From 82830dea46937cf11bc50d77300d25c3e71af753 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pjf-dev <28768673+pjf-dev@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2025 17:21:18 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fix early biometric status check not accounting for
 allowDeviceCredential fallback logic

---
 plugins/biometric/ios/Sources/BiometricPlugin.swift | 11 ++++++-----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/plugins/biometric/ios/Sources/BiometricPlugin.swift b/plugins/biometric/ios/Sources/BiometricPlugin.swift
index 3c9a192a..c295904a 100644
--- a/plugins/biometric/ios/Sources/BiometricPlugin.swift
+++ b/plugins/biometric/ios/Sources/BiometricPlugin.swift
@@ -98,7 +98,12 @@ class BiometricPlugin: Plugin {
   }
 
   @objc func authenticate(_ invoke: Invoke) throws {
-    guard self.status.available else {
+    let args = try invoke.parseArgs(AuthOptions.self)
+
+    let allowDeviceCredential = args.allowDeviceCredential ?? false
+
+    guard self.status.available || allowDeviceCredential else {
+      // Biometry unavailable, fallback disabled
       invoke.reject(
         self.status.errorReason ?? "",
         code: self.status.errorCode ?? ""
@@ -106,15 +111,11 @@ class BiometricPlugin: Plugin {
       return
     }
 
-    let args = try invoke.parseArgs(AuthOptions.self)
-
     let context = LAContext()
     context.localizedFallbackTitle = args.fallbackTitle
     context.localizedCancelTitle = args.cancelTitle
     context.touchIDAuthenticationAllowableReuseDuration = 0
 
-    let allowDeviceCredential = args.allowDeviceCredential ?? false
-
     // force system default fallback title if an empty string is provided (the OS hides the fallback button in this case)
     if allowDeviceCredential,
       let fallbackTitle = context.localizedFallbackTitle,