Square POS integration stopped working on Android 12

xfyre24 · November 23, 2021, 2:57am

My app is built using React Native and uses Square POS integration using react-native-square-pos library.

Recently I’ve discovered that the integration stopped working on one of my devices after upgrading to Android 12. An attempt to execute a charge intent fails as if the Square POS app is not installed.

The failing piece of code is apparently this:

github.com

matix-io/react-native-square-pos/blob/master/android/src/main/java/io/matix/RNSquarePosModule.java#L121-L126

    
      
          		try {
          			Intent intent = posClient.createChargeIntent(request);
          			this.reactContext.getCurrentActivity().startActivityForResult(intent, RequestCode.CHARGE);
          		} catch (ActivityNotFoundException e) {
          			errorCallback.invoke(e.toString());
          		}

The issue is not reproducible on older versions of Android. I suspect this has something to do with enhanced privacy controls on Android 12. Is this a known issue? Is there a workaround?