Link Multiple Auth Providers to an Account on Apple Platforms

You can allow users to sign in to your app using multiple authentication providers by linking auth provider credentials to an existing user account. Users are identifiable by the same Firebase user ID regardless of the authentication provider they used to sign in. For example, a user who signed in with a password can link a Google account and sign in with either method in the future. Or, an anonymous user can link a Facebook account and then, later, sign in with Facebook to continue using your app.

Before you begin

Add support for two or more authentication providers (possibly including anonymous authentication) to your app.

To link auth provider credentials to an existing user account:

  1. Sign in the user using any authentication provider or method.
  2. Complete the sign-in flow for the new authentication provider up to, but not including, calling one of the FIRAuth.signInWith methods. For example, get the user's Google ID token, Facebook access token, or email and password.

  3. Get a FIRAuthCredential for the new authentication provider:

    Google Sign-In
    Swift
    guard
  let authentication = user?.authentication,
  let idToken = authentication.idToken
else {
  return
}

let credential = GoogleAuthProvider.credential(withIDToken: idToken,
                                               accessToken: authentication.accessToken)
    Objective-C
    FIRAuthCredential *credential =
[FIRGoogleAuthProvider credentialWithIDToken:result.user.idToken.tokenString
                                 accessToken:result.user.accessToken.tokenString];
    Facebook Login
    Swift
    let credential = FacebookAuthProvider
  .credential(withAccessToken: AccessToken.current!.tokenString)
    Objective-C
    FIRAuthCredential *credential = [FIRFacebookAuthProvider
    credentialWithAccessToken:[FBSDKAccessToken currentAccessToken].tokenString];
    Email-password sign-in
    Swift
    let credential = EmailAuthProvider.credential(withEmail: email, password: password)
    Objective-C
    FIRAuthCredential *credential =
    [FIREmailAuthProvider credentialWithEmail:email
                                             password:password];

  4. Pass the FIRAuthCredential object to the signed-in user's linkWithCredential:completion: method:

    Swift
        user.link(with: credential) { authResult, error in
  // ...
}
}
    Objective-C
        [[FIRAuth auth].currentUser linkWithCredential:credential
    completion:^(FIRAuthDataResult *result, NSError *_Nullable error) {
  // ...
}];

    The call to linkWithCredential:completion: will fail if the credentials are already linked to another user account. In this situation, you must handle merging the accounts and associated data as appropriate for your app:

    Swift

    let prevUser = Auth.auth().currentUser
Auth.auth().signIn(with: credential) { authResult, error in
    if let error = error {
      let authError = error as NSError
      if isMFAEnabled, authError.code == AuthErrorCode.secondFactorRequired.rawValue {
        // The user is a multi-factor user. Second factor challenge is required.
        let resolver = authError
          .userInfo[AuthErrorUserInfoMultiFactorResolverKey] as! MultiFactorResolver
        var displayNameString = ""
        for tmpFactorInfo in resolver.hints {
          displayNameString += tmpFactorInfo.displayName ?? ""
          displayNameString += " "
        }
        self.showTextInputPrompt(
          withMessage: "Select factor to sign in\n\(displayNameString)",
          completionBlock: { userPressedOK, displayName in
            var selectedHint: PhoneMultiFactorInfo?
            for tmpFactorInfo in resolver.hints {
              if displayName == tmpFactorInfo.displayName {
                selectedHint = tmpFactorInfo as? PhoneMultiFactorInfo
              }
            }
            PhoneAuthProvider.provider()
              .verifyPhoneNumber(with: selectedHint!, uiDelegate: nil,
                                 multiFactorSession: resolver
                                   .session) { verificationID, error in
                if error != nil {
                  print(
                    "Multi factor start sign in failed. Error: \(error.debugDescription)"
                  )
                } else {
                  self.showTextInputPrompt(
                    withMessage: "Verification code for \(selectedHint?.displayName ?? "")",
                    completionBlock: { userPressedOK, verificationCode in
                      let credential: PhoneAuthCredential? = PhoneAuthProvider.provider()
                        .credential(withVerificationID: verificationID!,
                                    verificationCode: verificationCode!)
                      let assertion: MultiFactorAssertion? = PhoneMultiFactorGenerator
                        .assertion(with: credential!)
                      resolver.resolveSignIn(with: assertion!) { authResult, error in
                        if error != nil {
                          print(
                            "Multi factor finanlize sign in failed. Error: \(error.debugDescription)"
                          )
                        } else {
                          self.navigationController?.popViewController(animated: true)
                        }
                      }
                    }
                  )
                }
              }
          }
        )
      } else {
        self.showMessagePrompt(error.localizedDescription)
        return
      }
      // ...
      return
    }
    // User is signed in
    // ...
}
            // Merge prevUser and currentUser accounts and data
            // ...
        }

