add error message if auth is not set up already

Frontend/lib/mih_packages/authentication/biometric_check.dart

@@ -4,11 +4,13 @@ import 'package:mzansi_innovation_hub/mih_components/mih_layout/mih_action.dart'
 import 'package:mzansi_innovation_hub/mih_components/mih_layout/mih_body.dart';
 import 'package:mzansi_innovation_hub/mih_components/mih_layout/mih_header.dart';
 import 'package:mzansi_innovation_hub/mih_components/mih_layout/mih_layout_builder.dart';
+import 'package:mzansi_innovation_hub/mih_components/mih_package_components/mih_app_alert.dart';
 import 'package:mzansi_innovation_hub/mih_components/mih_package_components/mih_icons.dart';
 import 'package:mzansi_innovation_hub/mih_packages/mih_home/mih_profile_getter.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 import 'package:local_auth/local_auth.dart';
 import 'package:supertokens_flutter/supertokens.dart';
+import 'package:app_settings/app_settings.dart';
 
 class BiometricCheck extends StatefulWidget {
   final bool personalSelected;
@@ -92,7 +94,8 @@ class _BiometricCheckState extends State<BiometricCheck> {
         }
         // print("Authenticated: $didBioAuth");
       } catch (error) {
-        print(error);
+        print("Auth Error: $error");
+        authErrorPopUp();
       }
     }
     // else {
@@ -118,6 +121,49 @@ class _BiometricCheckState extends State<BiometricCheck> {
     // }
   }
 
+  void authErrorPopUp() {
+    Widget alertpopUp = MihAppAlert(
+      alertIcon: Icon(
+        Icons.fingerprint,
+        color: MzanziInnovationHub.of(context)!.theme.errorColor(),
+        size: 100,
+      ),
+      alertTitle: "Biometric Authentication Error",
+      alertBody: Column(
+        children: [
+          Text(
+            "Hi there! To jump into the MIH Home Package, you'll need to set up biometric authentication (like fingerprint or face ID) on your device first. It looks like it's not quite ready yet.\n\nPlease head over to your device's settings to enable it, or press the button below to start the set up process now.",
+            style: TextStyle(
+              color: MzanziInnovationHub.of(context)!.theme.secondaryColor(),
+            ),
+          ),
+          const SizedBox(height: 20),
+          SizedBox(
+            width: 300,
+            child: MIHButton(
+              onTap: () {
+                AppSettings.openAppSettings(
+                  type: AppSettingsType.security,
+                );
+              },
+              buttonText: "Set Up Authentication",
+              buttonColor:
+                  MzanziInnovationHub.of(context)!.theme.successColor(),
+              textColor: MzanziInnovationHub.of(context)!.theme.primaryColor(),
+            ),
+          )
+        ],
+      ),
+      alertColour: MzanziInnovationHub.of(context)!.theme.errorColor(),
+    );
+    showDialog(
+      context: context,
+      builder: (context) {
+        return alertpopUp;
+      },
+    );
+  }
+
   MIHBody getBody() {
     return MIHBody(
       borderOn: false,

Frontend/macos/Flutter/GeneratedPluginRegistrant.swift

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import FlutterMacOS
 import Foundation
 
+import app_settings
 import device_info_plus
 import file_picker
 import flutter_tts
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ import url_launcher_macos
 import webview_flutter_wkwebview
 
 func RegisterGeneratedPlugins(registry: FlutterPluginRegistry) {
+  AppSettingsPlugin.register(with: registry.registrar(forPlugin: "AppSettingsPlugin"))
   DeviceInfoPlusMacosPlugin.register(with: registry.registrar(forPlugin: "DeviceInfoPlusMacosPlugin"))
   FilePickerPlugin.register(with: registry.registrar(forPlugin: "FilePickerPlugin"))
   FlutterTtsPlugin.register(with: registry.registrar(forPlugin: "FlutterTtsPlugin"))

Frontend/pubspec.lock

@@ -25,6 +25,14 @@ packages:
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
     version: "2.0.3"
+  app_settings:
+    dependency: "direct main"
+    description:
+      name: app_settings
+      sha256: "3e46c561441e5820d3a25339bf8b51b9e45a5f686873851a20c257a530917795"
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "6.1.1"
   archive:
     dependency: transitive
     description:

Frontend/pubspec.yaml

@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ dependencies:
   flutter_tts: ^4.2.2
   flutter_speed_dial: ^7.0.0 
   share_plus: ^10.1.4
+  app_settings: ^6.1.1
 
 dev_dependencies:
   flutter_test: