iOS SDK

Set up the client-side iOS SDK for user-controlled wallets in your mobile application.

The Circle iOS SDK enables your mobile application to provide user-controlled programmable wallets. By integrating this SDK, your users can securely input sensitive data like PINs or security answers. The SDK encrypts the request body using a secret key, protecting your users' information.

📘 The Web and Mobile SDKs preserve the user keyshare with the individual, giving them complete control. You must use the SDKs with the user-controlled wallet product. Additionally, the Web and Mobile SDKs support only the user-controlled wallet product.

At Circle, we understand the importance of end-to-end security for your application and the need to create a tailored and seamless user experience for your end-users. Hence, Circle’s SDK also exposes functionality for you to customize the description and layout: 

  • UI Title and Subtitle Customization: Modify the title and subtitle to reflect your brand identity or provide specific instructions.

  • Custom PIN Code Input Layout: Adjust the layout and styling of the PIN code input field to align with your application's design guidelines.

  • Question List Configuration: Set the list of security questions displayed in the User Wallet UI, allowing users to choose from a predefined set.

  • SDK Initialization: Initialize the Web SDK by setting the endpoint server, ensuring seamless communication between your application and Circle’s services.

  • Predefined Error Messages: Customize the error messages displayed to users, providing a more personalized experience and guidance.

  • ChallengeID Acceptance and Operation Retrieval: Easily accept the challengeID and retrieve any relevant operations within the SDK.

💡Tip: See the iOS SDK UI Customization API article about customizing the SDK.

Install the SDKs

The iOS SDK supports:

  1. iOS 13.0+

  2. macOS 12.5+

  3. Xcode 14.1+

*Earlier versions are not supported.

CocoaPods (recommended)

CocoaPods is a dependency manager for Cocoa projects. You can install it with the following command:

$ brew install cocoapods

How to install Homebrew in MacOS: Link

To integrate into your Xcode project using CocoaPods, specify it in your Podfile:

source 'https://github.com/CocoaPods/Specs.git'
source 'https://github.com/circlefin/w3s-ios-sdk-podspecs.git'

target '<Your Target Name>' do  
  pod 'CircleProgrammableWalletSDK'
end

Then, run the following command:

$ pod install

Manual

You can also manually set up the iOS SDK by downloading it from GitHub: circlefin/w3s-ios-sdk.

SDK architecture

You must use Web, iOS, or Android SDKs to access the user-controlled Programmable Wallet product. The SDK secures, manages, and communicates with your server to ensure your user’s keyshare, always stays with them and is not exposed to your servers.

To learn more, see SDK Architecture for User-Controlled Wallets.

SDK API references

WalletSdk

Public Methods
/// Singleton
public static let shared = WalletSdk()
/// Set SDK configuration
/// - Parameter configuration: Configure the Circle endpoint for SDK to connect and other settings.
/// - Throws: An error is thrown while the configuration is invalid.

public func setConfiguration(_ configuration: Configuration)
/// Execute the operations by challengeId and call the completion after sending the request to the Circle endpoint.

public func execute(userToken: String, secretKey: String, challengeIds: [String], completion: ExecuteCompletion? = nil)
/// Set SDK LayoutProvider
/// - Parameter provider: WalletSdkLayoutProvider

public func setLayoutProvider(_ provider: WalletSdkLayoutProvider)
/// Set messenger for custom error messages
/// - Parameter messenger: ErrorMessager

public func setErrorMessenger(_ messenger: ErrorMessenger)
/// Set SDK delegate
/// - Parameter delegate: WalletSdkDelegate

public func setDelegate(_ delegate: WalletSdkDelegate)
/// Set up biometrics to protect PIN code
/// - Parameters:
/// - userToken: User token
/// - encryptionKey: Encryption key
/// - completion: The completion handler that will be called when biometrics setup is complete.
public func setBiometricsPin(userToken: String, encryptionKey: String, completion: ExecuteCompletion? = nil)

WalletSdk.Configuration

public struct Configuration

Fields
StringendPoint
Init with Circle endpoint. SDK will connect to this endpoint.
StringappId
AppID from Circle Web3 Services Console
SettingsManagementsettings

Configure other settings and features

SettingsManagement

public struct SettingsManagement {
        
    /// Enable biometrics to protect PIN code
    let enableBiometricsPin: Bool
        
    public init(enableBiometricsPin: Bool = false)
}

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Notice:

Important: In any app that uses biometrics, include the NSFaceIDUsageDescription key in the app's Info.plist file. Without this key, the system won’t allow your app to use biometrics (Face ID).

