Add user authentication to your iOS app

Get started with iOS + Okta

New to Okta? Our resources walk you through adding user authentication to your iOS app in minutes.

• Sign users in quickstart
• Sample app

Integrate with Okta using the Okta-hosted Sign-In Widget

These SDKs help you integrate with Okta by redirecting to the Okta Sign-In Widget using OpenID Connect (OIDC) client libraries.

iOS redirect authentication sample app (opens new window): See Browser sign in (opens new window) for a redirect configuration.

Integrate with Okta using embedded Sign-In Widget and SDKs

These SDKs help you integrate with Okta to build your own fully-branded authentication by embedding an Okta Sign-In Widget and/or SDK.

Okta Identity Engine:

• Identity Engine Swift SDK (opens new window)
• iOS embedded authentication with SDK sample app (opens new window)

Okta Classic OIDC library for iOS (CocoaPod):

• OktaOidc on CocoaPods (opens new window)
• Okta iOS OIDC SDK Source (opens new window)

Other Classic iOS libraries

• Okta JWT Verifier for iOS (opens new window): Use this library for validating Okta OAuth tokens.
• iOS authentication SDK (opens new window): Use this library for building custom authentication flows with Okta.
• React Native app with Okta's OpenID Connect API (opens new window)
• Okta Secure Storage Library (opens new window)

Recommended guides

Okta-hosted Sign-In Widget guide:

Sign users in to your mobile app using the redirect model

Embedded SDK and Sign-In Widget sign-in guide:

• Get set up with Identity Engine sample apps and embedded use cases

Other guides:

• Implementing the Authorization Code flow with PKCE
• Add an identity provider (includes social login)
• Validate access tokens
• Validate ID tokens

Note: Browse our recent iOS Developer Blog posts (opens new window) for further useful topics.