Android SDK setup

Use the OwnID Android SDK to add passkey-first authentication and passkey enrollment to a native Android app. Your app remains responsible for user records, sessions, and identity-provider integration.

Requirements

Android API 23+
Compile SDK 35+
Core Kotlin compatibility baseline: 1.8.22
Compose UI Kotlin compatibility baseline: 1.9.25
Jetpack Compose 1.7.8+ for Compose UI

The SDK supports Android API 23 and later, but Credential Manager passkeys require Android 9 (API 28) or later.

Choose an SDK artifact

Artifact	Use it for
`com.ownid.android-sdk:core`	SDK configuration, Elite flow, Headless, Passkey Enrollment, WebBridge, and passkey operations
`com.ownid.android-sdk:compose`	Boost flow widgets and SDK-provided Compose UI; includes Core transitively

Core
Compose UI

dependencies {
    implementation("com.ownid.android-sdk:core:<latest-version>")
}

dependencies {
    implementation("com.ownid.android-sdk:compose:<latest-version>")
}

The Compose artifact already includes Core. Add Core separately only if you need to pin its version.

Initialize OwnID

Copy the application ID from the OwnID Console and initialize the SDK once during app startup.

import android.app.Application
import com.ownid.sdk.OwnId

class App : Application() {
    override fun onCreate() {
        super.onCreate()

        OwnId.initialize {
            applicationContext = this@App.applicationContext
            appId = "<OWNID_APP_ID>"
        }
    }
}

Besides the Android application context, appId is the only required OwnID setting. For optional settings and alternative initialization methods, see the full configuration guide.

Enable passkeys

Complete passkey setup

Configure Credential Manager and associate your Android app with the relying party domain before starting a passkey flow.

Choose an integration

Boost flow

Add OwnID widgets to an existing native login or registration screen.

Elite flow

Run the OwnID-hosted authentication experience in an SDK-managed WebView.

Passkey enrollment

Add a passkey for a user who is already signed in.

Continue with the Android guides

Android documentation

Explore configuration, providers, flows, customization, examples, and troubleshooting.

Migrate from v3 to v4

Update an existing Android SDK version 3 integration.

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Requirements

Choose an SDK artifact

Initialize OwnID

Enable passkeys

Complete passkey setup

Choose an integration

Boost flow

Elite flow

Passkey enrollment

Continue with the Android guides

Android documentation

Migrate from v3 to v4

​Requirements

​Choose an SDK artifact

​Initialize OwnID

​Enable passkeys

Complete passkey setup

​Choose an integration

Boost flow

Elite flow

Passkey enrollment

​Continue with the Android guides

Android documentation

Migrate from v3 to v4

Requirements

Choose an SDK artifact

Initialize OwnID

Enable passkeys

Choose an integration

Continue with the Android guides