string>12FC</string>
</array>
<key>com.apple.developer.nfc.readersession.iso7816.select-identifiers</key>
<array>
  <string>A0000002471001</string>
  <string>A0000002472001</string>
  <string>00000000000000</string>
  <string>D2760000850101</string>
</array>

SDK Integration

Some passports contain a chip which can be accessed using Near Field Communication. The SDK provides a set of screens to extract the information contained within the chip to verify the original document is present.

Swift

let config = try! OnfidoConfig.builder()
    .withSDKToken("YOUR_SDK_TOKEN_HERE")
    .withDocumentStep()
    .withPassportNFCReadBetaFeatureEnabled()
    .build()

Objective-C

ONFlowConfigBuilder *configBuilder = [ONFlowConfig builder];

[configBuilder withSdkToken:@"YOUR_SDK_TOKEN_HERE"];
[configBuilder withWelcomeStep];
[configBuilder withDocumentStep];
[configBuilder withPassportNFCReadBetaFeatureEnabled];

NSError *configError = NULL;
ONFlowConfig *config = [configBuilder buildAndReturnError:&configError];

Enabling Canadian Driver Licence Auto-capture (beta)

Swift

let config = try! OnfidoConfig.builder()
    .withSDKToken("YOUR_SDK_TOKEN_HERE")
    .withDocumentStep()
    .withCanadianDrivingLicenceAutoCaptureBetaFeatureEnabled()
    .build()

Objective-C

ONFlowConfigBuilder *configBuilder = [ONFlowConfig builder];
[configBuilder withSdkToken:@"YOUR_SDK_TOKEN_HERE"];
[configBuilder withWelcomeStep];
[configBuilder withDocumentStep];
[configBuilder withCanadianDrivingLicenceAutoCaptureBetaFeatureEnabled];
NSError *configError = NULL;
ONFlowConfig *config = [configBuilder buildAndReturnError:&configError];

UI customisation

In order to enhance the user experience during the transition between your application and the SDK, you can customise some of the colors and fonts used in the SDK flow.

To customise:

Swift

let appearance = Appearance(
              primaryColor: <DESIRED_UI_COLOR_HERE>,
              primaryTitleColor: <DESIRED_UI_COLOR_HERE>,
              primaryBackgroundPressedColor: <DESIRED_UI_COLOR_HERE>,
              secondaryBackgroundPressedColor: <DESIRED_UI_COLOR_HERE>,
              fontRegular: <DESIRED_FONT_NAME_HERE>,
              fontBold: <DESIRED_FONT_NAME_HERE>),
              supportDarkMode: <true | false>))

let configBuilder = OnfidoConfig.builder()
configBuilder.withAppearance(appearance)

Objective-C

ONAppearance *appearance = [[ONAppearance alloc]
                                initWithPrimaryColor:<DESIRED_UI_COLOR_HERE>
                                primaryTitleColor:<DESIRED_UI_COLOR_HERE>
                                primaryBackgroundPressedColor:<DESIRED_UI_COLOR_HERE>
                                secondaryBackgroundPressedColor:<DESIRED_UI_COLOR_HERE>
                                fontRegular: <DESIRED_FONT_NAME_HERE>
                                fontBold: <DESIRED_FONT_NAME_HERE>
                                supportDarkMode: <true | false>>]];

ONFlowConfigBuilder *configBuilder = [ONFlowConfig builder];
[configBuilder withAppearance:appearance];

• primaryColor: Defines the background color of views such as document type icon and capture confirmation buttons and back navigation button.

• primaryTitleColor: Defines the text color of labels included in views such as capture confirmation buttons

• primaryBackgroundPressedColor: Defines the background color of capture confirmation buttons when pressed

• secondaryBackgroundPressedColor: Defines the background color of capture cancel buttons when pressed

• fontRegular: Defines the custom font name for the regular style labels

• fontBold: Defines the custom font name for the bold style labels

• supportDarkMode: Defines if iOS Dark Mode will be supported on SDK screens. The value is true by default. This property applicable only for Xcode 11+ built apps and has effect for the users whose device is running on iOS 13 and above

Dark Mode only UI customisation

To change the supportDarkMode value, use the initialiser below:

Swift

let appearance = Appearance(supportDarkMode: <true|false>)
let configBuilder = OnfidoConfig.builder()
configBuilder.withAppearance(appearance)

Objective-C

ONAppearance *appearance = [[ONAppearance alloc] initWithSupportDarkMode:<true|false>];

Localisation

Onfido iOS SDK already comes with out-of-the-box translations for the following locales:

• English (en) 🇬🇧
• Spanish (es) 🇪🇸
• French (fr) 🇫🇷
• German (de) 🇩🇪

Language customisation

The iOS SDK also allows for the selection of a specific custom language for locales that Onfido does not currently support.

This feature requires having a Localizable.strings in your app for the desired language and by configuring the flow using withCustomLocalization() method on the configuration builder.

When adding a custom translation, please make sure you add the whole set of keys on the Localizable.strings file. In particular, onfido_locale, must be included that identifies the current locale being added. The value for this string should be the ISO 639-1 2-letter language code corresponding to the translation being added.

Examples:

• when strings file added for Russian language, the onfido_locale key should have ru as its value
• when strings file added for American English language (en-US), the onfido_locale key should have en as its value

Without the locale string correctly translated, we won't be able to determine which language the user is likely to use when doing the video liveness challenge. This may result in an inability to correctly process the video, and the check may fail.

Note:

• if the string translations change it will result in a MINOR version change, therefore you are responsible for testing your translated layout in case you are using this feature
• if you want a language translated you can get in touch with us at ios-sdk@onfido.com

Swift

let config = try! OnfidoConfig.builder()
    .withSDKToken("YOUR_SDK_TOKEN_HERE")
    .withWelcomeStep()
    .withDocumentStep(ofType: .drivingLicence, andCountryCode: "GBR")
    .withFaceStep(ofVariant: .photo(withConfiguration: nil))
    .withCustomLocalization() // will look for localizable strings in your Localizable.strings file
    .build()

Objective-C

ONFlowConfigBuilder *configBuilder = [ONFlowConfig builder];

[configBuilder withSdkToken:@"YOUR_SDK_TOKEN_HERE"];
[configBuilder withWelcomeStep];
[configBuilder withDocumentStepOfType:ONDocumentTypeDrivingLicence andCountryCode:@"GBR"];
NSError *variantError = NULL;
Builder * variantBuilder = [ONFaceStepVariantConfig builder];
[variantBuilder withPhotoCaptureWithConfig: NULL];
[configBuilder withFaceStepOfVariant: [variantBuilder buildAndReturnError: &variantError]];

if (variantError) {
  // Handle variant config error
} else {
  [configBuilder withCustomLocalization]; // will look for localizable strings in your Localizable.strings file
  NSError *configError = NULL;
  ONFlowConfig *config = [configBuilder buildAndReturnError:&configError];
}

You can find the keys for the localizable strings under the localization directory which contains strings files for all out-of-the-box translations. You can supply partial translations, meaning if you don’t include a translation to particular key our translation will be used instead. You can also name the strings file with the translated keys as you desire but the name of the file will have to be provided to the SDK as a parameter to the withCustomLocalization() method i.e. withCustomLocalization(andTableName: "MY_CUSTOM_STRINGS_FILE") ([configBuilder withCustomLocalizationWithTableName:@"MY_CUSTOM_STRINGS_FILE"]; for Objective-C). Addtionally you can specify the bundle from which to read the strings file i.e withCustomLocalization(andTableName: "MY_CUSTOM_STRINGS_FILE", in: myBundle) ([configBuilder withCustomLocalizationWithTableName:@"MY_CUSTOM_STRINGS_FILE" in: myBundle]; for Objective-C).

Creating checks

The SDK is only responsible for capturing and uploading photos and videos. To create a check you will need to start the check on your backend server using the Onfido API.

1. Obtaining an API token

All API requests must be made with a valid API token included in the request headers. You can find your API token inside your Onfido Dashboard. Note: This is not a mobile token.

Refer to the authentication section in our API reference for details. For testing, you should be using a sandbox token, not a live token.

2. Creating a check

You can create a check by making a request to the 'create check' endpoint, using the applicant ID.

If you are just verifying a document, you only have to include a document report as part of the check. On the other hand, if you are verifying a document and a live photo or live video, you will also have to include a Facial Similarity report with the corresponding values: facial_similarity_photo for the photo option and facial_similarity_video for the video option.

$ curl https://api.onfido.com/v3/checks \
    -H 'Authorization: Token token=YOUR_API_TOKEN' \
    -d 'applicant_id=YOUR_APPLICANT_ID' \
    -d 'report_names=[document,facial_similarity_photo]'

You will receive a response containing the check id instantly. As Document and Facial Similarity reports do not always return actual results straightaway, you can set up webhooks to get notified when the results are ready.

3. Setting up webhooks

Refer to the Webhooks section in the API documentation for details.

User Analytics

The SDK allows you to track the user's journey through the verification process via a definable hook. This provides insight into how your users make use of the SDK screens.

Overriding the hook

In order to expose the user's progress through the SDK a hook method must be defined while creating the OnfidoFlow.swift instance using a .with(eventHandler: EventHandler) call. This might look something like the following:

OnfidoFlow(withConfiguration: config)
    .with(eventHandler: {
        (event: Event) -> () in
        // Your code here
    })

The code inside of the defined method will now be called when a particular event is triggered, usually when the user reaches a new screen. For a full list of events see tracked events.

