Observe auth state

[anarenteriareyes]

Hi!

I'm integrating the iOS SDK into my app, and I noticed that for the Android SDK there is a way to observe the authentication status. Is there something similar in the iOS SDK, or maybe just a way to know if the user is authenticated?

[nataliq-pp]

Hi @anarenteriareyes, thank you for bringing up this API discrepancy with our Android SDK! There's currently no such functionality in the iOS SDK. We’re aware of the issue and appreciate your reminder. Please keep an eye out for updates, and we’ll make sure to notify you once it’s resolved.

[fobos531]

Hello @nataliq-pp , we would also very much appreciate to have this in the SDK.

[nataliq-pp]

Hi @anarenteriareyes & @fobos531, we are currently refining some improvements to the iOS SDK. Can you help us understand your use cases with the requested functionality? We have a few differences between iOS and Android in terms of authentication flows and your feedback can be a valuable input for our prioritization.

[fobos531]

Hi @anarenteriareyes & @fobos531, we are currently refining some improvements to the iOS SDK. Can you help us understand your use cases with the requested functionality? We have a few differences between iOS and Android in terms of authentication flows and your feedback can be a valuable input for our prioritization.

Hello @nataliq-pp

In our app we have a "control panel" kind of screen where the user can verify that they have all the prerequisites needed to collect payments. This can be things like ensuring all relevant permissions are granted (location, storage etc.). In this kind of case we would like to have the ability to check if the user is already logged into Zettle or not, and based on that show a button to log in.

Additionally, it would help us prevent errors in developer code when we mistakenly try to initialize the SDK multiple times. Right now, if you try to initialize the SDK multiple times, it will throw an exception and crash an app, which is not a great user experience. Relying on the "logged in" variable exported from Zettle SDK would allow us to handle this much more gracefully.

[Bart-Westenenk]

What is the state of this issue? @nataliq-pp

[nataliq-pp]

Linking related issue #466 which we will keep open until we have an update.