Android: Release notes Smart ID Mobile App 5.x.x
Operating system: Android
5.16.x
5.16.1
Release date: 2024-03-01
PMOB-3986: Added support to filter on key usage for NFC authentication
5.16.0
Release date: 2024-02-23
PMOB-3953: Added support for Raw signature creation.
PMOB-3977: Security frameworks regular maintenance updates
5.15
Release date: 2023-11-22
PMOB-3798: Added support for PACE.
PMOB-3803: Added support for Secured OTP (DSKPP).
PMOB-3907: Stability and performance improvements.
5.14
Release date: 2023-10-02
This release comes with added support for Android 14 as well as general stability improvements.
5.13.2
Release Date: 2023-05-08
PMOB-3702: General stability and performance improvements.
5.12.7
Release Date: 2023-03-07
PMOB-3688: General stability improvements.
5.10.2
Release Date: 2023-02-22
PMOB-3671: General stability improvements
PMOB-3672: NFC stability improvements
5.9.0
Release Date: 2023-01-26
PMOB-3649: Fixed the reader for NFC tokens.
5.8.2
Release Date: 2022-12-06
PMOB-3635: Added support for Android 13.
PMOB-3623: Stability and general improvements.
5.7.x
5.7.9
Release Date: 2022-06-23
PMOB-3543: Camera fixed for Chromebook device.
This release includes stability improvements and improvements for Android 12.
5.7.2
Release Date: 2022-05-24
This release includes stability improvements and improvements for Android 12.
5.7.1
Release Date: 2022-04-28
PMOB-3491: Added support for Android 12.
This release includes stability improvements.
5.6
Release Date: 2021-11-10
PMOB-3257: Updated translations.
PMOB-3263: Send event with Hermod information.
PMOB-3278: DeviceInfo name is now returned as a base64 encoded string instead of plain text (PROV/PING).
5.5
Release Date: 2021-08-30
PMOB-2948: Added support for JWS encoded data in visual data.
PMOB-2949: Support for NFC tokens (CardOS 5.3 DI tokens pre-personalized by Nexus) used for mobile middleware and shared devices.
General stability improvements
Features
Mobile Middleware
Mobile Middleware generally implies the capability to read and use external tokens such as smartcards, passports, and hardware security tokens, from the mobile device.
With this release, Smart ID Mobile App for Android can use the CardOS 5.3 DI smartcard - over the contactless interface (near-field communication, NFC) - as identity holder to perform the same device online authentication via Digital Access. A prerequisite for this is that the CardOS 5.3 DI smartcard is pre-personalized by Nexus, with the correct security profile to allow secure transport of user PIN to allow cryptographic operations on the smartcard.
The primary use case that this release addresses is the so called shared mobile device use case. An example of this scenario is where a mobile device is shared between many employees who require authentication to an online service, typically via a browser, or via an app tied to the organization. There are however some problems with this scenario:
Using username and password is both cumbersome and leaves security compromised.
Mobile identities (stored on the mobile device) are not the answer to the problem, as the identity of each employee must be replicated to every mobile device the employee will ever use.
The response to the problem is to combine the mobility of the Smart ID Mobile App, shared between many resources, with a personal physical contactless external smartcard, holding the security information of each employee.
In essence, whenever the employee needs to perform an authentication, the Smart ID Mobile App is triggered and lets the user enter their personal smartcard PIN code before finally tapping the contactless smartcard to the mobile device to execute the authentication.
Secure Visual ID
With this release, the concept of a secure Visual ID is introduced in Smart ID Mobile App for Android, which now provides means to have digitally signed Visual ID to prove its authenticity. The Visual ID issuer is validated by the mobile app and different level of Visual ID issuance like production, test/demo are introduced. As in previous releases, the Visual ID is protected by PIN or biometrics for display, and it has app-level screenshot protection to make it more difficult to copy. The mobile app also has real-time user induced animation overlay for proof of possession.
5.3
Release Date: 2021-01-21
Stability improvements.
5.2
Release Date: 2020-12-15
PMOB-1865: Added support for updating the Visual Data for existing mobile virtual smartcard (profile) on the device, through the Hermod messaging service.
PMOB-2217: Improved handling of biometrics.
5.0.x
5.0.5
Release Date: 2020-11-05
PMOB-2522: Moved all stored images from cache directory to internal storage.
5.0
Release Date: 2020-07-09
With this release, Personal Mobile has been renamed to Smart ID Mobile App.
PMOB-2184: Asynchronous callback handling has been approved. The app is now more responsive.
PMOB-2289: CSR now contains null entry for rsaEncryption.
Contact and support
For information regarding support, training and other services in your area, visit http://www.nexusgroup.com/ .
Nexus offers maintenance and support services for Smart ID Mobile SDK to customers and partners. For more information, see Nexus Technical Support or contact your local sales representative.