For the release notes/changelog for the Payment Device SDK for Android, please see below. A copy of this file can also be found within your Payment Device SDK download with the file name "Release Notes - Android.pdf".
Updated API
2023 March 20 (3.11 Lake Louise)
• Added support for AVS when carrying out keyed PAN entry.
• Added functionality to control backlight for keypad on Miura M020 PIN pads.
• Resolved issue where AMEX contactless transactions were prevented on Miura PIN pads when using SDK version 3.10.
• Simplified the tipping screen on the Miura M020 PIN pads.
• General improvements and performance enhancements.
2023 January 23 (3.10 Great Bear)
• Enhanced the connection method for BBPOS Chipper 2X BT PIN pads to use Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) instead of Bluetooth Classic.
• Added OS and kernels information to Miura PIN pads' device status.
• Improved the appearance of the amount confirmation screen on the Miura PIN pads.
• Updated the SDK to be compatible with Android 12 (API level - 31).
• General improvements and performance enhancements.
2022 November 7 (3.09 Articus)
• Removed support for the Miura M010 PIN pad
• General improvements and performance enhancements.
2022 October 10 (3.08 Mastodon)
• Added support for a custom on-device tipping prompt for Miura M020 and M021 PIN pads.
• Added support for on-device dynamic tipping for Miura M020 and M021 PIN pads.
• General improvements and performance enhancements.
2022 August 10 (3.07.100538129.341 Prime)
• Added support for Credential on File (Card-on-File) first store transactions.
• Resolved issue where a Miura PIN pad connected via USB could conflict with other USB peripherals during the device discovery phase.
• Resolved issue where including a Display Time parameter when setting an Idle Message on a Miura PIN pad would cause it to disconnect.
• General improvements and performance enhancements.
2022 May 23 (3.06.94236755.306 Nostromo)
• Added battery information for BBPOS Chipper and Miura PIN pads in getStatus response.
• Added preformatted receipt parameters in the signature verification event.
• Improved signature capture and signature verification receipt data format to match selected acquirer.
• Resolved issue where potentially confusing error codes could be presented on approved transactions.
2022 March 10 (3.05.87041543.283 Lapis Lazuli)
• Add support for Miura PCI P2PE Firmware MPI v6.4
• ChipDNA Mobile Signature Capture Edge Detection fix
• General improvements and performance enhancements.
2021 August 15 (3.04.75134781.418 Ultron)
• Added receipt data parameter in the signature capture event.
• General improvements and performance enhancements.
2021 August 2 (3.03.68296533 Oasis)
• Added support for BBPOS Chipper 2X BT CHB29 devices.
• Improved the process when updating both OS and MPI for Miura PIN pads.
• Enhancement made to avoid unnecessary parsing of track 2 for non-payment cards.
• Enhancement made to provide separate notifications when updating firmware or firmware configuration on BBPOS Chipper 2X BT devices.
2021 May 24 (3.02.61743088 Houdini)
• Enhancement to return the cardholder’s name to the integrator in boundary cases with magstripe cards.
• Resolved an issue that could cause intermittent communication failure with the BBPOS Chipper PIN pads on some Android devices.
2021 March 29 (3.01.56392612 Hypnotoad)
• Added support for offline configuration when using the Omni Platform.
• Resolved issue where providing a Display Time for an idle message that was too large, would cause the message to only show for 5 seconds.
2021 February 12 (3.00.53880503 Quantum Leap)
• Added support for Linked Refunds on Cash and Cheque transactions.
• Resolved issue where an incorrect error was displayed when Terminating from a PIN Pad during an SCA Online PIN transaction.
• Resolved issue where the Card Hash Collection and Card Reference were not being returned in a call to getTransactionInformation for a Confirmed Deferred Authorisation.
• Resolved issue where the Expiry Date was missing from Transaction Finished events on Datecs BluePad-50 PIN pads.
• Resolved issue where Display Time for an idle message was always 5 seconds, even when the time was set to a different value when using Miura M010.
• Resolved issue where termination of a transaction that requires SCA could disrupt the following transaction if it also requires SCA.
2020 December 14 (2.20.48526952 Batman City)
• Removed support for the Miura M007 PIN pad as the device is no longer available to buy.
• Added support for differentiating between Datecs Bluepad-50 v1 and v2 devices.
2020 November 9 (2.19.43078406 Ross Tiger)
• Added support for PSD2 SCA to Datecs PIN pads. Applicability depends upon appropriate certification.
• Resolved issue where signature verification required prompt was displayed on Miura devices during a Deferred Authorisation transaction.
• Resolved issue of inconsistent parameters across Android and iOS.
2020 September 4 (2.18.39360332 Beach)
• Resolved issue where DelayOnlineProcessing transactions were incorrectly flagged to auto-confirm.
2020 August 17 (2.18.37726359 Beach)
• Resolved issue where Card Scheme was not present on some receipts.
• Resolved issue where Auth Code was present on Declined and Voided receipts.
• Resolved issue where enabling Do Not Disturb mode would cause the SDK to crash on some phones.
• Resolved issue where the error code was not returned in the response when terminating a transaction during signature processing.
• Removed tip amount parameter from GetTransactionInformation response when the transaction is a linked refund.
