How to use Auth0 with Web3Auth Android SDK

This guide will cover the basics of how to use the Web3Auth Android SDK in your Android application with Auth0.

Demo APK: Download

Repository: https://github.com/Web3Auth/web3auth-pnp-examples/tree/main/android/android-auth0-example

Live Demo

Quick Start​

npx degit Web3Auth/web3auth-pnp-examples/android/android-auth0-example w3a-android-auth0-demo
# Open in Android Studio

How it works?​

When integrating Web3Auth Android SDK with Auth0 Login the flow looks something like this:

• When a user logs in with Auth0, Auth0 sends a JWT id_token to the app. This JWT token is sent to the Web3Auth SDK's login function.

• Finally, on successful validation of the JWT token, Web3Auth SDK will generate a private key for the user, in a self custodial way, resulting in easy onboarding for your user to the application.

Prerequisites​

• For Web Apps: A basic knowledge of JavaScript is required to use Web3Auth SDK.

• For Mobile Apps: For the Web3Auth Mobile SDKs, you have a choice between iOS, Android, React Native & Flutter. Please refer to the Web3Auth SDK Reference for more information.

• Create a Web3Auth account on the Web3Auth Dashboard

• Android API version 21 or newer.

• Create an Auth0 tenant and configure a Single Page Web Application (SPA for Web) or Native (for Mobile) from Auth0 Console.

• Please note that Regular Web Applications are also supported as mentioned in the flows above. However, for this guide, we prefer SPA since its implicit flow doesn’t require an application to host a backend server.

Setup​

Setup your Auth0 Tenant​

• Add the following URLs for your app to the Allowed Web Origins field when configuring your Auth0 Application.

  • Additional to your URLs for the application, please add
    • https://auth.web3auth.io/auth

  

• You will require the domain and clientId of the newly created application which you can copy from Auth0 Console.

Enable Social Login​

• Enable Google or other social provider on the Authentication > Social page of your Auth0 Dashboard.
• Visit https://auth0.com/learn/social-login to learn more.

Enable SMS Passwordless​

• Enable SMS on the Authentication > Passwordless page of your Auth0 Dashboard.
• Under the Settings tab, add your Twilio SID and Twilio AuthToken.
• Also, update the From number on the same page, and click on the Save button.
• Next, enable your application under the Applications tab, and click on the Save button.
• You can test sending an SMS from the Try tab. Once, an SMS comes with OTP, it means it has been successfully configured.

Update Lockscreen for SMS Passwordless​

Enable Email Passwordless​

• Enable Email on the Authentication > Passwordless page of your Auth0 Dashboard.
• Under the Settings tab, update From and Subject based on your need and click on the Save button.
• Next, enable your application under the Applications tab, and click on the Save button.
• You can test sending an Email from the Try tab. Once, an Email comes with OTP/Link, it means it has been successfully configured.

Update Lockscreen for Email Passwordless​

Setup your Web3Auth Dashboard​

• Create a Project from the Project Section of the Web3Auth Developer Dashboard.

  

  • Enter your desired Project name.

  • Select the Product you want to use. For this guide, we'll be using the Plug n Play product.

  • Select the Platform type you want to use. For this guide, we'll be using the Android as the platform.

  • Select the Web3Auth Network as Sapphire Devnet. We recommend creating a project in the Sapphire Devnet network during development. While moving to a production environment, make sure to convert your project to Sapphire Mainnet or any of the legacy mainnet network Mainet, Aqua, or Cyan network. Otherwise, you'll end up losing users and keys.

  • Select the blockchain(s) you'll be building this project on. For interoperability with Torus Wallets, you have the option of allowing the user's private key to be used in other applications using Torus Wallets (EVM, Solana, XRPL & Casper).

  • Finally, once you create the project, you have the option to whitelist your URLs for the project. Please whitelist the domains where your project will be hosted.

    

Create Auth0 Verifiers​

• Create a Verifier from the Custom Auth Section of the Developer Dashboard with the following configuration:

  • Pick a name of your choice for the verifier identifier. eg. auth0-project

  • Choose Social Login Providers and select Auth0 from the Login Provider dropdown.

  • Next, Choose your Authentication Type from eg. Google, Twitter, GitHub etc.. to be the Auth provider.

  • Paste the Client ID and Auth0 Domain from the Auth0 SPA you created in the above steps. This will be used to validate the JWT token issued by Auth0. And, select Sub or Email as the JWT Verifier ID.

  • Click on the Create Verifier button to create your verifier. It may take up to 10-20 minutes to deploy the verifier on Sapphire Devnet. You'll receive an email once it's complete.

    

  You will require the verifierName of the newly created verifier and clientId of the Plug and Play Project.

Create SMS Passwordless Verifier​

• Create a Verifier from the Custom Auth Section of the Developer Dashboard with the following configuration:

  • Choose a name of your choice for the verifier identifier. eg. auth0-sms-passwordless

  • Select Custom Providers from the Login Provider.

  • Choose Custom for the JWT Verifier ID and type name.

  • Enter https://{YOUR-DOMAIN}/.well-known/jwks.json as your JWKS Endpoint. This will be used to validate the JWT token issued by Auth0. eg. https://web3auth.eu.auth0.com/.well-known/jwks.json

  • JWT validation fields:

    • iss: https://{YOUR-DOMAIN}
    • aud: {AUTH0-CLIENT-ID}

  • Click on the Create button to create your verifier. It may take up to 10-20 minutes to deploy the verifier on Sapphire Devnet. You'll receive an email once it's complete.

    

  You will require the verifierName of the newly created verifier and clientId of the Plug and Play Project.

Create Email Passwordless Verifier​

• Create a Verifier from the Custom Auth Section of the Developer Dashboard with the following configuration:

  • Choose a name of your choice for the verifier identifier. eg. auth0-email-passwordless

  • Choose Social Login Providers and select Auth0 from the Login Provider dropdown.

  • Choose your Authentication Type as Email Passwordless to use Auth0's Email Passwordless.

  • Paste the Client ID and Auth0 Domain from the Auth0 SPA you created in the above steps. This will be used to validate the JWT token issued by Auth0.

  • Click on the Create button to create your verifier. It may take up to 10-20 minutes to deploy the verifier on Sapphire Devnet. You'll receive an email once it's complete.

    

  You will require the verifierName of the newly created verifier and clientId of the Plug and Play Project.

Using the Web3Auth SDK​

To use the Web3Auth SDK, you'll need to add the dependency of the respective platform SDK of Web3Auth to your project. To know more about the available SDKs, please have a look at our SDK page.

For this guide, we will be using the Web3Auth Android SDK.

Add Web3Auth to Gradle​

In your project-level gradle file add JitPack repository.

dependencyResolutionManagement {
    repositoriesMode.set(RepositoriesMode.FAIL_ON_PROJECT_REPOS)
    repositories {
        google()
        mavenCentral()
        maven { url "https://jitpack.io" } // <-- Add this line
    }
}

Then, in your app-level build.gradle dependencies section, add the following:

dependencies {
    // ...
    implementation 'com.github.web3auth:web3auth-android-sdk:8.0.3'
}

Permissions​

Open your app's AndroidManifest.xml file and add the following permission. Please make sure the <uses-permission> element should be a direct child of the <manifest> root element.

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />

Configuration​

Configure a Plug n Play project​

• Go to Web3Auth Developer Dashboard, and create or open an existing Web3Auth project.
• Whitelist {SCHEME}://{YOUR_APP_PACKAGE_NAME} in the developer dashboard. This step is mandatory for the redirect to work.

Configure AndroidManifest File​

Make sure your Main activity launchMode is set to singleTop in your AndroidManifest.xml

<activity
  android:launchMode="singleTop"
  android:name=".YourActivity">
  // ...
</activity>

From version 7.1.2, please make sure to set android:allowBackup to false, and add tools:replace="android:fullBackupContent" in your AndroidManifest.xml file.

<application
        android:allowBackup="false"
        tools:replace="android:fullBackupContent"
        android:dataExtractionRules="@xml/data_extraction_rules"
        android:fullBackupContent="@xml/backup_rules"
        android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher">
</application>

Configure Deep Link​

Open your app's AndroidManifest.xml file and add the following deep link intent filter to your Main activity

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

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

  <data android:scheme="{scheme}" android:host="{YOUR_APP_PACKAGE_NAME}" android:path="/path" />
  <!-- Accept URIs: w3a://com.example.w3aflutter -->
</intent-filter>

Initialization​

Initialization is a two-step process:

1. Creating a Web3Auth Instance
2. Setting a Result URL

Please note that these are the most critical steps where you must pass on different parameters according to the preference of your project. Additionally, You must configure Whitelabeling and Custom Authentication within this step if you wish to customize your Web3Auth Instance.

Create Web3Auth Instance​

In your activity, create a Web3Auth instance with your Web3Auth project's configurations.

web3Auth = Web3Auth(
  Web3AuthOptions(
    context = this,
    clientId = getString(R.string.web3auth_project_id), // pass over your Web3Auth Client ID from Developer Dashboard
    network = Network.MAINNET, // pass over the network you want to use (MAINNET, TESTNET, CYAN, AQUA )
    redirectUrl = Uri.parse("{YOUR_APP_PACKAGE_NAME}://auth"), // your app's redirect URL
    loginConfig = hashMapOf("jwt" to LoginConfigItem(
        verifier = "web3auth-auth0-demo",
        typeOfLogin = TypeOfLogin.JWT,
        name = "Auth0 Login",
        clientId = getString(R.string.web3auth_auth0_client_id)
        )
    )
  )
)

// Handle user signing in when app is not alive
web3Auth.setResultUrl(intent?.data)

Add the below line to your app/res/values/strings.xml file and paste your Web3Auth Client ID:

<resources>
    <!-- ... -->
    <string name="web3auth_project_id">CLIENT_ID_FROM_WEB3AUTH_DASHBOARD</string>
    <!-- ... -->
</resources>

Read more about initializing the Android SDK here.

Set Result URL​

Whenever user initiates a login flow, a new intent of CustomTabs is launched. It’s necessary step to use setResultUrl in onNewIntent method to successful track the login process.

override fun onNewIntent(intent: Intent?) {
  super.onNewIntent(intent)

  // Handle user signing in when app is active
  web3Auth.setResultUrl(intent.data)
}

Authentication​

Logging in​

Once initialized, you can use the web3Auth.login(LoginParams("{selectedLoginProvider}")) function to authenticate the user when they click the login button.

private fun signIn() {
  val selectedLoginProvider = Provider.JWT   // For Auth0, we use JWT, not AUTH0
  val loginCompletableFuture: CompletableFuture<Web3AuthResponse> = web3Auth.login(LoginParams(selectedLoginProvider, extraLoginOptions = ExtraLoginOptions(domain = "https://shahbaz-torus.us.auth0.com", verifierIdField = "sub")))

  loginCompletableFuture.whenComplete { loginResponse, error ->
    if (error == null) {
      // render logged in UI
      println(loginResponse)
    } else {
      // render error UI
    }
  }
}

When connecting, the login function takes the LoginParams arguments for the login. See the LoginParams for more details.

Sample loginResponse​

{
  "privKey": "0ajjsdsd....",
  "userInfo": {
    "email": "w3a-heroes@web3auth.com",
    "name": "Web3Auth Heroes",
    "profileImage": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/Ajjjsdsmdjmnm...",
    "verifier": "torus",
    "verifierId": "w3a-heroes@web3auth.com",
    "typeOfLogin": "google",
    "aggregateVerifier": "w3a-google-sapphire",
    "dappShare": "", // 24 words of seed phrase will be sent only incase of custom verifiers
    "idToken": "<jwtToken issued by Web3Auth>",
    "oAuthIdToken": "<jwtToken issued by OAuth Provider>", // will be sent only incase of custom verifiers
    "oAuthAccessToken": "<accessToken issued by OAuth Provider>", // will be sent only incase of custom verifiers
    "isMfaEnabled": false // Returns whether the user has enabled MFA or not
  },
  "ed25519PrivKey": "666523652352635....",
  "coreKitKey": "0xajjsdsd....",
  "coreKitEd25519PrivKey": "666523652352635....",
  "sessionId": "0xajjsdsd...."
}

