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[local_auth] Add Android theme compatibility documentation #6875

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[DOC][Android] - Add Android theme compatibility documentation
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[VERSION] - Upgrade version to 2.1.4
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[local_auth] Suggest set up Android LaunchTheme theme in styles.xml
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[DOC][local_auth] Update Android compatibility suggestion
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[DOC][local_auth] Update android theme suggestion with DayNight option
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[local_auth] Merge origin changes
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[DOC][local_auth] Remove typo
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[local_auth] Add Android theme description to changelog
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[local_auth] Solve conflicts on next version changelog
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[local_auth] Set last version (2.1.3)
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[local_auth] Upgrade version to 2.1.4
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[DOC][local_auth] Amend android theme compatibility suggestion
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4 changes: 4 additions & 0 deletions packages/local_auth/local_auth/CHANGELOG.md
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## 2.1.4

* Updates documentation for Android version 8 and below theme compatibility.

## 2.1.3

* Updates minimum Flutter version to 2.10.
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Expand Up @@ -252,6 +252,37 @@ types (such as face scanning) and you want to support SDKs lower than Q,
_do not_ call `getAvailableBiometrics`. Simply call `authenticate` with `biometricOnly: true`.
This will return an error if there was no hardware available.

#### Android theme

On Android you need to update the `LaunchTheme` parent style with the `Theme.AppCompat.Light` theme to be compatible with **Android version 8 and below**; otherwise the app crashes for those versions. To do that go to `android > app > src > main > res > values > styles.xml` and look for the style with name `LaunchTheme` (Notice that `LaunchTheme` must be referenced in the `AndroidManifest.xml` file). Then, change the parent style with the new value and you should have set up something like this:

```xml
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<resources>
<style name="LaunchTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light">
...
</style>
...
</resources>
...
```

In case you don't have a `styles.xml` file for your Android project you can set up the Android theme directly on your `android > app > src > main > AndroidManifest.xml` file:
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Nit: If you don't have

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Nit: remove "your" and "file" at the end; the fact that it's a file in their project is clear from context.


```xml
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<application
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<activity
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android:theme="@style/Theme.AppCompat.Light"
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>
</activity>
</application>
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```

## Sticky Auth

You can set the `stickyAuth` option on the plugin to true so that plugin does not
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Expand Up @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ description: Flutter plugin for Android and iOS devices to allow local
authentication via fingerprint, touch ID, face ID, passcode, pin, or pattern.
repository: https://github.com/flutter/plugins/tree/main/packages/local_auth/local_auth
issue_tracker: https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22p%3A+local_auth%22
version: 2.1.3
version: 2.1.4

environment:
sdk: ">=2.14.0 <3.0.0"
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