The parameter being passed in is an OnfidoFlow.Event struct which contains the following:

• eventName: A String indicating the type of event. Currently this will always return as "Screen" as each tracked event is a user visiting a screen
• properties: A Dictionary object containing the specific details of an event. This will contain things such as the name of the screen visited

Using the data

We recommend using the above hook to keep track of how many users reach each screen in your flow. You can do this by storing the count of users that reach each screen and comparing them to the number of users who've made it to the Welcome screen.

Tracked events

Below is the list of potential events currently being tracked by the hook:

WELCOME - User reached the "Welcome" screen
DOCUMENT_CAPTURE - User reached the "document capture" screen (for one-sided document)
DOCUMENT_CAPTURE_FRONT - User reached the "document capture" screen for the front side (for two-sided document)
DOCUMENT_CAPTURE_BACK - User reached the "document capture" screen for the back side (for two-sided document)
DOCUMENT_CAPTURE_CONFIRMATION - User reached the "document confirmation" screen (for one-sided document)
DOCUMENT_CAPTURE_CONFIRMATION_FRONT - User reached the "document confirmation" screen for the front side (for two-sided document)
DOCUMENT_CAPTURE_CONFIRMATION_BACK - User reached the "document confirmation" screen for the back side (for two-sided document)
DOCUMENT_UPLOAD - User's document is uploading
FACIAL_INTRO - User reached the "selfie intro" screen
FACIAL_CAPTURE - User reached the "selfie capture" screen
FACIAL_CAPTURE_CONFIRMATION - User reached the "selfie confirmation" screen
FACIAL_UPLOAD - User's selfie is uploading
VIDEO_FACIAL_INTRO - User reached the "liveness intro" screen
VIDEO_FACIAL_CAPTURE - User reached the "liveness video capture" screen
VIDEO_FACIAL_CAPTURE_STEP_1 - User reached the 1st challenge during "liveness video capture", challenge_type can be found in eventProperties
VIDEO_FACIAL_CAPTURE_STEP_2 - User reached the 1st challenge during "liveness video capture", challenge_type can be found in eventProperties
VIDEO_FACIAL_CAPTURE_CONFIRMATION - User reached the "liveness video confirmation" screen
VIDEO_FACIAL_UPLOAD - User's liveness video is uploading

More information

Going live

Once you are happy with your integration and are ready to go live, please contact client-support@onfido.com to obtain live versions of the API token and the mobile token. You will have to replace the sandbox tokens in your code with the live tokens.

A few things to check before you go live:

• make sure you have set up webhooks to receive live events
• make sure you have entered correct billing details inside your Onfido Dashboard

Size Impact

* If the application is in Swift but doesn't include any Swift libraries that the Onfido iOS SDK requires
** If the application doesn't include any Swift code, i.e. written completely in Objective-C, and the Onfido iOS SDK is the only Swift library that application integrates with

Note: These calculations were performed based on a single application architecture.

Accessibility

The Onfido iOS SDK has been optimised to provide the following accessibility support by default:

• screen reader support
  • accessible labels for textual and non-textual elements available to aid VoiceOver navigation, including dynamic alerts
• dynamic font size support
  • all elements scale automatically according to the device's font size setting
• sufficient color contrast
  • default colors have been tested to meet the recommended level of contrast
• sufficient touch target size
  • all interactive elements have been designed to meet the recommended touch target size

Refer to our accessibility statement for more details.

Security

This section is dedicated to every security aspect of the SDK.

Certificate Pinning

We provide integrators the ability to pin any communications between our SDK and server, through a .withCertificatePinning() method in our OnfidoConfig.Builder configuration builder. This method accepts as a parameter a CertificatePinningConfiguration with sha-256 hashes of certificate's public keys.

If you are interested in using this feature, for more information about the hashes, please reach out to us at ios-sdk@onfido.com.

Swift

    let config = try! OnfidoConfig.builder()
    ...
    do {
      config.withCertificatePinning(try CertificatePinningConfiguration(hashes: ["EXAMPLE_HASH"]))
    } catch {
      // handle CertificatePinningConfiguration initialisation failures. i.e Providing empty array causes initialiser to be failed.
    }
    ...
    configBuilder.build()

Objective-C

    ONFlowConfigBuilder * builder = [ONFlowConfig builder];
    ...
    NSError * error = NULL;
    ONCertificatePinningConfiguration * pinningConf = [[ONCertificatePinningConfiguration alloc] initWithHashes: @[@"EXAMPLE_HASH"] error: &error]];
    if(error != NULL) {
      // handle ONCertificatePinningConfiguration initialisation failures. i.e Providing empty array causes initialiser to be failed.

    }
    [builder withCertificatePinningConfiguration: pinningConf];

    ...

Handling Certificate Pinning Error

If you want to identify certificate pinning error from others, check the message property of the returned OnfidoFlowError.exception object, which should be invalid_certificate for certificate pinning related errors.

let responseHandler: (OnfidoResponse) -> Void = { response in
  switch response {
    case let .error(error):
        // Some error happened
        if case OnfidoFlowError.exception(withError: _, withMessage: let optionalMessage) = error, let message = optionalMessage {
            if message == "invalid_certificate" {
                // HANDLE INVALID CERTIFICATE CASE HERE
            }
        }        
    case let .success(results):
        // User completed the flow
        // You can create your check here
    case .cancel:
        // Flow cancelled by the user
  }
}

Licensing

Due to API-design constraints, and to avoid possible conflicts during the integration, we bundle some of our 3rd party dependencies.

We include the licensing information inside our bundle and also in our GitHub repository under license folder, in the file named onfido_licenses.json. This file contains a summary of our bundled dependencies and all the licensing information required, including links to the relevant license texts contained in the same folder. Integrators of our library are then responsible for keeping this information along with their integrations.

Example on how to access the licenses:

let onfidoBundle = Bundle(for: OnfidoFlow.self)
guard let licensesPath = onfidoBundle.path(forResource: "onfido_licenses", ofType: "json", inDirectory: nil),
    let licensesData = try? Data(contentsOf: URL(fileURLWithPath: licensesPath)),
    let licensesContent = String(data: licensesData, encoding: .utf8) else {
        return
}

print(licensesContent)

guard let mitLicensePath = onfidoBundle.path(forResource: "onfido_licenses_mit", ofType: "txt", inDirectory: nil),
    let mitLicenseData = try? Data(contentsOf: URL(fileURLWithPath: mitLicensePath)),
    let mitLicenseFileContents = String(data: mitLicenseData, encoding: .utf8) else {
        return
}

print(mitLicenseFileContents)

Sample App

We have included sample apps to show how to integrate with the Onfido SDK using both Swift and Objective-C. Check out respectively the SampleApp and SampleAppObjC directories.

Support

Please open an issue through GitHub. Please be as detailed as you can. Remember not to submit your token in the issue. Also check the closed issues to see whether it has been previously raised and answered.

If you have any issues that contain sensitive information please send us an email with the ISSUE: at the start of the subject to ios-sdk@onfido.com

Previous version of the SDK will be supported for a month after a new major version release. Note that when the support period has expired for an SDK version, no bug fixes will be provided, but the SDK will keep functioning (until further notice).

Migration Guide

Onfido iOS SDK 19.0.0

Breaking API Changes

Now SDK sends selected document country information to the backend. If an incorrect country value has been set when configuring the Document step see documentation, SDK will throw an error during document upload.

Onfido iOS SDK 18.10.0

String Changes

Added

The following string keys have been added:

• onfido_app_title_country_select_search (en, fr, de, es)

• onfido_country_select_list_accessibility (en, fr, de, es)

Changed

The following string keys have been changed:

• onfido_app_title_country_select (en, fr, de, es)

Removed

The following string keys have been removed:

• onfido_country_select_title (en, fr, de, es)

• onfido_video_confirmation_title (en, fr, de, es)

Onfido iOS SDK 18.9.0

String Changes

Added

The following string keys have been added:

• onfido_capture_confirmation_image_zoom_instructions (en, fr, es, de)
• onfido_capture_confirmation_image_zoom_button (en, fr, es, de)
• onfido_capture_confirmation_image_preview_button (en, fr, es, de)
• onfido_generic_alert_network_error_label (en, fr, de, es)
• onfido_generic_uploading (en, fr, de, es)
• onfido_generic_alert_network_error_button_primary (en, fr, de, es)
• onfido_info_tablet_orientation_subtitle (en, fr, de, es)
• onfido_info_tablet_orientation_title (en, fr, de, es)
• onfido_info_tablet_orientation_body (en, fr, de, es)

Removed

The following string keys have been removed:

• onfido_accessibility_liveness_confirmation_view (en, fr, de, es)
• onfido_decline (en, fr, de, es)
• onfido_label_doc_type_driving_license_up (en, fr, de, es)
• onfido_label_doc_type_id_card_up (en, fr, de, es)
• onfido_label_doc_type_residence_permit_up (en, fr, de, es)
• onfido_message_capture_face (en, fr, de, es)
• onfido_liveness_preparation_subtitle (en, fr, de, es)
• onfido_error_dialog_title (en, fr, de, es)
• onfido_message_uploading (en, fr, de, es)
• onfido_ok (en, fr, de, es)
• onfido_orientation_message_subtitile_ios (en, fr, de, es)
• onfido_orientation_message_title_ios (en, fr, de, es)
• onfido_orientation_upsidedown_message_ios (en, fr, de, es)

Onfido iOS SDK 18.8.0

String Changes

Changed

⚠️ Most localisation keys now renamed. Use migrate-keys.rb script and key mapping file key_migration_18_7_0_mapping.json to migrate from 18.7.0 to 18.8.0.

To use run following command:

migrate-keys.rb --files-path <Path/To/lproj/directories> --platform ios --key-mapping-file key_migration_18_7_0_mapping.json

Onfido iOS SDK 18.7.0

⚠️ The Onfido SDK requires CoreNFC to run from 18.7.0. Since Xcode 12 there is bug where libnfshared.dylib is missing from simulators which is required for CoreNFC to work. See stackoverflow to solve this problem.

String Changes

Added

The following string keys have been added:

• onfido_nfc_option_title (en, fr, es, de)
• onfido_nfc_option_subtitle (en, fr, es, de)
• onfido_nfc_option_epassport_symbol (en, fr, es, de)
• onfido_nfc_option_button_primary (en, fr, es, de)
• onfido_nfc_option_button_secondary (en, fr, es, de)
• onfido_nfc_intro_title (en, fr, es, de)
• onfido_nfc_intro_subtitle (en, fr, es, de)
• onfido_nfc_intro_button_primary (en, fr, es, de)
• onfido_nfc_sheet_ready_intruction (en, fr, es, de)
• onfido_nfc_sheet_scanning_subtitle (en, fr, es, de)
• onfido_nfc_failed_title (en, fr, es, de)
• onfido_nfc_failed_list_item_remove_covers (en, fr, es, de)
• onfido_nfc_failed_list_item_keep_contact (en, fr, es, de)
• onfido_nfc_failed_button_primary (en, fr, es, de)
• onfido_nfc_failed_button_secondary (en, fr, es, de)

Onfido iOS SDK 18.5.0

String Changes

Added

The following string keys have been added:

• onfido_south_african_id_capture_title (en, fr, es, de)

Onfido iOS SDK 18.1.0

String Changes

Added

The following string keys have been added:

• onfido_selfie_intro_button
• onfido_selfie_confirmation_confirm_button
• onfido_selfie_confirmation_retake_button
• onfido_liveness_intro_button
• onfido_flow_intro_subtitle
• onfido_doc_type_selection_passport_option
• onfido_doc_type_selection_driving_license_option
• onfido_doc_type_selection_identity_card_option
• onfido_doc_type_selection_residence_permit_option
• onfido_doc_type_selection_title
• onfido_doc_type_selection_subtitle
• onfido_selfie_capture_instructions
• onfido_liveness_capture_instructions

Changed

The following string keys have been changed:

• onfido_confirm_driving_license (en)
• onfido_confirm_generic_document (en)
• onfido_confirm_national_id (en)
• onfido_confirm_passport (en)
• onfido_confirm_residence_permit (en)
• onfido_confirm_visa (en)
• onfido_discard (en)
• onfido_welcome_view_title (en)
• onfido_capture_face_subtitle (en)
• onfido_capture_face_step_1 (en)
• onfido_capture_face_step_2 (en)
• onfido_liveness_intro_title (en)
• onfido_liveness_intro_subtitle (en)
• onfido_submit_video (en)
• onfido_welcome_view_toolbar_title (en)
• onfido_message_check_readability_subtitle_driving_license (en)
• onfido_message_check_readability_subtitle_generic (en)
• onfido_message_check_readability_subtitle_national_id (en)
• onfido_message_check_readability_subtitle_passport (en)
• onfido_message_check_readability_subtitle_residence_permit (en)
• onfido_message_check_readability_subtitle_visa (en)
• onfido_message_confirm_face_subtitle (en)

Removed

The following string keys have been removed:

• onfido_confirm_face_long
• onfido_discard_face_long
• onfido_welcome_view_face_capture_title_ios
• onfido_confirm_face_2
• onfido_continue
• onfido_welcome_view_time
• onfido_document_selection_title
• onfido_document_selection_subtitle
• onfido_message_capture_face

Onfido iOS SDK 18.0.0

Breaking API Changes

• The way to configure SDK for document capture step has changed. To see instructions and usage examples please check out README page.

Onfido iOS SDK 17.0.0

Breaking API changes

• The deprecated withApplicant() function has been removed. If you're using withApplicant() function to create an applicant, please refer to README to understand how to create an applicant. Once you created it, use withApplicantId function to pass id value of applicant.

• Following with withApplicant() function removal, OnfidoConfigError.multipleApplicants and ONFlowResultType.applicant enum cases have been removed.

  Note: This change doesn't affect the integrators who use SDK token (withSDKToken()) to configure the SDK as applicant creation happens before SDK token generation.

Strings

The following string keys have been added:

• onfido_flow_intro_summary_photo_capture_steps
• onfido_flow_intro_summary_photo_video_capture_steps
• onfido_flow_intro_summary_button_document_step
• onfido_capture_face_title
• onfido_liveness_intro_title
• onfido_liveness_challenge_turn_face_forward
• onfido_message_side_document_front_driving_license_autocapture
• onfido_message_side_document_back_driving_license_autocapture

The following string keys have been changed:

• onfido_welcome_view_document_capture_title
• onfido_welcome_view_face_capture_title
• onfido_welcome_view_liveness_capture_title
• onfido_mrz_not_detected_subtitle
• onfido_barcode_error_title
• onfido_barcode_error_subtitle
• onfido_liveness_challenge_turn_right_title
• onfido_liveness_challenge_turn_left_title
• onfido_message_document_passport
• onfido_message_passport_capture_subtitle
• onfido_message_document_visa
• onfido_message_visa_capture_subtitle
• onfido_message_side_document_front_driving_license
• onfido_message_document_capture_info_front_driving_license
• onfido_message_side_document_back_driving_license
• onfido_message_document_capture_info_back_driving_license
• onfido_message_side_document_front_residence_permit
• onfido_message_document_capture_info_front_residence_permit
• onfido_message_side_document_back_residence_permit
• onfido_message_document_capture_info_back_residence_permit
• onfido_message_side_document_front_national_id
• onfido_message_document_capture_info_front_national_id
• onfido_message_side_document_back_national_id
• onfido_message_document_capture_info_back_national_id
• onfido_message_side_document_front_generic
• onfido_message_document_capture_info_front_generic
• onfido_message_side_document_back_generic
• onfido_message_document_capture_info_back_generic

The following string keys have been removed:

• onfido_barcode_error_third_title

Onfido iOS SDK 16.1.0

Strings

The following string keys have been added:

• onfido_italian_id_capture_title
• onfido_french_driving_license_capture_title
• onfido_folded_paper_option
• onfido_plastic_card_option
• onfido_driving_license_type_selection_title
• onfido_national_identity_type_selection_title
• onfido_folded_paper_front_capture_title
• onfido_folded_paper_front_capture_subtitle
• onfido_folded_paper_back_capture_title
• onfido_folded_paper_back_capture_subtitle
• onfido_folded_paper_confirmation_title
• onfido_upload_photo
• onfido_retake_photo

Onfido iOS SDK 16.0.0

Strings

The following string keys have been added:

• onfido_blur_detection_title
• onfido_blur_detection_subtitle
• onfido_label_doc_type_generic_up
• onfido_mrz_not_detected_title
• onfido_mrz_not_detected_subtitle
• onfido_face_not_detected_title
• onfido_face_not_detected_subtitle
• onfido_face_not_detected_subtitle_folded_paper_document

Breaking API changes

• New document type added: generic

• The way to configure SDK for document types has been changed for Objective-C Interface

Driving Licence (United Kingdom) document capture:

ONFlowConfigBuilder *configBuilder = [ONFlowConfig builder];
NSError *documentVariantError = NULL;
DocumentConfigBuilder *documentVariantBuilder = [ONDocumentTypeVariantConfig builder];
[documentVariantBuilder withDrivingLicence];
ONDocumentTypeVariantConfig *documentStepVariant = [documentVariantBuilder buildAndReturnError: &documentVariantError];
[configBuilder withDocumentStepOfType:documentStepVariant andCountryCode:@"GBR"];

Generic (United Kingdom) document capture:

ONFlowConfigBuilder *configBuilder = [ONFlowConfig builder];
NSError *documentVariantError = NULL;
DocumentConfigBuilder *documentVariantBuilder = [ONDocumentTypeVariantConfig builder];
[documentVariantBuilder withGenericWithConfig: NULL];
ONDocumentTypeVariantConfig *documentStepVariant = [documentVariantBuilder buildAndReturnError: &documentVariantError];
[configBuilder withDocumentStepOfType:documentStepVariant andCountryCode:@"GBR"];

Onfido iOS SDK 15.0.0

Changed

• Carthage json file name was changed. Please check the README for the details.

Onfido iOS SDK 14.0.0-rc

Requirements

• Xcode 11.0.0

Onfido iOS SDK 14.0.0-beta

Requirements

• Xcode 11.0.0 beta 7
• iOS 10+

Removed

• iOS 9 support
• Onfido-Release no longer supported

Onfido iOS SDK 13.2.0

Strings

The following string keys have been added:

• onfido_autocapture_manual_fallback_title
• onfido_autocapture_manual_fallback_description

The following string keys have been updated:

• onfido_message_visa_capture_subtitle (french only)
• onfido_autocapture_manual_fallback_title (french only)
• onfido_autocapture_manual_fallback_description (french only)
• onfido_accessibility_video_play (french only)

The following string keys have been removed:

• onfido_autocapture_info
• onfido_press_button_capture
• onfido_submit_my_picture

Onfido iOS SDK 13.1.0

Removed

• withUSDLAutocapture method on OnfidoConfig.
  • this was an experimental feature and is not considered a breaking api change
  • US driving license autocapture is now default feature when user selects Driving License as document and United States as country.

