Set up Amplify Auth

Install the necessary dependencies by running the following command:

1npm install aws-amplify amazon-cognito-identity-js @react-native-community/netinfo @react-native-async-storage/async-storage

You will also need to install the pod dependencies for iOS:

1npx pod-install

Prerequisites: Install and configure the Amplify CLI in addition to the Amplify libraries and necessary dependencies.

To start provisioning auth resources in the backend, go to your project directory and execute the command:

1amplify add auth

1? Do you want to use the default authentication and security configuration? Default configuration
2? How do you want users to be able to sign in? Username
3? Do you want to configure advanced settings?  No, I am done.

If you have previously enabled an Amplify category that uses Auth behind the scenes (e.g. API category), you can run the amplify update auth command to edit your configuration if needed.

The CLI prompts will help you to customize your auth flow for your app. With the provided options, you can:

• Customize sign-in/registration flow
• Customize email and SMS messages for Multi-Factor Authentication
• Customize attributes for your users, e.g. name, email
• Enable 3rd party social providers, e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Google and Amazon

If you wish to federate with social providers you will need to configure them first.

After configuring your Authentication options, update your backend and deploy the service by running the push command:

1amplify push

Now, the authentication service has been deployed and you can start using it. To view the deployed services in your project at any time, go to Amplify Console by running the following command:

1amplify console

In your app's entry point (i.e. App.js, index.js, _app.js, or main.js), import and load the configuration file:

1import { Amplify, Auth } from 'aws-amplify';
2import awsconfig from './aws-exports';
3Amplify.configure(awsconfig);