Application not visible in Tap and Pay

Question

What is the key thing to adjust in NFC HCE application to get it visible under settings NFC Tap and Pay

Following code returns true for the app, so it's capable of payment:

boolean isDefault = CardEmulation
                .getInstance(NfcAdapter.getDefaultAdapter(this))
                .isDefaultServiceForCategory(
                        new ComponentName(this, MyPaymentService.class),
                        CardEmulation.CATEGORY_PAYMENT);

Service declaration in manifest:

<service
    android:name="my.package.MyPaymentService"
    android:exported="true"
    android:permission="android.permission.BIND_NFC_SERVICE" >
    <intent-filter>
        <action android:name="android.nfc.cardemulation.action.HOST_APDU_SERVICE" />

        <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
    </intent-filter>

    <meta-data
        android:name="android.nfc.cardemulation.host_apdu_service"
        android:resource="@xml/apduservice" />
</service>

apduservice:

<host-apdu-service xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:requireDeviceUnlock="true" >

    <aid-group
        android:category="payment"
        android:description="@string/paymentGroup" >
        <aid-filter
            android:name="325041592E5359532E4444463031"
            android:description="@string/ppse" />
        <aid-filter
            android:name="A0000000041010"
            android:description="@string/mastercard" />
        <aid-filter
            android:name="A0000000031010"
            android:description="@string/visa" />
        <aid-filter
            android:name="A000000003101001"
            android:description="@string/visa" />
        <aid-filter
            android:name="A0000002771010"
            android:description="@string/interac" />
    </aid-group>

</host-apdu-service>

I'm missing something but not sure what and where to put it.

Thanks.

Answer 1

In order to be shown in the tap-and-pay menu, a HCE app must provide a banner graphic. You would include the graphic into the host-apdu-service XML using the android:apduServiceBanner attribute:

<host-apdu-service xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:requireDeviceUnlock="true"
    android:apduServiceBanner="@drawable/servicebanner">

    <aid-group android:category="payment"
               android:description="@string/paymentGroup" >
        <aid-filter ... />
    </aid-group>
</host-apdu-service>

The service banner should be a graphic file (e.g. a .png file) with dimensions of 260 x 96 pixels.