Strings

The following string values for keys have been changed:

• onfido_label_doc_type_driving_license_up (english)
• onfido_message_document_passport (english)
• onfido_glare_detected_title (english)
• onfido_liveness_challenge_turn_left_title (english)
• onfido_liveness_challenge_turn_right_title (english)
• onfido_liveness_fetch_challenge_error_title (english)
• onfido_welcome_view_face_capture_title (spanish)
• onfido_liveness_preparation_subtitle (spanish)
• onfido_message_document_passport (spanish)
• onfido_message_side_document_front_driving_license (spanish)
• onfido_message_document_capture_info_front_driving_license (spanish)
• onfido_message_side_document_back_driving_license (spanish)
• onfido_message_document_capture_info_back_driving_license (spanish)
• onfido_message_side_document_front_residence_permit (spanish)
• onfido_message_document_capture_info_front_residence_permit (spanish)
• onfido_message_side_document_back_residence_permit (spanish)
• onfido_message_document_capture_info_back_residence_permit (spanish)
• onfido_message_side_document_front_national_id (spanish)
• onfido_message_document_capture_info_front_national_id (spanish)
• onfido_message_side_document_back_national_id (spanish)
• onfido_message_document_capture_info_back_national_id (spanish)
• onfido_message_side_document_front_generic (spanish)
• onfido_message_document_capture_info_front_generic (spanish)
• onfido_message_document_capture_info_back_generic (spanish)
• onfido_message_check_readability_subtitle_passport (spanish)
• onfido_message_check_readability_subtitle_residence_permit (spanish)
• onfido_message_check_readability_subtitle_driving_license (spanish)
• onfido_message_check_readability_subtitle_national_id (spanish)
• onfido_message_check_readability_subtitle_visa (spanish)
• onfido_message_check_readability_subtitle_generic (spanish)
• onfido_confirm_national_id (spanish)
• onfido_confirm_face_2 (spanish)
• onfido_no_face (spanish)
• onfido_message_validation_error_face (spanish)
• onfido_multiple_faces (spanish)
• onfido_message_validation_error_multiple_faces (spanish)
• onfido_liveness_preparation_subtitle (spanish)
• onfido_liveness_timeout_exceeded_title (spanish)
• onfido_retake_video (spanish)
• onfido_discard (spanish)
• onfido_decline (spanish)

Onfido iOS SDK 13.0.0

Breaking API changes

• Introduced two new enum case for OnfidoConfigError:
  • OnfidoConfigError.multipleTokenTypes (ONFlowConfigErrorMultipleTokenTypes for Objective-C): This error will be thrown when both an SDK Token and a Mobile Tokens are provided.
  • OnfidoConfigError.applicantProvidedWithSDKToken (ONFlowConfigErrorApplicantProvidedWithSDKToken for Objective-C): This error will be thrown when both an SDK Token and an applicant provided.

Onfido iOS SDK 12.1.0

Strings

The following string keys have been added:

• onfido_liveness_fetch_challenge_error_title
• onfido_liveness_fetch_challenge_error_description
• onfido_liveness_fetch_challenge_error_button_title

The following string keys have been removed:

• onfido_liveness_challenge_open_mouth_title

Onfido iOS SDK 12.0.0

Breaking API changes

• Face capture with photo variant:

let configBuilder = OnfidoConfig.builder()
...
configBuilder.withFaceStep(ofVariant: .photo(with: nil))

• Face capture with video variant (showing liveness intro video):

let configBuilder = OnfidoConfig.builder()
...
configBuilder.withFaceStep(ofVariant: .video(with: nil))

or

let configBuilder = OnfidoConfig.builder()
...
configBuilder.withFaceStep(ofVariant: .video(with: VideoStepConfiguration(showIntroVideo: true)))

• Face capture with video variant (not showing liveness intro video):

let configBuilder = OnfidoConfig.builder()
...
configBuilder.withFaceStep(ofVariant: .video(with: VideoStepConfiguration(showIntroVideo: false)))

Objective-C Interface

• Face capture with photo variant:

 NSError * error = NULL;
 ONFlowConfigBuilder *configBuilder = [ONFlowConfig builder];
 ...
 Builder * variantBuilder = [ONFaceStepVariantConfig builder];
 [variantBuilder withPhotoCaptureWithConfig: NULL];
 [configBuilder withFaceStepOfVariant: [variantBuilder buildAndReturnError: &error]];

• Face capture with video variant:

NSError * error = NULL;
ONFlowConfigBuilder *configBuilder = [ONFlowConfig builder];
...
Builder * variantBuilder = [ONFaceStepVariantConfig builder];
[variantBuilder withVideoCaptureWithConfig: NULL];
[configBuilder withFaceStepOfVariant: [variantBuilder buildAndReturnError: &error]];

or

NSError * error = NULL;
ONFlowConfigBuilder *configBuilder = [ONFlowConfig builder];
...
Builder * variantBuilder = [ONFaceStepVariantConfig builder];
[variantBuilder withVideoCaptureWithConfig: NULL];
[configBuilder withFaceStepOfVariant: [variantBuilder buildAndReturnError: &error]];

Onfido iOS SDK 11.1.2

Strings

The following string keys have been removed:

• onfido_back
• onfido_next_step

The following string keys have been added:

• onfido_accessibility_liveness_intro_video_pause
• onfido_accessibility_liveness_intro_video_play

Onfido iOS SDK 11.1.0

Deprecated

• Onfido-Release framework is deprecated and will be removed in a future version of the Onfido SDK.

If using Cocoapods change Podfile from:

pod 'Onfido', :configurations => ['Debug']
pod 'Onfido-Release', :configurations => ['Release']

to:

pod 'Onfido'

For manual installation add a Run Script Phase to your app Build Phases after Embed Frameworks step with the following code:

if [[ "$ACTION" != "install" ]]; then
exit 0;
fi

FRAMEWORK_DIR="${CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR}/${FRAMEWORKS_FOLDER_PATH}"
ONFIDO_FRAMEWORK="${FRAMEWORK_DIR}/Onfido.framework"

cd "${ONFIDO_FRAMEWORK}"

lipo -remove i386 Onfido -o Onfido
lipo -remove x86_64 Onfido -o Onfido

Strings

The following string keys have been removed:

• onfido_back
• onfido_next_step

Onfido iOS SDK 11.0.0

Requirements

• Xcode 10.2

Strings

The following string keys have been added:

• onfido_wrong_side
• onfido_device_permission_title_both
• onfido_device_permission_subtitle_both
• onfido_device_permission_instructions_both
• onfido_device_permission_btn_title_both
• onfido_device_permission_title_camera
• onfido_device_permission_subtitle_camera
• onfido_device_permission_instructions_camera
• onfido_device_permission_btn_title_camera
• onfido_device_permission_title_mic
• onfido_device_permission_subtitle_mic
• onfido_device_permission_instructions_mic
• onfido_device_permission_btn_title_mic
• onfido_message_uploading
• onfido_label_doc_type_work_permit_up
• onfido_message_side_document_front_generic
• onfido_message_document_capture_info_front_generic
• onfido_message_side_document_back_generic
• onfido_message_document_capture_info_back_generic
• onfido_message_check_readability_subtitle_work_permit
• onfido_confirm_generic_document

Onfido iOS SDK 10.6.0

Onfido iOS SDK 10.5.0

Strings

The following string keys have been added:

• onfido_start
• onfido_welcome_view_title
• onfido_welcome_view_time
• onfido_welcome_view_document_capture_title
• onfido_welcome_view_face_capture_title
• onfido_welcome_view_liveness_capture_title
• onfido_capture_face_subtitle
• onfido_capture_face_step_1
• onfido_capture_face_step_2

The following string keys have been changed:

• onfido_country_selection_toolbar_title
• onfido_unsupported_document_description

The following string keys have been removed:

• onfido_liveness_challenge_next
• onfido_liveness_challenge_stop
• onfido_liveness_challenge_recording

Onfido iOS SDK 10.4.0

Strings

The following string keys have been added:

• onfido_liveness_intro_subtitle
• onfido_reload
• onfido_unable_load_unstable_network
• onfido_liveness_intro_step_1_title
• onfido_liveness_intro_step_2_title
• onfido_welcome_view_liveness_capture_title
• onfido_liveness_intro_loading_video

The following string keys have been removed:

• onfido_liveness_intro_title
• onfido_liveness_intro_fourth_subtitle

Onfido iOS SDK 10.3.0

Onfido iOS SDK 10.2.0

Strings

The following string keys have been added:

• onfido_accessibility_camera_capture_shutter
• onfido_accessibility_liveness_start_record
• onfido_accessibility_liveness_end_record
• onfido_accessibility_liveness_next_challenge
• onfido_label_doc_type_visa_up
• onfido_message_document_visa
• onfido_message_visa_capture_subtitle
• onfido_message_check_readability_subtitle_visa
• onfido_confirm_visa

Onfido iOS SDK 10.1.0

Onfido iOS SDK 10.0.0

Requirements

• Xcode 10.0
• Swift 3.4 or Swift 4.2

Strings removed:

• onfido_privacy_policy_title
• onfido_privacy_policy_position_doc
• onfido_privacy_policy_avoid_light
• onfido_privacy_policy_terms_extended
• onfido_start

Onfido SDK 9.0.0

Results objects

In version 9.0.0 we have brought some changes to the api response object (appended with Result).

• ApplicantResult's id, href, firstName and lastName properties are no longer optional.
• FaceResults's id, href and createdAt (renamed created_at) properties are no longer optional.
• Results properties now camel-cased instead of snake-cased.
• Results objects, except those preappended with ON, no longer inherit from NSObject.

Simulator support

Version 9.0.0 now supports running the SDK on the simulator for which the integrator has no longer to handle OnfidoFlowError.deviceHasNoCamera, which is the reason that it has been deleted.

Strings

With this release we have brought a breaking change only for customised languages integrators.

