Authenticating Users via Social Auth

Authenticate a User via Social Auth

To authenticate a user via social auth, use the authenticate() function from the useAuthenticate() hook with the type set to OAuth, the redirectUrl set to your app's deep link, the mode set to redirect and the authProviderId set to the social auth provider you want to use.

Here is an example, authenticating a user via Google:

example.tsx

import React from "react";
import { View, Text, Pressable, Alert } from "react-native";
import { useAuthenticate } from "@account-kit/react-native";
 
function SignInWithSocialAuth() {
  const { authenticate } = useAuthenticate();
 
  const handleUserSignInWithGoogle = () => {
    try {
      authenticate({
        type: "oauth",
        redirectUrl: "<your-app-scheme>://<your-auth-callback-route>",
        mode: "redirect",
        authProviderId: "google",
      });
    } catch (e) {
      Alert.alert("Error authenticating user. Check logs for more details.");
 
      console.log("Error authenticating user: ", e);
    }
  };
 
  return (
    <View>
      <Text>Sign In with Google</Text>
      <Pressable onPress={handleUserSignInWithGoogle}>
        <Text>Sign In</Text>
      </Pressable>
    </View>
  );
}