ExecuteCompletion

public typealias ExecuteCompletion = ((ExecuteCompletionStruct) -> Void)

ExecuteCompletionStruct

public struct ExecuteCompletionStruct {
    public let challenges: [String]
    public let result: Result<ExecuteResult, ApiError>
    public let onErrorController: UINavigationController?
    public let onWarning: ExecuteWarning?
}
  • When receiving an error or warning, we will not close the current page by default.
  • You will get the onErrorController in the callback, and then you can decide to dismiss/push the page by your error-handling strategy.

ExecuteResult

public struct ExecuteResult {
  
  /// The type of the operation that the challenge represents.
  public let resultType: ChallengeType
  
  /// The execute result
  public let status: ChallengeStatus
  
  /// The data of the execution. (optional)
  public private(set) var data: ExecuteResultData? = nil
}

ChallengeType

public enum ChallengeType: String, Decodable {
  case SET_PIN
  case CHANGE_PIN
  case RESTORE_PIN
  case SET_SECURITY_QUESTIONS
  case SET_BIOMETRICS_PIN
  case CREATE_WALLET
  case CREATE_TRANSACTION
  case ACCELERATE_TRANSACTION
  case CANCEL_TRANSACTION
  case CONTRACT_EXECUTION
  case SIGN_MESSAGE
  case SIGN_TYPEDDATA
  case UNKNOWN
}

ChallengeStatus

public enum ChallengeStatus: String, Decodable {
  case PENDING
  case IN_PROGRESS
  case COMPLETE
  case FAILED
  case EXPIRED
}

ExecuteResultData

public struct ExecuteResultData: Decodable {
  
    /// The signature for SIGN_MESSAGE and SIGN_TYPEDDATA (optional)
    public let signature: String?
}

ExecuteWarning

public struct ExecuteWarning {

    /// The warning type of the operation (the challenge execution is success)
    public let warningType: WarningType

    /// Description of the warning type
    public var warningString: String
}

WarningType

public enum WarningType: Int {

    // Biometrics

    case deviceNotSupportBiometrics = 155709
    case biometricsKeyPermanentlyInvalidated = 155710   // For Android
    case biometricsUserSkip = 155711
    case biometricsUserDisableForPin = 155712
    case biometricsUserLockout = 155713                 // For Android
    case biometricsUserLockoutPermanent = 155714
    case biometricsUserNotAllowPermission = 155715
    case biometricsInternalError = 155716
}

ApiError

public struct ApiError

Fields
ApiError.ErrorCodeerrorCode
StringerrorString /// Error string from the SDK
StringdisplayString /// Error string for UI display

ApiError.ErrorCode

public enum

case unknown = -1  
case success = 0  
case apiParameterMissing = 1  
case apiParameterInvalid = 2  
case forbidden = 3  
case unauthorized = 4  
case retry = 9  
  
case walletIdNotFound = 156001  
case tokenIdNotFound = 156002  
case transactionIdNotFound = 156003  
case walletSetIdNotFound = 156004  
  
case notEnoughFounds = 155201  
case notEnoughBalance = 155202  
case exceedWithdrawLimit = 155203  
case minimumFundsRequired = 155204  
case invalidTransactionFee = 155205  
case rejectedOnAmlScreening = 155206  
case tagRequired = 155207  
...

WalletSdkLayoutProvider

Set WalletSdkLayoutProvider for layout customization.

public protocol WalletSdkLayoutProvider: AnyObject {
  /// Set security question list
  ///
  /// - Returns: [SecurityQuestion]
  func securityQuestions() -> [SecurityQuestion]

  /// Set security question required count (default is 2), used in SecurityQuestionsViewController
  ///
  /// - Returns: Int
  func securityQuestionsRequiredCount() -> Int

  /// Set security confirm item list
  ///
  /// - Returns: [SecurityConfirmItem]
  func securityConfirmItems() -> [SecurityConfirmItem]

  /// Set local and remote images
  ///
  /// - Returns: ImageStore
  func imageStore() -> ImageStore

  /// Set theme font programmatically
  ///
  /// - Returns: ThemeFont
  func themeFont() -> ThemeConfig.ThemeFont?

