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sly frost
Hi! You can read about the specifics of integrating Terminal with Android here: https://docs.stripe.com/terminal/payments/setup-integration?terminal-sdk-platform=android
That said, are you a developer as well as a photographer?
vagrant pecan
Yes I am, I'm not quite an android developer though and I plan on using an app called ChargeStripe to charge via a card reader.
I'm more of an API/Web developer
Currently I am using online payments via Python Flask using the Stripe API, however this can take a while to do when I'm trying to accept payments in-person.
I'm just wondering if using the terminal sdk (which is used in the app I plan on using) with a card reader such as the BBPOS WisePad 3 requireds a specific android version such as 11+ to be able to use, as I cannot find this specified anywhere in the docs except about the tap-to-pay
sly frost
It very likely requires a quite new version; let me see if I can find that in writing.
vagrant pecan
Okay
sly frost
The Stripe Terminal Android SDK is compatible with apps supporting Android API level 26* and above
https://github.com/stripe/stripe-terminal-android
That maps to Android 8.0: https://developer.android.com/tools/releases/platforms#8.0
vagrant pecan
So with this I'd assume the card reader will work with an android device that is at least Android 8.0?
Whereas tap-to-pay via phone's NFC requires at least Android 11?
sly frost
That sounds correct.
vagrant pecan
Awesome, thank you. I just needed to confirm before I pay £49 for a card reader... I would have hated to purchase it just to find out it wouldn't work with my phone, but gladly it should. Thank you for your help!
sly frost
What's your phone?
sly frost
Yup, so you should be at API level 28 and therefore good to go. 🙂
vagrant pecan
I see Knox API Level as 27, unsure if that is the API level but I think so, which it's above 26 so it should work.
sly frost
👍 🙂