Credential Manager: The New Standard for Login on Android 🔐✨
Passwords, passkeys, Google Sign-In, autofill… Android logins used to be a maze. Credential Manager fixes that by giving us one simple API for every sign-in method.
If you're still juggling multiple flows - this is your sign to upgrade.
🔑 What Is Credential Manager?
A unified Jetpack API that handles:
- 🔐Passkeys
- 🔑Passwords
- 🔵Google Sign-In
- ✍️Autofill
All through a single request.
No more branching logic. No more separate UI. No more user confusion.
⚡ Why It Matters
- 🔐Passkeys by default → more secure than passwords
- ⚡Less friction → fewer taps, higher conversion
- ✨Consistent UI → feels cleaner and modern
- 🚀Future-proof → Google is steering everything here
In Android 15/16, Credential Manager is now the recommended login pathway.
🧩 How to Use It
Here's the minimum setup for fetching a login credential:
val request = GetCredentialRequest(
listOf(PasswordCredentialOption(), PublicKeyCredentialOption())
)
val result = credentialManager.getCredential(context, request)
val credential = result.credentialYou'll get back either:
- 📌 A password
- 📌 A passkey
- 📌 A Google account (if enabled)
All without managing separate providers.
💡 Pro Tip
If you support passkeys, you automatically get password-free login with:
- 🔒Better security
- ⚡Faster UX
- 🛠️Reduced support issues
Your users will thank you - even if they don't know why.
🪄 TL;DR
Credential Manager is the future of login on Android.
If your app still uses separate sign-in flows, upgrading takes minutes and pays off immediately.
Less code. More security. Better UX.
Win-win-win.
🧩 Key Takeaways
- ✅ Credential Manager unifies all Android login methods
- ✅ Single API for passwords, passkeys, and Google Sign-In
- ✅ Recommended approach in Android 15/16
- ✅ Passkeys provide superior security and UX
- ✅ Easy migration with immediate benefits
🔗 Learn More
Want to dive deeper into Credential Manager?
Android Credential Manager Documentation →