Get the User Profile​

// Assuming the user is logged in, get the user profile from the web3AuthResponse
val userInfo = web3AuthResponse.userInfo

Using the web3Auth.login function, you can get the details of the logged in user. Please note that these details are not stored anywhere in Web3Auth network.

If you wish you add Multi Factor Authentication, use dApp Share

• Multi Factor Authentication
• Using dApp Share

Logout​

Logging out your user is as simple as calling the logout method. This method will clear the session data and the user will be logged out from Web3Auth.

val logoutCompletableFuture = web3Auth.logout()

Interacting with the Blockchain​

Get Account​

// checkout the Connect Blockchain > Ethereum > Android to get full code.
private fun getAddress(): String {
  println("Address:, ${credentials.address}")
  return credentials.address
}

// Setup UI and event handlers
val getBalanceButton = findViewById<Button>(R.id.getBalanceButton)
getBalanceButton.setOnClickListener { getAddress() }

Get Balance​

// checkout the Connect Blockchain > Ethereum > Android to get full code.
private fun getBalance(): BigInteger? {
  val publicAddress = credentials.address
  val ethBalance: EthGetBalance = web3.ethGetBalance(publicAddress, DefaultBlockParameterName.LATEST).sendAsync().get()
  println("Balance: ${ethBalance.balance}")
  return ethBalance.balance
}

// Setup UI and event handlers
val getBalanceButton = findViewById<Button>(R.id.getBalanceButton)
getBalanceButton.setOnClickListener { getBalance() }

Send Transaction​

// checkout the Connect Blockchain > Ethereum > Android to get full code.
private fun sendTransaction(amount: Double, recipientAddress: String): String? {
  val ethGetTransactionCount: EthGetTransactionCount = web3.ethGetTransactionCount(credentials.address, DefaultBlockParameterName.LATEST).sendAsync().get()
  val nonce: BigInteger = ethGetTransactionCount.transactionCount
  val value: BigInteger = Convert.toWei(amount.toString(), Convert.Unit.ETHER).toBigInteger()
  val gasLimit: BigInteger = BigInteger.valueOf(21000)
  val chainId: EthChainId = web3.ethChainId().sendAsync().get()

  // Raw Transaction
  val rawTransaction: RawTransaction = RawTransaction.createTransaction(
    chainId.chainId.toLong(),
    nonce,
    gasLimit,
    recipientAddress,
    value,
    "",
    BigInteger.valueOf(5000000000),
    BigInteger.valueOf(6000000000000)
  )

  val signedMessage: ByteArray = TransactionEncoder.signMessage(rawTransaction, credentials)
  val hexValue: String = Numeric.toHexString(signedMessage)
  val ethSendTransaction: EthSendTransaction = web3.ethSendRawTransaction(hexValue).sendAsync().get()
  return if(ethSendTransaction.error != null) {
    println("Tx Error: ${ethSendTransaction.error.message}")
    ethSendTransaction.error.message
  } else {
    println("Tx Hash: ${ethSendTransaction.transactionHash}")
    ethSendTransaction.transactionHash
  }
}

// Setup UI and event handlers
val sendTransactionButton = findViewById<Button>(R.id.sendTransactionButton)
sendTransactionButton.setOnClickListener { sendTransaction() }

Example code​

The code for the application we developed in this guide can be found in the Web3Auth Android Auth0 Example. Check it out and try running it locally yourself!

Also, checkout other examples:

• Using Web3Auth Android SDK
• Using Custom JWT (via Firebase) with Android SDK
• Using Aggregate Verifier with Android SDK

Questions?​

Ask us on Web3Auth's Community Support Portal