I am using the Square reader SDK for react native. I've figured out how to make a charge, but what I would like to be able to do is swipe someones card and then create a customer with a stored card in square without actually creating a charge at the time of the swipe. This is for registering someone at an event so I don't want to create the charge at the door, I just want to store their card for later. I see how I can create a customer and payment source using the commerce API but not using the reader API. Does anyone know if this is currently possible and if so, how I would approach it using the reader?
There's currently not a way to do this through Reader SDK. There's no way to swipe a card without intentionally charging the card.
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I am creating a laravel based website where i want a feature where some users can create geofence around a point in the map on the page. I have done some reasearch and it seems that only android users can create fences using the geofencing API in google. Has anyone done something like this or has any idea how to do this?
Edit: I want the logged in users to be able to draw on a google map screen a shape which acts as a fence where if a certain vehicle goes in/out the user get some sort of an alert. The vehicle has an IOT device that would tell me the vehicle location.
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We are creating an iPad app for our restaurant so that customers can order from their table without a waiter. We would like to use Square so that the customer can swipe their credit card to make the payment. Is it possible to use the Square credit card reader to accept and process payments while keeping the order flow within our app (in other words can we accept payments via Square without using the Square POS app on the iPad)?
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It sounds like the Square Register API might be appropriate for your needs. It enables an iOS app to quickly switch to Square Register to process an in-person payment (then switch back to the original app).
Register API is available for iOS and Android. Any developer can use it: https://docs.connect.squareup.com/articles/register-api-overview/
First I would like to know if it is possible.
If it is, how could I load a dynamic token for a close loop payment in a Smartwatch. I am familiar with the HCE on Android phones but the way it should work on a Smartwatch in really new to me.
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I am in the in the process of developing point of sale applications for restaurants for both iPhone and Android. I wanted to use Square to process all the credit card sales seamlessly with my apps, but Square Register API is not available for Android.
Would Square Connect allow my app to integrate in a way where the customer's food order can be taken inside my app, and then Square automatically be launched to allow the customer to pay (pre-populating the dollar amount), and then switch back to my app after the payment is completed? Based on everything I read, Square Register can do all that (only on iPhone), but Square Connect would not be able to do this. Am I correct? Does this mean my apps won't be able to integrate with Square the way I need them to, so I will have to choose a different credit card processor to work with that does have the API functionality I need for both iPhone and Android?
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#Stephen Barlow's answer was correct at the time, but this is no longer the case. Square announced the Register SDK for Android on May 25, 2016. Here is the blog post:
https://corner.squareup.com/2016/05/introducing-squares-register-api-for-android.html
You are correct, the Register API is iOS-only. Square currently does not provide a way for an Android application to open the Square Register app to process a payment.
I am attempting to download a contact from a webservice and want to save it to the SIM card as a .vcf file in order to use the 'import from sim card' functionality on wp7. I am not seeing any access to the sim card in the msdn refeference. Does anyone have an idea of if this is possible?
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mark
There's no way to access the underlying hardware of a wp7, this includes the sim card.
You could save each contact at a time using a SavePhoneNumberTask, but you would need to ask the user permission before it imports or your app will fail certification.
As Joseph mentions, you cannot write directly to the SIM card. Given the extent of information available in VCF, I'd recommend using SaveContactTask to allow the user to save the details.
Doing so will navigate away from your application while the user saves the contact, but it will notify you after come back (even if they cancelled)