The following string keys has been removed:

• onfido_message_check_readability_title
• onfido_message_confirm_face_title

Onfido SDK 8.0.0

Deployment target

Version 8.0.0 raises the minimum iOS version from 8.0 to 9.0. If you are still using version iOS 8.0 then you must now check if the running iOS version is at least 9.0 before invoking Onfido SDK. You can do it using the following:

if #available(iOS 9.0, *) {
    // call onfido here
} else {
    // can't verify user
}

Alternatively you can use a guard:

guard #available(iOS 9.0, *) else {
    // can't verify user
}

Flow dismissal

With this release we have brought a breaking change for all integrations. The default behaviour now is upon completion of the flow (user cancels, error occurs or user goes through the whole flow), the flow will dismiss itself. You can still maintain previous behaviour and dismiss the flow at your convenience by setting dismissFlowOnCompletion argument to false on the method call with(responseHandler: _, shouldDismissFlowOnCompletion: _). For example:

Swift

OnfidoFlow(withConfiguration: config)
.with(responseHandler: { /* handle response */ }, dismissFlowOnCompletion: false)
.run()

Objective-C

ONFlow *onFlow = [[ONFlow alloc] initWithFlowConfiguration:config];
void (^responseHandler)(ONFlowResponse *response) = ^(ONFlowResponse *response) {
    // handle response
};
[onFlow withResponseHandler:responseHandler dismissFlowOnCompletion:false];

Strings

The following string keys have been removed:

• onfido_document_selection_cancel

The following string keys have been added:

• onfido_locale

Onfido SDK 7.2.0

With this release we have brought a breaking change only for customised languages integrators.

The following string keys has been added:

• "onfido_barcode_error_title"
• "onfido_barcode_error_subtitle"
• "onfido_barcode_error_third_title"
• "onfido_error_dialog_title"
• "onfido_error_connection_message"
• "onfido_suggested_country"
• "onfido_all_countries"
• "onfido_country_selection_toolbar_title"
• "onfido_unsupported_document_title"
• "onfido_unsupported_document_description"
• "onfido_select_another_document"
• "onfido_close"

Onfido SDK 7.1.0

With this release we have brought a breaking change only for customised languages integrators.

We have added the following string keys:

• "onfido_document_selection_title"
• "onfido_document_selection_subtitle"

We have removed the following string keys:

• "onfido_document_selection_message"

Onfido SDK 7.0.0

With this release we have brought a breaking change only for customised languages integrators.

Note: The string custom translation version scheme has changed, going forward if the strings translations change it will result in a MINOR version change, therefore you are responsible for testing your translated layout in case you are using custom translations.

We have added the following string keys:

• "onfido_no_document"
• "onfido_no_face"
• "onfido_multiple_faces"
• "onfido_message_validation_error_document"
• "onfido_message_validation_error_face"

We have removed the following string keys:

• "onfido_no_document_error_message"
• "onfido_message_validation_error_no_face"

Please update your custom languages accordingly. Otherwise the language will fallback to English by default.

Onfido SDK 6.0.0

This version is mainly an upgrade to the compiled SDK form. In order to use this version check out the requirements below.

Requirements

• Xcode 9.3
• Swift 3.3 or Swift 4.1

Breaking API changes

There are no breaking api changes in terms of coding.

Onfido SDK 5.6.0

With this release we have brought minor memory management improvements to the Objective-C integrator. You are no longer required to hold a strong reference to ONFlow instance during the flow execution.

Onfido SDK 5.5.0

While this is a minor release there are memory management improvements which means it's no longer necessary to keep a strong reference to OnfidoFlow for the swift interface (objective C interface still needs it). This means you can create the object, use it and not have to keep it as a property.

Onfido SDK 5.1.0

While this is a minor release and there are no breaking changes we have deprecated parts of the API.

Applicants

We have deprecated OnfidoConfig.builder().withApplicant(applicant) in favour of OnfidoConfig.builder().withApplicantId(applicantId). We now recommend that you create an Onfido applicant yourself on your backend and pass the applicant ID to the SDK. Similarly the applicantResult object in the responseHandler is also deprecated. Both withApplicant and applicantResult will continue to work as before, but will be removed in the next major release of the SDK.

Onfido SDK 5.0.0

This version is mainly an upgrade to the compiled SDK form. In order to use this version check out the requirements below.

Requirements

• Xcode 9.1
• Swift 3.2.2 or Swift 4.0.2

Breaking API changes

There are no breaking api changes in terms of coding.

Onfido SDK 4.0.0

This version has some major changes that include a full refactor of the API (breaking) with which you can integrate more easily and use our latest face video capture feature.

Requirements

• Xcode 9.0+
• iOS 8+
• Swift 3.2 or Swift 4

Benefits of upgrading

• Easier to integrate with API
• New face video capture feature

Breaking API Changes

The SDK now does not allow to be used as a capture only tool. Upload and validation of capture is now mandatory. The option to disable analytics has also been removed.

Configuring and Running SDK

We have been given feedback that API could be easier to integrate with. We have learnt from our customers how they use the SDK and applied that knowledge, together with the lessons learned, in order to provide better experience and cut down on the SDK integration time.

The code below compares a simple configuration of document and face capture with upload to the Onfido API.

Note: Capture only configurations are no longer supported

// Onfido iOS SDK 3

let applicant = Applicant.new(
    firstName: "Theresa",
    lastName: "May"
)

let onfidoFlow = OnfidoFlow(apiToken: "YOUR_MOBILE_TOKEN", allowAnalytics: false)
    .and(capture: [.document, .livePhoto])
    .and(create: [.applicant(applicant), .document(validate:true), .livePhoto])
    .and(handleResponseWith: { results in
      // Callback when flow ends
    })

// Onfido iOS SDK 4.0.0

let applicant = Applicant.new(
    firstName: "Theresa",
    lastName: "May"
)

/**
Note: option to disable analytics no longer supported
*/
let config = try! OnfidoConfig.builder()
    .withToken("YOUR_TOKEN_HERE")
    .withApplicant(applicant)
    .withDocumentStep()
    .withFaceStep(ofVariant: .photo)
    .build()

let onfidoFlow = OnfidoFlow(withConfiguration: config)
    .with(responseHandler: { results in
        // Callback when flow ends
    })

The document step capture with a pre-selected document type with country has also changed in the new API.

// Onfido iOS SDK 3

let applicant = Applicant.new(
    firstName: "Theresa",
    lastName: "May"
)

let onfidoFlow = OnfidoFlow(apiToken: "YOUR_MOBILE_TOKEN")
    .and(capture: [.documentWith(documentType: .drivingLicence, countryCode: "GBR"), .livePhoto]) // .documentWith(documentType: _, countryCode: _) as capture option for document type pre-selection
    .and(create: [.applicant(applicant), .document(validate:true), .livePhoto])
    .and(handleResponseWith: { results in
      // Callback when flow ends
    })

// Onfido iOS SDK 4.0.0

let applicant = Applicant.new(
    firstName: "Theresa",
    lastName: "May"
)

let config = try! OnfidoConfig.builder()
    .withToken("YOUR_TOKEN_HERE")
    .withApplicant(applicant)
    .withDocumentStep(ofType: .drivingLicence, andCountryCode: "GBR") // document type step with pre-selection
    .withFaceStep(ofVariant: .photo)
    .build()

let onfidoFlow = OnfidoFlow(withConfiguration: config)
    .with(responseHandler: { results in
        // Callback when flow ends
    })

Success handling

We have changed the way document results are handled and removed the capture image by the user.

// Onfido iOS SDK 3

let document: Optional<OnfidoResult> = results.filter({ result in
  if case OnfidoResult.document = result { return true }
  return false
}).first

if let documentUnwrapped = document, case OnfidoResult.document(validationResult: let documentResponse, data: let documentData) = documentUnwrapped {
  print(documentResponse.id)
  let image = UIImage(data: documentData)
}

// Onfido iOS SDK 4.0.0

let document: Optional<OnfidoResult> = results.filter({ result in
  if case OnfidoResult.document = result { return true }
  return false
}).first

if let documentUnwrapped = document, case OnfidoResult.document(let documentResponse) = documentUnwrapped {
  print(documentResponse.description)
  // you can now find the image capture by accessing the following field:
  let imageUrl = documentResponse.href
}

We have changed livePhoto similarly to document (no capture returned), but additionally OnfidoResult.livePhoto has been renamed to OnfidoResult.face. The renamed enum value now takes a payload of FaceResult instead of LivePhotoResult, which also includes the result from video upload in the case where the face step specifies .video variant whilst configuring the SDK (pre-run).

// Onfido iOS SDK 3

let livePhoto: Optional<LivePhotoResult> = results.filter({ result in
  if case OnfidoResult.livePhoto = result { return true }
  return false
}).first

if let livePhotoUnwrapped = livePhoto, case OnfidoResult.livePhoto(validationResult: let documentResponse, data: let livePhotoData) = documentUnwrapped {
  print(livePhoto.id)
  let image = UIImage(data: livePhotoData)
}
// Onfido iOS SDK 4.0.0

let faceResult: Optional<FaceResult> = results.filter({ result in
  if case OnfidoResult.face = result { return true }
  return false
}).first

if let faceUnwrapped = face, case OnfidoResult.face(let documentResponse, data: let faceResult) = faceUnwrapped {
  print(livePhoto.description)
  let imageUrl = livePhoto.href
}

Permissions

You will be required to have the NSCameraUsageDescription and NSMicrophoneUsageDescription keys in your application's Info.plist file:

<key>NSCameraUsageDescription</key>
<string>Required for document and facial capture</string>
<key>NSMicrophoneUsageDescription</key>
<string>Required for video capture</string>

Note: Both keys will be required for app submission.

