Microsoft-authentication-library-for-js: Can this be used in react-native applications?

[frags51]

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[tatelang]

Can this be used within React Native based Mobile Applications (Android and iOS) ?

[jasonnutter]

It sounds like MSAL.js will not work with React Native due to the inability to use LocalStorage or SessionStorage. It is certainly something we can consider moving forward.

In the mean time, we have native client libraries for both Android and Objective C, I would recommend giving those a try (although I'm not sure if they official support React Native or not).

[askpatrickw]

This should be revisited now that App Center Auth has been deprecated for core Auth services (and their libraries).

[jasonnutter]

@askpatrickw Have you tried our native mobile MSAL libraries?

[askpatrickw]

@jasonnutter Are you asking, have I tried building my authentication screens in Objective-CSwift for iOS and Java for Android instead of using React Native? If so, No.

For comparison: You should look at how easy it is to use expo and AWS Amplify.

[jasonnutter]

@askpatrickw That's fair, I agree they definitely do a good job. We are going to be looking at React sometime this year (likely focusing first on the browser), and React Native is certainly something we will consider.

@DarylThayil