    Objective-C

    FIRUser *prevUser = [FIRAuth auth].currentUser;
[[FIRAuth auth] signInWithCredential:credential
                          completion:^(FIRAuthDataResult * _Nullable authResult,
                                       NSError * _Nullable error) {
    if (isMFAEnabled && error && error.code == FIRAuthErrorCodeSecondFactorRequired) {
      FIRMultiFactorResolver *resolver = error.userInfo[FIRAuthErrorUserInfoMultiFactorResolverKey];
      NSMutableString *displayNameString = [NSMutableString string];
      for (FIRMultiFactorInfo *tmpFactorInfo in resolver.hints) {
        [displayNameString appendString:tmpFactorInfo.displayName];
        [displayNameString appendString:@" "];
      }
      [self showTextInputPromptWithMessage:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"Select factor to sign in\n%@", displayNameString]
                           completionBlock:^(BOOL userPressedOK, NSString *_Nullable displayName) {
       FIRPhoneMultiFactorInfo* selectedHint;
       for (FIRMultiFactorInfo *tmpFactorInfo in resolver.hints) {
         if ([displayName isEqualToString:tmpFactorInfo.displayName]) {
           selectedHint = (FIRPhoneMultiFactorInfo *)tmpFactorInfo;
         }
       }
       [FIRPhoneAuthProvider.provider
        verifyPhoneNumberWithMultiFactorInfo:selectedHint
        UIDelegate:nil
        multiFactorSession:resolver.session
        completion:^(NSString * _Nullable verificationID, NSError * _Nullable error) {
          if (error) {
            [self showMessagePrompt:error.localizedDescription];
          } else {
            [self showTextInputPromptWithMessage:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"Verification code for %@", selectedHint.displayName]
                                 completionBlock:^(BOOL userPressedOK, NSString *_Nullable verificationCode) {
             FIRPhoneAuthCredential *credential =
                 [[FIRPhoneAuthProvider provider] credentialWithVerificationID:verificationID
                                                              verificationCode:verificationCode];
             FIRMultiFactorAssertion *assertion = [FIRPhoneMultiFactorGenerator assertionWithCredential:credential];
             [resolver resolveSignInWithAssertion:assertion completion:^(FIRAuthDataResult * _Nullable authResult, NSError * _Nullable error) {
               if (error) {
                 [self showMessagePrompt:error.localizedDescription];
               } else {
                 NSLog(@"Multi factor finanlize sign in succeeded.");
               }
             }];
           }];
          }
        }];
     }];
    }
  else if (error) {
    // ...
    return;
  }
  // User successfully signed in. Get user data from the FIRUser object
  if (authResult == nil) { return; }
  FIRUser *user = authResult.user;
  // ...
}];
                                    // Merge prevUser and currentUser accounts and data
                                    // ...
                                }];

If the call to linkWithCredential:completion: succeeds, the user can now sign in using any linked authentication provider and access the same Firebase data.

You can unlink an auth provider from an account, so that the user can no longer sign in with that provider.

To unlink an auth provider from a user account, pass the provider ID to the unlink method. You can get the provider IDs of the auth providers linked to a user from the providerData property.

Swift

Auth.auth().currentUser?.unlink(fromProvider: providerID!) { user, error in
  // ...
}

Objective-C

[[FIRAuth auth].currentUser unlinkFromProvider:providerID
                                    completion:^(FIRUser *_Nullable user, NSError *_Nullable error) {
  // ...
}];