  /// Set the date format for display date strings. (Default is "yyyy-MM-dd")
  /// Reference: https://stackoverflow.com/a/52297497
  ///
  /// - Returns: Date format string
  func displayDateFormat() -> String
}

SecurityQuestion

public struct SecurityQuestion

Fields
Stringtitle

The question string
SecurityQuestion.InputTypeinputType

The input type of the question.

SecurityQuestion.InputType
public enum InputType

text  
datePicker
...

SecurityConfirmItem
public struct SecurityConfirmItem

Fields
UIImage?Image
The drawable resource ID for the introduction item.
URL?url

The remote image url
StringText

The Text for the introduction item.

ImageStore
public struct ImageStore

Fields
[Img: UIImage]local
The images from local
[Img: URL]remote

The images from remote

ImageStore.Img
public enum Img


naviClose
naviBack

securityIntroMain
selectCheckMark
dropdownArrow
errorInfo
securityConfirmMain

biometricsAllowMain

showPin
hidePin

WalletSdkDelegate

> Methods for managing CircleProgrammableWalletSDK process and customizing controllers.

public protocol WalletSdkDelegate: AnyObject {
  /// Tells the delegate that the SDK is about to be present the controller.
  /// You can customize the layout as you wish dynamically.
  ///
  /// - Parameter controller: The UIViewController to be presented
  func walletSdk(willPresentController controller: UIViewController)

  /// Tells the delegate that the forget PIN button was selected in the controller
  ///
  /// - Parameter controller: Current controller
  /// - Parameter onSelect: Void
  func walletSdk(controller: UIViewController, onForgetPINButtonSelected onSelect: Void)
}

ErrorMessenger

> Define the customized error description. All error codes are listed in ApiError.ErrorCode.

public protocol ErrorMessenger {
  func getErrorString(_ code: ApiError.ErrorCode) -> String?
}

Sample Code

Set endpoint

let configuration = WalletSdk.Configuration(endPoint: endPoint, appId: appId)

do {
    try WalletSdk.shared.setConfiguration(configuration)
} catch {
    // error handling
}

Set endpoint and enable biometrics

let settings: WalletSdk.SettingsManagement = .init(enableBiometricsPin: true)
let configuration = WalletSdk.Configuration(endPoint: endPoint, appId: _appId, settingsManagement: settings)

do {
    try WalletSdk.shared.setConfiguration(configuration)
} catch {
    // error handling
}

Execute

Wallets.shared.execute(userToken: "USERTOKEN",
                       encryptionKey: "ENCRYPTIONKEY",
                       challengeIds: ["challengeId_1", "challengeId_2"])

Set Biometrics Pin

WalletSdk.shared.setBiometricsPin(userToken: "USERTOKEN",
                                  encryptionKey: "ENCRYPTIONKEY")

WalletSdkLayoutProvider

class SomeClass: WalletSdkLayoutProvider {

    func securityQuestions() -> [SecurityQuestion] {
        return [...]
    }

    func securityConfirmItems() -> [SecurityConfirmItem] {
        return [...]
    }

    func imageStore() -> ImageStore {
        let local: [ImageStore.Img: UIImage] =  [...]
        let remote: [ImageStore.Img : URL] = [...]
        return ImageStore(local: local, remote: remote)
    }

    func displayDateFormat() -> String {
        return "dd/MM/yyyy"
    }
}

WalletSdk.shared.setLayoutProvider(SomeClass())

Set Error Messages

class CustomErrorMessenger: ErrorMessenger {

    func getErrorString(_ code: ApiError.ErrorCode) -> String? {
        switch code {
        case .pinCodeNotMatched:
            return "The code you entered is not the same as the first one."

        case .insecurePinCode:
            return "Your PIN can’t have repeating or consecutive numbers."

        case .hintsMatchAnswers:
            return "Your hint can’t be the same as the answer."

        default:
            return nil
        }
    }
}

WalletSdk.shared.setErrorMessenger(CustomErrorMessenger())

Confirm the delegate for customizing the UI

class SomeClass: WalletSdkDelegate {
func walletSdk(willPresentController controller: UIViewController) {
        
// You can customize the controller's UI here

        if let vc = controller as? SecurityIntrosViewController {
            vc.introImageView.sd_setImage(with: URL(string: "https://www.google.com/images/branding/googlelogo/2x/googlelogo_color_272x92dp.png"), placeholderImage: UIImage(named: "imangeName"))
            vc.introLink = "https://www.google.com"
            vc.introDescLabel.text = "Test Desc here"
        }
    }
}

See our sample app guides here.