Error handling

We have simplified errors that are returned by our API and denested them. We have gone away from domain based errors to higher level errors i.e.: OnfidoFlowError.document(DocumentError.upload(OnfidoApiError)) and OnfidoFlowError.applicant(ApplicantError.upload(OnfidoApiError)) have now been merged and simplified into OnfidoFlowError.upload(OnfidoApiError).

Onfido SDK 3.0.0

This version is mainly an upgrade to the compiled SDK form. In order to use this version check out the requirements below.

Requirements

• Xcode 9
• Swift 3.2 or Swift 4

Breaking API changes

There are no breaking api changes in terms of coding.

New Features

Added new document type support

The user can now select Resident Permit Card in the document type selection action sheet.

Furthermore DocumentType.residencePermit can now be added as the first parameter of CaptureOption.documentWith(documentType: _, countryCode: _). This will no longer prompt the user to select the document type that they wish to submit but rather will be expected to upload a Resident Permit Card.

Improved UI

The SDK is now continuously evaluating if document on live camera stream has glare and notifies the user with text on bubble when detected.

Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

Note: If the strings translations change it will result in a MINOR version change, therefore you are responsible for testing your translated layout in case you are using custom translations. More on language localisation

[19.0.0] - 2020-12-07

Added

• Public: Added Canadian driver's license autocapture as an experimental feature. Follow README to understand how to enable this feature

Changed

• Public: Now sending selected document country information to the API
• UI: Country list items are treated as button for better accessibility

Fixed

• UI: Fixed the bug causing stuck on country search screen when the search mode and voice over are on

[18.10.1] - 2020-11-26

Fixed

• Public: Fixed certificate pinning bug which causes all network requests fail with invalid_certificate error message when withCertificatePinning is used

[18.10.0] - 2020-11-24

Added

• UI: Added search functionality on country selection screen
• UI: Added shadow view on scrollable views

Changed

• UI: Improved US DL autocapture experience
• Public: Updated readme to mention NFCReaderUsageDescription key in app permission section
• UI: Updated video capture confirmation
• Public: Now sharing .strings files for all suported languages

Fixed

• UI: Fixed capture confirmation error bubble not being read by VoiceOver as the first view

[18.9.0] - 2020-10-27

Added

• Public: Added ability to skip selfie intro.
• UI: User can now enlarge capture document for detailed inspection

Changed

• UI: Changed text and background colors in light mode
• Public: Now sharing Onfido license files in github repository along with SDK bundle
• UI: Changed Onfido logo position in capture screens
• UI: Changed Onfido logo position in intro and permission screens
• UI: Added Onfido logo to the document type selection screen
• Public: Removed unused strings from localisation
• Public: Renamed some generic keys
• UI: Changed bubble view position and apperance for document capture flow
• Public: Now disabling passport autocapture on simulators

Fixed

• UI: Now showing wrong side head turn warning again
• UI: Fixed the incorrect captured document positon on confirmation screen for multi format document types

[18.8.1] - 2020-10-22

Fixed

• UI: Fixed several bugs causing camera freeze, laggy interaction on document capture screen

[18.8.0] - 2020-10-07

Changed

• Public: Renamed most localisation keys. Now names are more explicit to in which screens they are used. See MIGRATION to easily migrate Strings from 18.7.0 to 18.8.0.

Fixed

• UI: Not preventing interactive dismissal of SDK view controllers while presented modally on iPad to not have unexpected flow issues

[18.7.0] - 2020-09-30

Added

• UI: Passport NFC read feature (beta)

Fixed

• UI: Fixed liveness pre-recoding screen stuck on loading state after retrying connection when connection is established

[18.6.0] - 2020-09-21

Changed

• Public: Post capture confirmation error bubble on modals now grows to button width
• Public: Removed 'Version' prefix on github release title to align with other Onfido SDKs

Fixed

• UI: Fixed the crash problem when SDK integrates to the app running on Xcode 12 project
• UI: Fixed user able to go back during face video upload

[18.5.0] - 2020-09-14

Added

• Public: Added support for South African ID folded paper document capture

Changed

• UI: Removed separator line from the UI
• UI: Removed timer icon from subtitle in welcome screen

Fixed

• UI: Fixed the problem about showing pause button right after playing video on liveness intro screen
• UI: Re-added onfido_message_capture_face key which is for screen reader (accessibility) during liveness capture flow

[18.4.0] - 2020-08-27

Added

• UI: Now auto capturing Passport documents
• Public: Added configuration option to enable manual liveness capture

[18.3.3] - 2020-08-17

Fixed

• Public: Fixed bundle localisation issue. Related Github issue

[18.3.2] - 2020-08-06

Changed

• UI: Removed Singapore endonym

Fixed

• UI: Fix the problem about having buttons in different height. Github Issue
• Public: Fixed localisation language selection when app and device preferred language is not supported by Bundle

[18.3.1] - 2020-07-27

Fixed

• Public: Fix for sending duplicate VIDEO_FACIAL_CAPTURE_CONFIRMATION analytic event.Related github issue
• Public: Improved memory usage
• UI: Fixed the camera load problem in some specific cases
• UI: Fixed incorrect VoiceOver focus on video capture intro video
• UI: Fixed error problem user taps shutter button right after presenting SDK.Related github issue

[18.3.0] - 2020-07-03

Changed

• Public: Removed unnnecessary advertisingIdentifier usage

Fixed

• Public: Fixed folded paper documents confirmation showing warning and instructions texts when returning from following step

[18.2.0] - 2020-06-17

Added

• Public: Enterprise can cobrand Onfido logo

Changed

• UI: Changed continuous glare detection logic for US DL documents
• UI: Autocapture manual fallback alert UI has changed
• UI: No longer running glare validation on back side of Romanian identity card
• Public: Added eventHandler and corresponding event method to ONFlow.swift for User Analytic Events
• UI: Improved US Driver License edge detection
• Public: Sending barcode detection result to the API

Fixed

• Public: Fixed the face similarity report documentation url in README.

[18.1.1] - 2020-06-03

Changed

• Public: Updated SampleApps to clarify modalPresentationStyle setting

Fixed

• Public: Fixed SDK crash when invalid SDK token provided
• Public: Fixed sdk not showing document format selection when document type and country preselected but no format specified
• UI: Fix the issue related with having incorrect navigation bar theme when dark mode disabled for SDK
• UI: Now showing upload progress when user taps upload button immediately

[18.1.0] - 2020-04-30

Added

• UI: Now showing document template for US driving licence front capture
• Public: Added enterprise feature 'hideOnfidoLogo

Changed

• UI: Updated Onfido logo
• Public: Now voice over read upload alert view element when uploading image or video
• Public: Added information on api/token regions to documentation
• UI: Changed screen reader order (Accessibility)
• UI: Removed selfie capture title

Fixed

• UI: Fixed the problem about having unnecessary extra height for primary button when onfido logo is hidden

[18.0.0] - 2020-04-20

Added

• Public: Added German as supported language
• Public: Added document format option for document capture step. Also changed the way to configure document capture step. Please check README for the details
• Public: Added integrator defined event hook to allow integrators to collect user analytics
• UI: Added icon to differentiate document back capture from front capture

Changed

• UI: Now showing play pause button on liveness intro without delay
• UI: Now allowing user to proceed during selfie capture process on simulator

Fixed

• Public: Fixed the Localizable.strings not updated problem.See
• UI: Fixed missing right margin issue on selfie intro screen
• UI: Fixed alert text cut off in some scenarios
• UI: Fixed the text cut-off issue on liveness capture screen

[17.0.0] - 2020-02-27

Added

• Public: Added certificate pinning support. See https://github.com/onfido/onfido-ios-sdk#certificate-pinning for the details.

Changed

• UI: Now using grey Onfido logo with higher contrast for accessibility
• Public: Now using API v3 for communication with the backend.
• UI: Now only detecting glare on rectangles of ID1 size on US DL autocapture
• UI: Now auto capturing non-blurry US DL only
• Public: Updated bubble view design and updated barcode not readable copy
• Public: Removed deprecated withApplicant() function from public API. Please check migration document to understand what needs to be done.
• UI: Updated liveness capture head turn challenge design
• Public: Updated code snippets and descriptions about API v2 with API v3 in README.
• UI: Selfie oval now same as liveness oval size
• Public: Updated README to include bitcode support information
• UI: Updated flow intro screen user interface
• Public: Updated mrz not detected error copy
• Public: Changed 'mobile sdk token' expression with 'mobile token' on README to prevent confusion
• UI: Now running selfie capture validation on device instead of back-end
• UI: Now showing selfie capture post upload errors in bubble view instead of using pop-ups
• UI: Now loading selfie intro screen purely from code; Removed Xib file

Fixed

• Public: Fixed folded paper document on back capture loading lag issue
• UI: Fixed selfie capture text truncated when large text size used
• UI: Fixed Arabic country name endonyms
• Public: Fixed warning about missing umbrella header (https://github.com/onfido/onfido-ios-sdk/issues/131)

[16.2.0] - 2020-02-24

Changed

• UI: Now showing next or finish recording button with 3 second delay on recite digit challenge view when head turn detection available

Fixed

• UI: Fixed flow early exit on document upload double tap

[16.1.1] - 2019-12-17 - [enterprise]

Fixed

• UI: Fixed liveness intro video play error on static SDK

[16.1.0] - 2019-12-05

Added

• UI: User can choose to capture folded paper documents for French driving license and italian identity document
• UI: Now checking face is in document captured when document must contain face
• UI: Now showing error message when passport MRZ is cut off in captured image
• Public: Now changing document capture frame ratio for folded paper documents and showing document template for 4 seconds
• Public: Now showing passport template when user selects passport capture

Changed

• UI: Changed voiceover message when it focuses on the liveness intro video

Fixed

• Public: Now both swift and objective-c version of SampleApps are consistent and up-to-dated.
• UI: Fixed photo post capture error bubble view not scaling with user defined font scale

[16.0.0] - 2019-11-11

Added

• Public: New generic document type added
• UI: User now sees blurry photo message when document capture is blurry

Fixed

• UI: Fixed white background shown on camera capture screens
• Public: Cocoapods documentation is now pointing to GitHub README

[15.0.0] - 2019-10-31

Changed

• UI: Now showing manual capture option on retake when autocapturing US DL
• UI: Now showing manual capture for US DL when only barcode detected
• Public: Updated README to explain how to obtain sandbox token
• Public: Changed carthage spec json file name. Please check the README for the details.
• Public: Now captured images include EXIF meta data.

