Authenticate Using Facebook Login on Apple Platforms

You can let your users authenticate with Firebase using their Facebook accounts by integrating Facebook Login or Facebook Limited Login into your app.

Before you begin

Use Swift Package Manager to install and manage Firebase dependencies.

  1. In Xcode, with your app project open, navigate to File > Add Packages.
  2. When prompted, add the Firebase Apple platforms SDK repository:
    3.   https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk
  3. Choose the Firebase Authentication library.
  4. When finished, Xcode will automatically begin resolving and downloading your dependencies in the background.

Next, perform some configuration steps:

  1. On the Facebook for Developers site, get the App ID and an App Secret for your app.
  2. Enable Facebook Login:
    1. In the Firebase console, open the Auth section.
    2. On the Sign in method tab, enable the Facebook sign-in method and specify the App ID and App Secret you got from Facebook.
    3. Then, make sure your OAuth redirect URI (e.g. my-app-12345.firebaseapp.com/__/auth/handler) is listed as one of your OAuth redirect URIs in your Facebook app's settings page on the Facebook for Developers site in the Product Settings > Facebook Login config.

Implement Facebook Login

To use "classic" Facebook Login, complete the following steps. Alternatively, you can use Facebook Limited Login, as shown in the next section.

  1. Integrate Facebook Login into your app by following the developer's documentation. When you initialize the FBSDKLoginButton object, set a delegate to receive login and logout events. For example:

    Swift

    let loginButton = FBSDKLoginButton()
loginButton.delegate = self

    Objective-C

    FBSDKLoginButton *loginButton = [[FBSDKLoginButton alloc] init];
loginButton.delegate = self;
    In your delegate, implement didCompleteWithResult:error:.

    Swift

    func loginButton(_ loginButton: FBSDKLoginButton!, didCompleteWith result: FBSDKLoginManagerLoginResult!, error: Error!) {
  if let error = error {
    print(error.localizedDescription)
    return
  }
  // ...
}

    Objective-C

    - (void)loginButton:(FBSDKLoginButton *)loginButton
    didCompleteWithResult:(FBSDKLoginManagerLoginResult *)result
                    error:(NSError *)error {
  if (error == nil) {
    // ...
  } else {
    NSLog(error.localizedDescription);
  }
}
  2. Import the FirebaseCore module in your UIApplicationDelegate, as well as any other Firebase modules your app delegate uses. For example, to use Cloud Firestore and Authentication:

    Swift

    import FirebaseCore
import FirebaseFirestore
import FirebaseAuth
// ...

    Objective-C

    @import FirebaseCore;
@import FirebaseFirestore;
@import FirebaseAuth;
// ...
  3. Configure a FirebaseApp shared instance, typically in your App's initializer or app delegate's application(_:didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:) method:

    Swift

    // Use Firebase library to configure APIs
FirebaseApp.configure()

    Objective-C

    // Use Firebase library to configure APIs
[FIRApp configure];
  4. After a user successfully signs in, in your implementation of didCompleteWithResult:error:, get an access token for the signed-in user and exchange it for a Firebase credential:

    Swift

    let credential = FacebookAuthProvider
  .credential(withAccessToken: AccessToken.current!.tokenString)

    Objective-C

    FIRAuthCredential *credential = [FIRFacebookAuthProvider
    credentialWithAccessToken:[FBSDKAccessToken currentAccessToken].tokenString];

Implement Facebook Limited Login

To use Facebook Limited Login instead of "classic" Facebook Login, complete the following steps.

  1. Integrate Facebook Limited Login into your app by following the developer's documentation.
  2. For every sign-in request, generate a unique random string—a "nonce"—which you will use to make sure the ID token you get was granted specifically in response to your app's authentication request. This step is important to prevent replay attacks. You can generate a cryptographically secure nonce with SecRandomCopyBytes(_:_:_), as in the following example:

    Swift

    // Adapted from https://auth0.com/docs/api-auth/tutorials/nonce#generate-a-cryptographically-random-nonce
private func randomNonceString(length: Int = 32) -> String {
  precondition(length > 0)
  let charset: [Character] =
    Array("0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz-._")
  var result = ""
  var remainingLength = length

  while remainingLength > 0 {
    let randoms: [UInt8] = (0 ..< 16).map { _ in
      var random: UInt8 = 0
      let errorCode = SecRandomCopyBytes(kSecRandomDefault, 1, &random)
      if errorCode != errSecSuccess {
        fatalError(
          "Unable to generate nonce. SecRandomCopyBytes failed with OSStatus \(errorCode)"
        )
      }
      return random
    }

    randoms.forEach { random in
      if remainingLength == 0 {
        return
      }

      if random < charset.count {
        result.append(charset[Int(random)])
        remainingLength -= 1
      }
    }
  }

  return result
}

    Objective-C

    // Adapted from https://auth0.com/docs/api-auth/tutorials/nonce#generate-a-cryptographically-random-nonce
- (NSString *)randomNonce:(NSInteger)length {
  NSAssert(length > 0, @"Expected nonce to have positive length");
  NSString *characterSet = @"0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz-._";
  NSMutableString *result = [NSMutableString string];
  NSInteger remainingLength = length;

  while (remainingLength > 0) {
    NSMutableArray *randoms = [NSMutableArray arrayWithCapacity:16];
    for (NSInteger i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
      uint8_t random = 0;
      int errorCode = SecRandomCopyBytes(kSecRandomDefault, 1, &random);
      NSAssert(errorCode == errSecSuccess, @"Unable to generate nonce: OSStatus %i", errorCode);

      [randoms addObject:@(random)];
    }

    for (NSNumber *random in randoms) {
      if (remainingLength == 0) {
        break;
      }

      if (random.unsignedIntValue < characterSet.length) {
        unichar character = [characterSet characterAtIndex:random.unsignedIntValue];
        [result appendFormat:@"%C", character];
        remainingLength--;
      }
    }
  }

  return [result copy];
}
    You will send the SHA-256 hash of the nonce with your sign-in request, which Facebook will pass unchanged in the response. Firebase validates the response by hashing the original nonce and comparing it to the value passed by Facebook.

    Swift

    @available(iOS 13, *)
private func sha256(_ input: String) -> String {
  let inputData = Data(input.utf8)
  let hashedData = SHA256.hash(data: inputData)
  let hashString = hashedData.compactMap {
    String(format: "%02x", $0)
  }.joined()

  return hashString
}

    Objective-C

    - (NSString *)stringBySha256HashingString:(NSString *)input {
  const char *string = [input UTF8String];
  unsigned char result[CC_SHA256_DIGEST_LENGTH];
  CC_SHA256(string, (CC_LONG)strlen(string), result);

  NSMutableString *hashed = [NSMutableString stringWithCapacity:CC_SHA256_DIGEST_LENGTH * 2];
  for (NSInteger i = 0; i < CC_SHA256_DIGEST_LENGTH; i++) {
    [hashed appendFormat:@"%02x", result[i]];
  }
  return hashed;
}
  3. When you set up the FBSDKLoginButton, set a delegate to receive login and logout events, set the tracking mode to FBSDKLoginTrackingLimited, and attach a nonce. For example:

    Swift

    func setupLoginButton() {
    let nonce = randomNonceString()
    currentNonce = nonce
    loginButton.delegate = self
    loginButton.loginTracking = .limited
    loginButton.nonce = sha256(nonce)
}

    Objective-C

    - (void)setupLoginButton {
  NSString *nonce = [self randomNonce:32];
  self.currentNonce = nonce;
  self.loginButton.delegate = self;
  self.loginButton.loginTracking = FBSDKLoginTrackingLimited
  self.loginButton.nonce = [self stringBySha256HashingString:nonce];
}
    In your delegate, implement didCompleteWithResult:error:.

    Swift

    func loginButton(_ loginButton: FBSDKLoginButton!, didCompleteWith result: FBSDKLoginManagerLoginResult!, error: Error!) {
  if let error = error {
    print(error.localizedDescription)
    return
  }
  // ...
}

    Objective-C

    - (void)loginButton:(FBSDKLoginButton *)loginButton
    didCompleteWithResult:(FBSDKLoginManagerLoginResult *)result
                    error:(NSError *)error {
  if (error == nil) {
    // ...
  } else {
    NSLog(error.localizedDescription);
  }
}
  4. Import the FirebaseCore module in your UIApplicationDelegate, as well as any other Firebase modules your app delegate uses. For example, to use Cloud Firestore and Authentication:

    Swift

    import FirebaseCore
import FirebaseFirestore
import FirebaseAuth
// ...

    Objective-C

    @import FirebaseCore;
@import FirebaseFirestore;
@import FirebaseAuth;
// ...
  5. Configure a FirebaseApp shared instance, typically in your App's initializer or app delegate's application(_:didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:) method:

    Swift

    // Use Firebase library to configure APIs
FirebaseApp.configure()

    Objective-C

    // Use Firebase library to configure APIs
[FIRApp configure];
  6. After a user successfully signs in, in your implementation of didCompleteWithResult:error:, use the ID token from Facebook's response with the unhashed nonce to get a Firebase credential:

    Swift

    // Initialize a Firebase credential.
let idTokenString = AuthenticationToken.current?.tokenString
let nonce = currentNonce
let credential = OAuthProvider.credential(withProviderID: "facebook.com",
                                          idToken: idTokenString!,
                                          rawNonce: nonce)

    Objective-C

    // Initialize a Firebase credential.
NSString *idTokenString = FBSDKAuthenticationToken.currentAuthenticationToken.tokenString;
NSString *rawNonce = self.currentNonce;
FIROAuthCredential *credential = [FIROAuthProvider credentialWithProviderID:@"facebook.com"
                                                                    IDToken:idTokenString
                                                                   rawNonce:rawNonce];

Authenticate with Firebase

Finally, authenticate with Firebase using the Firebase credential:

Swift

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
    // ...
}

Objective-C

[[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;
  // ...
}];

Next steps

After a user signs in for the first time, a new user account is created and linked to the credentials—that is, the user name and password, phone number, or auth provider information—the user signed in with. This new account is stored as part of your Firebase project, and can be used to identify a user across every app in your project, regardless of how the user signs in.

  • In your apps, you can get the user's basic profile information from the FIRUser object. See Manage Users.

  • In your Firebase Realtime Database and Cloud Storage Security Rules, you can get the signed-in user's unique user ID from the auth variable, and use it to control what data a user can access.

You can allow users to sign in to your app using multiple authentication providers by linking auth provider credentials to an existing user account.

To sign out a user, call signOut:.

Swift

    let firebaseAuth = Auth.auth()
do {
  try firebaseAuth.signOut()
} catch let signOutError as NSError {
  print("Error signing out: %@", signOutError)
}

Objective-C

    NSError *signOutError;
BOOL status = [[FIRAuth auth] signOut:&signOutError];
if (!status) {
  NSLog(@"Error signing out: %@", signOutError);
  return;
}

You may also want to add error handling code for the full range of authentication errors. See Handle Errors.