Improved Android integration?

Questions
1

Hello,

I am trying to improve how Square is integrated within our Android application.

I have seen a couple of examples of nice integrations that take you straight from the application to the Square payment screen:

However, when we launch Square from our Android application (Application ID: sq0idp-5l2TrP9A8wLScVTJF9Wf8g ):

ChargeRequest.Builder builder = new ChargeRequest.Builder(amountPence, CurrencyCode.valueOf(currencyCode));
builder.note(note);
builder.enforceBusinessLocation(locationId);
builder.autoReturn(timeout, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
builder.requestMetadata(requestMetadata);
Set<ChargeRequest.TenderType> tenderTypes = new LinkedHashSet<>();
tenderTypes.add(ChargeRequest.TenderType.CARD);
builder.restrictTendersTo(tenderTypes);
ChargeRequest request = builder.build();
startActivityForResult(registerClient.createChargeIntent(request), …);

the user is presented with an intermediary screen where they have to tap a blue button to “Continue with Square Terminal”.

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How can I make it so our app skips that screen and is taken straight to the actual payment screen (as demonstrated in the two aforementioned YouTube clips)?

Thanks,
James

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Build on Android: Point of Sale API
Build on Android: In-App Payments SDK
Download, Configure, and Run the Client Sample

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4

What your seeing is the expected behavior of the Point of Sale API. The videos that you linked to is the Terminal API with is only available with the Square Terminal. :slightly_smiling_face: