Add Lighting Web Components for Plug-Ins to the Field Service Mobile App

A Lightning web component can use a device’s biometrics functionality to prompt a user to confirm their identity. When these biometrics-related actions occur, the result is returned to the Lightning web component that invoked it. Biometrics checks are managed locally on the mobile device, and don't need a network connection. However, BiometricsService requires access to platform-specific APIs that are available only within compatible Salesforce mobile apps.

A Lightning web component can use a device’s camera and optical character recognition (OCR) to scan documents. When a document is successfully scanned, text data extracted from the scanned document is returned to the Lightning web component that invoked it. DocumentScanner recognizes machine printed text, not handwriting.

A Lightning web component can use a mobile device’s location features to determine a user’s current location to the user’s proximity to areas that may be of interest, or to perform location-related tasks. The longitude, latitude, and radius define a geofence around the regions of interest. Geofence location is determined locally on the mobile device, and doesn’t need a network connection. However, GeofencingService does require a GPS signal from the device. For Android devices, Google Location Accuracy must be enabled in the system settings. GeofencingService does require access to platform-specific APIs that are available only within compatible Salesforce mobile apps.

A Lightning web component can use a mobile device’s location features to determine the current location of the device and, by association, the person who is holding it. You can access the device’s current location at a moment in time, or you can subscribe to location changes, and receive updates to the device’s location when it changes significantly.Location is determined locally on the mobile device, and doesn’t need a network connection. LocationService does require access to platform-specific APIs that are available only within compatible Salesforce mobile apps.

A Lightning web component can use a device’s native NFC functionality to read, erase, and write to NFC tags. When an NFC operation is successful, the text data extracted from the NFC tag or a simple success message is returned to the Lightning web component that invoked it.