Front-End Web & Mobile

Tag: Authentication

Build a Mobile App with Passwordless Login on top of AWS Amplify

Note: The Amazon Cognito hosted UI (Web) does not support the custom authentication flow. According to the Gartner Group , 20% to 50% of all IT help desk tickets each year are password resets, meaning the average managed service provider (MSP) with 1,300 users wastes around $7.19 per user, adding up to an annual cost […]

How to create a one-time password authentication flow using Amplify Flutter

AWS Amplify is a set of tools and services that enables mobile and front-end web developers to build secure, scalable full-stack applications powered by AWS. Amplify recently released a new enhancement for the authentication category to allow Flutter developers to set up custom authentication challenges using Amazon Cognito AWS Lambda triggers.  This guide shows how to […]

Production Ready Application Built in Three Weeks Delivers Critical Help in Orange County United Way Covid-19 Response

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the United States, Orange County United Way quickly identified that many local residents could face economic hardship, impacting their ability to pay rent. The organization knew that without assistance, certain populations may face the horrible reality of homelessness. In response, Orange County United Way mobilized their team to provide pandemic […]

How to Use Cognito Pre-Token Generation trigger to Customize Claims In ID Tokens

This article was written by Matt Noyce, Cloud Application Architect at AWS, & Srihari Prabaharan, Cloud Application Architect at AWS Amazon Cognito is a fully managed AWS service which lets you add user sign-up, sign-in, and access control to your web and mobile apps quickly and easily. Amazon Cognito scales to millions of users and supports sign-in […]

Amplify Framework adds authentication features and enhancements for iOS and Android Mobile SDKs

Authentication and authorization play a key role in mobile development. The AWS Amplify team has been busy improving on the previous simplified development changes for iOS and Android that introduced user state tracking, token management, and offline enhancements. Based on your feedback, we’ve added new features and have made improvements to the way you add […]

Customizing Amazon Cognito User Pool Authentication Flow

Introduction Modern authentication flows incorporate new challenge types, in addition to a password, to verify the identity of users. For example, these challenge types include CAPTCHAs or dynamic challenge questions. With Amazon Cognito Your User Pools, we now have a flexible authentication flow that you can customize to incorporate additional authentication methods and support dynamic […]