Login Plugin - iOS

The iOS Login plugin for Zapp is based on implementing the ZPLoginProviderProtocol. This protocol goes through all of the functions for initializing, checking complience and presenting a login screen.

In order to see a basic implementation of a login plugin, we suggest reviewing the Login Plugin Demo Project as it's a good starting point for implementing a login plugin.

This guide will go through the basic terms and functions that need to be implemented in order to create a login plugin and extend on some additional protocols that provide additional functionality such as users, startup processing, and login and screen hooks.

For more info about Initial iOS Plugin Setup, Click Here

The Login Provider protocol

The main protocol used for login plugins is ZPLoginProviderProtocol. All login plugins must implement this protocol as it's part of what Zapp apps are expecting when initializing a login plugin.

Initialization and general properties

The ZPLoginProviderProtocol protocol inherits from the ZPAdapterProtocol in order to initialize the plugin and save the configuration object.

The following initialization methods must be implemented:

  public init(configurationJSON: NSDictionary?)
  public init()

The configurationJSON property should be then set as a property and exposed:

  public var configurationJSON: NSDictionary? { get }

Login and Logout

The following method is used for logging in:

  func login(_ additionalParameters: [String: Any]?, completion: @escaping ((_ status: ZPLoginOperationStatus) -> Void))

The following method is used for logging out:

  func logout(_ completion: @escaping ((_ success: ZPLoginOperationStatus) -> Void))

Notice the completion object contains a status parameter of type ZPLoginOperationStatus.

This status should be sent after the login or logout process (and any additional process if needed - such as authorization and purchase) are performed and can be returned with one of the following values:

• Completed successfully - login or logout process completed successfully
• Failed - login or logout process failed
• Canceled - user canceled the login or logout process

The following methods are helper methods used to understand the state of a user:

  func isAuthenticated() -> Bool
  func isPerformingAuthorizationFlow() -> Bool

User token

The following methods are used for getting and setting user tokens.

The set user token function can be optionally exposed in order to allow webviews and react native views to set the token. If this function recieves nil - it should clear the user token.

  @objc func getUserToken() -> String
  @objc optional func setUserToken(token: String?)

The User Data Protocol

The user data protocol is used for enforcing specific user complience and is comprised by 2 optional methods differenciated by the use of a completion method:

  @objc optional func isUserComply(policies:[String: NSObject]) -> Bool
  @objc optional func isUserComply(policies:[String: NSObject], completion: @escaping (Bool) -> ())

Please implement the appropriate one according to the usage. The policies object is a dictionary that will be containing the metadata giving the specific context. Example values can be playable_items which would be an array of ZPPlayable items or vod_item_id for an Applicaster VOD item ID.

This complience method is usually called before a screen or a player to validate if a user should have access to the requested content. To read more about ZPPlayableItem please refer to the iOS Player plugin documente Here

The Provider Logic Protocol

The ZPLoginProviderLogicProtocol is a protocol meant for starndartising the structure and calls through a flow. This protocol is meant to be implemented in cases where the login interface is provided through React Native and is passed at the initialization of a React Native ZPLoginReactNativeBridge initialization method.

Here are the functions included in this protocol:

  func register(params : [String: Any]?, completion: ((_ success: Bool, _ errorMessage: String?) -> Void)?)
  func login(params : [String: Any]?, completion: ((_ success: Bool, _ errorMessage: String?) -> Void)?)
  func recoverPassword(params : [String: Any]?, completion: ((_ success: Bool, _ errorMessage: String?) -> Void)?)
  func logout(params : [String: Any]?, completion: ((_ success: Bool, _ errorMessage: String?) -> Void)?)
  func loginDone(params : [String: Any]?, completion: ((_ success: Bool, _ errorMessage: String?) -> Void)?)
  func loginCancelled(params : [String: Any]?, completion: ((_ success: Bool, _ errorMessage: String?) -> Void)?)

Screen Hooks

A common way to involve the login plugin as a part of the flow of the app is setting it up as a hook between screens. This means the plugin will be called before screen presentation and can choose to check complience, present login, or deny access.

For more about Hook Plugins Click Here.

Startup Hooks

Some login plugins need an initial startup to either:

• Present a login gateway at app launch
• Do an initial setup and try to silently login, update entitlements, etc.

For more information check the following guide.