[14.0.0] - 2019-10-07

Added

• Public: Carthage support added, please check the README for the details.

Changed

• UI: Liveness pre-recording loader fades out and instructions now fades in. Also "Start recording" slides in from the bottom.

Fixed

• UI: Fixed the UI bug which affects navigation bar in camera screens when integrator uses global appearance customisation for the navigation bar
• UI: Fixed the issue that causes showing constraint warnings in the console when user goes to the any camera capture screen
• UI: VoiceOver focuses on back button instead of take new picture on capture confirmation screen when transitioning between photo capture to capture confirmation
• Public: Fixed Segment SDK crash issues, upgraded Segment SDK version to 3.7.0

[14.0.0-rc] - 2019-09-12

Added

• Public: SDK Token support for US region

Fixed

• UI: Liveness challenges security fix

[14.0.0-beta] - 2019-08-29

Changed

• UI: US driving license autocapture manual capture fallback message now announced in bubble instead of bottom bar view

Fixed

• UI: Face capture confirmation now scrolls on when large text used

[13.2.0] - 2019-08-22

Fixed

• UI: User has to retake on document capture when no document is found on current capture

[13.1.0] - 2019-08-14

Added

• Public: Added ability to refresh SDK token when its expired
• UI: Added dark mode support for iOS 13. See the https://github.com/onfido/onfido-ios-sdk#ui-customisation page for the details.

Changed

• UI: When auto capturing a US DL, the transition to manual capture will only happen after 10 seconds of the first document is detected (even if not aligned)
• UI: Changed document not found pop-up for error bubble on capture confirmation upload
• Public: US driving license autocapture now default feature.

Fixed

• UI: Fixed the not being able to set correct font issue on iOS 13
• UI: Fix for the separator disappear problem when any document type tapped on iOS 13
• UI: Fixed the not showing unsupported orientation view for flow intro and selfie intro screens when device in horizontal mode
• UI: Fixed the crash on liveness head turn challenge screen when head turn animation and tapping next button happened at the same time
• UI: Fixed liveness intro video player and video reload showing at the same time
• UI: Error bubble view on capture confirmation view cut off on iPad modal

[13.0.0] - 2019-07-17

Added

• UI: Added edge detection feedback on US driving license autocapture
• Public: Added SDK token support

Changed

• UI: Now returning UI feedback on document alignment on US driving license autocapture when face or barcode not detectable but correct document shape

Fixed

• UI: Fixed the liveness video corruption issue on iOS 13

[12.2.0] - 2019-07-02

Added

• Public: Added United States' driver's license autocapture as an experimental feature. Can be enabled by calling withUSDLAutocapture() in the OnfidoConfig.builder()
• Public: Updated README with adding SDK size impact information
• UI: Added dynamic font size support for video capture confirmation screen
• UI: Added support for the new token format

Fixed

• UI: Unsupported screen appears and gets stuck in app only supporting portrait mode
• UI: Fixed the UI issue about showing unnecessary oval shape in upload progress bar view
• UI: Poland's endonym on country selection screen
• UI: Fixed the crash on iPad for the apps that support only landscape orientation

[12.1.0] - 2019-06-18

Changed

• UI: Improved the video capture challenge generation and added error handling

[12.0.0] - 2019-05-29

Added

• UI: New faceStep config added for not showing video in liveness intro screen

Changed

• UI: Optimised liveness intro videos resolution and duration, reducing overall size

[11.1.2] - 2019-05-23

Fixed

• UI: User sees liveness intro screen after app is backgrounded during liveness capture
• UI: Device permission screen labels overlapping with icon when user setting has larger text size
• UI: Fix for having wrong sized record button on liveness capture screen in some dynamic font size configured cases
• UI: Fixed crash when tapping two buttons on capture confirmation screen at the same time
• Public: Removed unnecessary string keys
• Public: SDK does not throw OnfidoFlowError.microphonePermission when face capture photo variant is used and app has microphone permission denied

Added

• UI: Play/Pause functionality for liveness intro video added

[11.1.1] - 2019-04-29

Fixed

• Public: Fixed full bitcode not included in universal Onfido framework (named Onfido-Debug or just Onfido)

[11.1.0] - 2019-04-25

Added

• UI: Added work permit document type support(beta)
• UI: Accessibility voiceover improvements for all screens
• UI: Camera, Microphone and both camera and microphone permission screens added before requesting permissions

Changed

• UI: Changed document capture area ratio for passport
• UI: Changed circle loading indicator to progress bar for document and video upload progress

Fixed

• UI: Accessibility voiceover improvements for all screens
• UI: Fixed crash issue during recording video in some cases

[11.0.1] - 2019-04-08

Fixed

• Public: fixed debug SDK not compiling for simulators
• Public: fixed nullability warning

[11.0.0] - 2019-04-01

Added

• UI: Showing bubble for wrong head turn detection on liveness screen
• UI: Added dynamic font size support for flow intro and selfie intro screens
• UI: Added dynamic font size support for liveness capture screen
• UI: Added dynamic font size support for bubble views that appears in photo capture, liveness head turn detection and capture confirmation screens
• UI: Added dynamic font size support for liveness intro screen
• UI: Added dynamic font size support for photo capture confirmation screen
• UI: Added dynamic font size support for buttons
• UI: Added dynamic font size support for document photo capture screen
• UI: Added french localisation
• Public: Allowing custom localisation from non-localised strings file

Fixed

• UI: Fixed crash when capture and retake buttons tapped continuously
• Public: Fixed SDK not throwing error when user denies microphone permission during liveness capture (face capture video variant)

[10.6.0] - 2019-03-12

Added

• UI: Added real time head turn progress for liveness screen

Changed

• UI: Flow intro shows arrow icon instead of numbered icon when single SDK configured with single capture step

Fixed

• UI: Arrow on glare detection bubble and barcode undetected bubble not separated from main rectangle containing text
• Public: fixed incorrect cropping of document image when document capture started on landscape

[10.5.0] - 2019-03-06

Added

• UI: Added optional welcome intro screen
• UI: Added selfie (face capture photo variant) intro screen
• UI: Added dynamic font size support for document type selection screen
• UI: Added dynamic font size support for country selection screen
• UI: Added latency for face detection on liveness capture (face capture video variant) to allow readability of instructions

Changed

• UI: Increased capture screens opacity for accessibility
• UI: Country selection screen label text (onfido_country_selection_toolbar_title and onfido_unsupported_document_description)
• Public: Improved the documentation about onfido_locale string

Fixed

• UI: Fixed text cut-off issue on liveness instructions screens when user language is Spanish
• UI: Fixed Onfido logo and video playback view overlapping issue in liveness intro screen
• Public: Fixed cut-off issue on document images captured on certain iPads
• Public: Fix for the intermittent video cut-off issue when liveness capture recorded on certain iPads
• Public: Removed unused assets

[10.4.0] - 2019-02-07

Added

• Public: Integrators can now specify strings file bundle location
• UI: Added visa document type support with UI vignette

Changed

• UI: Added video tutorial to liveness intro screen
• UI: Updated primary and secondary pressed state color
• UI: updated liveness capture buttons design

[10.3.0] - 2019-01-28

Added

• UI: Ability to customise Font-Family

Fixed

• UI: Subtitle text truncate issue fixed on document selection screen
• UI: Fix for the crash on iPad when switch to landscape mode

Changed

• UI: Changed button colors on country selection screen.

[10.2.0] - 2019-01-04

Added

• UI: Document and face capturing processes are now properly followed by screen readers
• UI: Document type selection buttons are now properly read by screen readers
• UI: UI changes on secondary button

Fixed

• UI: Fix sdk crash on capture during the backside capture of two sided document on Cordova
• UI: Fix for the Segment SDK name clash
• UI: Fix infinite spinning wheel not removed when liveness upload failed.
• UI: Fixed custom localisation of text in liveness confirmation screen now going over multiple lines when text too long (max three)

Changed

• UI: Changed colors of the UI elements regarding to the new Onfido branding.
• UI: Onfido logo updated.
• UI: Improved UI for sdk flow with formSheet modal presentation style
• UI: Changed UI on liveness intro screen

[10.1.0] - 2018-11-14

Added

• UI: Managing request timeouts mid flow.
• UI: Now detecting face is within oval before starting liveness recording
• Public: Ability to customise buttons and icons colors

Changed

• UI: Changed copy on Liveness Intro screen
• UI: Confirm and cancel buttons redesigned
• Internal: Updated the map for the supported countries for each document

[10.0.0] - 2018-09-13

Changed

• UI: Changed copy on the selfie capture screen
• Public: No longer compatible with Swift 4.1 and Swift 3.3, now compatible with Swift 4.2 and Swift 3.4.

