## Authentication with Amplify

There are two ways to add authentication capabilities to your application.

### Option 1: Use the Authenticator UI component
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**Note:** The Authenticator UI component is only available with Jetpack Compose.

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The **Authenticator** is a UI component that automatically integrates with your existing Amplify configuration and allows you to easily add the entire authentication flow to your application.

Visit [Authenticator | Amplify UI for Android](https://ui.docs.amplify.aws/android/connected-components/authenticator) to get started.

### Option 2: Manually call the Authentication APIs

Follow the instructions in [Sign In](/lib/auth/signin) to learn about how to integrate the registration and authentication flows in your application with the Auth APIs.