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 1/3] 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 3c9a192a81..c295904aa4 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,

From 3f74de8966825149159a2e2b895fd05f80a57fc6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pjf-dev <28768673+pjf-dev@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2025 19:14:08 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Add change file

---
 .changes/fix-ios-biometry-fallback-auth.md | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .changes/fix-ios-biometry-fallback-auth.md

diff --git a/.changes/fix-ios-biometry-fallback-auth.md b/.changes/fix-ios-biometry-fallback-auth.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..50e3852346
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/fix-ios-biometry-fallback-auth.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"biometric": patch:bug
+"biometric-js": patch:bug
+---
+
+Fix biometric plugin not prompting for fallback credentials when biometry status is unavailable or not enrolled on iOS.

From b615f479b5143893c0111fe82734f551c5dc31fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pjf-dev <28768673+pjf-dev@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2025 19:45:05 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Rephrase change to better describe issue

---
 .changes/fix-ios-biometry-fallback-auth.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.changes/fix-ios-biometry-fallback-auth.md b/.changes/fix-ios-biometry-fallback-auth.md
index 50e3852346..c01159f0e6 100644
--- a/.changes/fix-ios-biometry-fallback-auth.md
+++ b/.changes/fix-ios-biometry-fallback-auth.md
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 "biometric-js": patch:bug
 ---
 
-Fix biometric plugin not prompting for fallback credentials when biometry status is unavailable or not enrolled on iOS.
+Fix biometric plugin ignoring fallback logic when biometry status is unavailable or not enrolled on iOS.