Removed

• UI: Removed label from capture confirmation screen

Fixed:

• Public: Build status on readme not rendering
• Public: Xcode warnings on missing headers

Removed:

• Public: Swinject from external dependency list
• Public: No longer using ZSWTappableLabel and ZSWTaggedString dependencies

[9.0.0] - 2018-09-03

Added

• Public: ability to run SDK on simulator

Removed

• Public: No longer using SwiftyJSON

Fixed

• UI: SDK crash when tapping screen on face photo capture

[8.0.0] - 2018-08-01

Added:

• Internal: Added the language displayed by the SDK as a parameter on the live video upload, for speech analysis purposes.

Changed

• Public: Flow now dismisses upon completion unless shouldDismissFlowOnCompletion set to false
• Internal: Changed our analytics solution from an external provider to an in-house service

Removed

• Public: SDK no longer supports iOS 8. Now iOS 9+.

Fixed

• UI: Glare detection bubble localisation breaking when custom localisation with long text is used.

[7.2.0] - 2018-07-17

Note: This version might be a breaking change if you are providing customised language translations. Please see MIGRATION.md.

Added

• UI: country selection screen to filter for document type and country combination supported by Onfido
• UI: user can now retry upload when internet connection is lost
• Public: post capture barcode detection for United States driving license captures

Fixed

• UI: sdk crash when quickly transitioning between document type and document capture screens

[7.1.0] - 2018-06-07

Note: This version might be a breaking change if you are providing customised language translations. Please see MIGRATION.md.

Changed

• UI: document type selection is now its own screen with refreshed design
• UI: user flow back navigation is now a natural screen back

Removed

• Public: Removed Alamofire dependency
• Public: Removed MBProgressHUD dependency

Fixed

• UI: Powered by Onfido logo size and position inconsistencies between document/face capture and confirmation.
• UI: Powered by Onfido logo position change after rotation in doc/face capture confirmation screen

[7.0.0] - 2018-04-17

Note: This version might be a breaking change if you are providing customised language translations. Please see MIGRATION.md.

Changed

• UI: Updated error dialogs copy

Fixed

• Public: upload results objects now exposing to objective-c integrator
• UI: Fixed possible crash on camera capture
• UI: Fixed crash on rotation during live video recording
• UI: Fixed crash on going back from preselected document capture screen while glare detected
• UI: Fixed back button with English text on non-English language text flow

[6.0.0] - 2018-04-04

Note:

• This version is not backwards-compatible. Migration notes can be found in MIGRATION.md

Changed

• Public: SDK built using Swift 4.1 and Xcode 9.3

[5.6.0] - 2018-03-16

Added

• Public: Added custom language localisation option using withCustomLocalization() method when configuring the flow
• UI: Added translation for Spanish (es)

Changed

• Public: Objective-C integrator no longer has to hold a strong reference to ONFlow instance during flow execution

Fixed

• UI: Fixed a crashed that happened when starting the sdk and tapping the back button quickly

[5.5.0] - 2018-03-05

Added

• Public: Objective-C interface allows document type to be specified as part of the document step configuration

Changed

• Public: Swift integrator no longer has to hold a strong reference to OnfidoFlow instance during flow execution (Objective-C integrator should still hold the strong reference)

[5.4.1] - 2018-02-21

Fixed

• UI: Fixed two crashes related to the capture screen (by tapping cancel in the document selection and by tapping the capture button before the capture screen shows up)

[5.4.0] - 2018-02-12

Added

• UI: Video face capture screens adapted for formSheet presentation style

Fixed

• UI: Fixed app crash or showing confirmation screen when exiting app during face video recording

[5.3.0] - 2018-02-02

Added

• Public: Added Objective-C interface

Changed

• Internal: Reduced live video maximum duration from 25s to 20s

Fixed

• UI: Fixed crash when going back from live video intro screen to document selection

[5.2.0] - 2018-01-17

Added

• UI: Added manual focus on document capture. It's now possible to trigger by tapping on document within rectangle

Changed

• UI: Refreshed face capture experience
• Internal: Using XCAssets for bundling images in the framework instead of separate bundle

Fixed

• UI: Fixed large back button issue on iPhone X
• UI: Fixed face capture oval height ratio on iPhone X
• Internal: Fixed issue with not cleaning up uploaded images and videos from device
• Internal: Fixed issue with different video codecs being used for video capture
• Internal: Fixed document photo resolution in order to reduce data usage

[5.1.0] - 2017-11-27

Deprecated

• Public: Deprecated withApplicant method and applicantResult object.

Added

• Public: Added withApplicantId method as a preferred way to start a flow with previously created applicant

Changed

• UI: Refreshed face capture confirmation screen

Fixed

• UI: The document frame aspect ratio, in both capture and confirmation screen, on iPhone X is now consistent with ther other models.

[5.0.2] - 2017-11-15

Removed

• Internal: Removed ObjectMapper and AlamofireObjectMapper from podspec

[5.0.1] - 2017-11-09

Changed

• Internal: Improved glare detection algorithm
• Internal: Fixed issue on lower end devices sending low resolution images of document to the Onfido API

[5.0.0] - 2017-11-06

Note:

• This version is not backwards-compatible. Migration notes can be found in MIGRATION.md

Changed

• Public: Now support only supporting Swift 3.2.2 and Swift 4.0.2. Removed support for Swift 3.2 and 4.

[4.0.1] - 2017-10-25

Changed

• Internal: Cropping of document picture is now less agressive and done with higher precision.

[4.0.0] - 2017-10-09

Note:

• This version is not backwards-compatible. Migration notes can be found in MIGRATION.md

Added

• UI: New video face capture screen/step
• Public: Added video variant to the face step, which allows to capture face during live video recording

Changed

• Public: Simplified API configuration for easier integration, create and capture options have been merged into steps which do both
• Public: Simplified API errors. Got rid of errors nesting

Removed

• Public: Success results are no longer returned for captured images
• Public: Removed ability to disable analytics

[3.0.0] - 2017-09-15

Note:

• This version is not backwards-compatible. Migration notes can be found in MIGRATION.md
• This version supports Swift 3.2 and Swift 4 but we have not tested it fully against iOS 11 yet, therefore we cannot guarantee that all features will work properly on that operating system

Added

• UI: Added support for Resident Permit as a new document type
• UI: On document capture screen, a bubble notification will be displayed in real-time if glare is detected on a document

Changed

• Public: Now supporting only Swift 3.2 and Swift 4. Removed support for Swift 3.1

[2.2.0] - 2017-08-14

Added

• UI: Rotation instructions on iPads

Changed

• UI: Improved document capture experience
• Internal: Improved metrics

[2.1.3] - 2017-06-19

Fixed

• Downgraded Alamofire version to 4.4 as 4.5 was generating a new error which will be investigated

[2.1.2] - 2017-06-06

Added

• New image quality filter (notifies user upon glare detection)

[2.1.1] - 2017-05-17

Changed

• Bug fix:
  • Resolved message label issue on smaller screens being cut off

Added

• Ability to preselect document type accepted for document capture screen (skips document type selection)

[2.0.3] - 2017-04-05

• Bug fix:
  • Resolved framework binary incompatibility issue for integrators using Swift 3.1

[2.0.2] - 2017-03-29

• Stability improvements
• Bug fixes:
  • Fixed crash on simulator due to missing camera. Throws OnfidoFlowError.deviceHasNoCamera.
• Minor UI improvements.

[2.0.1] - 2017-03-16

Changed

• Manages camera permission and throws permission error when denied.
• Throws error when SDK configuration is missing applicant object.

[1.2.0] - 2016-12-15

Changed

• Onfido SDK now supports modally presented with form sheet style for iPads
• Fixed issue with Applicant creation process with incorrect date of birth
• Fixed issue with ApplicantResult with nil date of birth when should be present.
• Improvements to reduce and avoid memory leaks

[0.0.10] - 2016-12-15

Changed

• Bug fix for iPhones > 5s incorrect capture and crash upon image selection on capture screens

[0.0.8] - 2016-12-14

Added

• Support for different document types. For Driving Licenses and National ID cards the reverse of the document is required. The front of the document is validated by our server to make sure a readable document is present.

Changed

• Swift version used is now 3.0
• iOS supported version is 8.0 and above

[0.0.6] - 2016-10-25

Removed

• Applicant details capture view
• Dependency on MICountryPicker

Changed

• Updated syntax to Swift 2.3 (preparing to Swift 3.0)
• Updated version of AlamofireObjectMapper to 3.0.2
• The OnfidoUI class initialisation methods (refer to the README file)

Added

• Option to bring the capture UI without actually creating anything on the Onfido servers
• The applicant details are now passed as a Hash if the client wants the library to create it
• The SDK will return the LivePhoto or Document (including the captured files) when calling the callback closure of the host app - making it possible to use the capture UI without creating the files on the Onfido server, grabbing them and uploading later on
• OnfidoSDKResults class which will encapsulate the return values (Applicant, LivePhoto, Document or Check) to the host app's callback closure
• A "validate" parameter has been added to the OnfidoAPI.uploadDocument() method (refer to the Readme file)

[0.0.5] - 2016-07-28

Added

• Callbacks to the Document/Facial captures
• Mapping between alpha2 and alpha3 ISO3166-1 codes

Changed

• Improved the UI, specially in the "Next" buttons and the applicant details form
• Fixed the country code being sent to the API (it takes ISO3166-1 alpha3)
• Improved the way the binary framework is built and made it easier to ship new versions

[0.0.3-pre] - 2016-07-20

Added

• Initial public release (preview)