2020 June 24 (2.17.33817754 Aria)
• Added support for BIN range whitelisting on BBPOS Chipper BT CHB22 PIN pads.
• Added support for delayed online processing on Miura and BBPOS Chipper BT PIN pads.
• Improved support for retrieval of customer first name and last name on BBPOS Chipper BT and Miura PIN pads when offline.
• Added support for Visa PSD2 SCA to Miura PIN pads. Applicability depends upon appropriate certification.
2020 April 27 (2.16.27875029 Sparks)
• Added support for Account Verification transactions.
• Added support for voiding a transaction which has previously been confirmed.
• General improvements and performance enhancements.
2020 March 2 (2.15.22957332 Athena)
• Added support for Payment Account Reference (PAR) retrieval. The availability of this data is limited to certain situations.
• Updated linked refund transactions to return more transaction information in the response.
• Remove support for the BBPOS WisePad 2 and WisePad 2 Plus PIN pads.
2020 January 27 (2.14.20790008 Zeus)
• Added support for BBPOS Chipper 2X BT CHB22 PIN pads.
• Added validation during startTransaction method to enforce implementation of mandatory callbacks.
• Added support for querying merchant configuration data.
• Added support to refund a transaction using a CardEase reference returned on a different point of sale.
• Added merchant display name parameter to getStatus response.
• Resolved issue whereby errors string would occasionally contain a trailing comma.
• Added support for Application Selection and User Notification listeners to the ChipDNA Mobile demo application.
2019 December 18 (2.13.17499063 Aldur)
• Resolved issue where ChipDNA Mobile could fail to connect when switching between BBPOS devices.
• Resolved issue where ChipDNA Mobile would not allow reconnection attempts after returning a KeysNotLoaded error.
• Resolved issue where a connection to a BBPOS device could be lost if unexpected data is returned from the device.
• General improvements and performance enhancements on BBPOS PINpads.
2019 October 28 (2.13.12067368 Aldur)
• Added support for firmware updates on BBPOS Chipper PINpads.
• Resolved issue where Miura firmware would fail to update.
• Resolved issue where by BBPOS Chipper PINpad may not return cardholder first name and last name during magstripe transactions.
• Resolved issue where on rare occasions transaction could incorrectly fall back when using Miura PINpads.
2019 September 2 (2.12.7128443 Eru Ilúvatar)
• Added support to refund a previously approved and confirmed transaction using the CardEase Reference.
• Added support for dynamic card scheme filtering on Miura PINpads to assist with EMV configuration.
• General improvements and performance enhancements on BBPOS PINpads.
2019 June 10 (2.11.5119 Aurora)
• Updated America Express Contactless transaction processing to comply with Strong Customer Authentication requirement in EU region.
• Added new signature capture event.
2019 April 8 (2.10.4859 Splendour)
• Added support for keyed PAN entry on Miura PINpads.
• Added support for logging to file.
• Upgraded SqlCipher library.
• Improved stability when processing fall forward transactions.
• Resolved issue where on rare occasions migration from API 1.x to 2.X failed to complete.
• Improved card scheme check when processing transactions.
• Improved stability when processing transactions on BBPOS Chipper PINpads.
2019 February 4 (2.09.4563 Glow Worm)
• Added pre-certification support for BBPOS Chipper BT PIN pads.
• Where available cardholder first name and last name parameters will now be returned in Transaction Finished event when processing transactions online.
2018 December 10 (2.08.4356 Luminous)
• Added support for the Miura M020.
• Added support for the Miura M021.
• Added support for Wi-Fi connection to supported PIN Pads.
• Added support for BIN range whitelisting on Miura PIN Pads.
• Enhanced detection for ATM cash only cards.
• CardEntryPrompted TransactionUpdate will now return during fallback.
2018 October 22 (2.07.4202 Aether)
• Added support for printing receipts on BBPOS WisePad2 Plus.
• Disabled magstripe fallback for deferred authorizations.
• Added UTC transaction date time in GetTransactionInformation response.
2018 August 07 (2.06.3930 Gaia)
• Added support to allow the Miura contactless prompt to be disabled.
• Resolved an issue where enabling Do not Disturb mode would cause the SDK to crash in some circumstances.
• Resolved an issue where transactions are terminated if the previous contactless transaction was terminated at amount confirmation.
2018 May 08 (2.05.3612 Terra)
• Resolved issue where building an app with the Android target SDK version greater than 23 could cause the application to raise an exception.
• General enhancements and performance improvements.
2018 January 17 (2.03.3241 Double Star)
• Beta release of ChipDNA Mobile.
• API aligned with ChipDNA Win/Lin for greater flexibility.
• Support added for BBPOS WisePad2 and WisePad2 Plus PIN pads.
Old API
2018 October 22 (1.19.4044 Artemis)
• Disabled magstripe fallback for deferred authorizations
2018 July 25 (1.19.3902 Artemis)
• Added support to allow the Miura contactless prompt to be disabled.
• Resolved an issue where enabling Do not Disturb mode would cause the SDK to crash in some
circumstances.
• Resolved an issue where transactions are terminated if the previous contactless transaction
was terminated at amount confirmation.
2018 May 8 (1.19.3594 Artemis)
• Resolved issue whereby building app with an Android target SDK version greater than 23 could cause the application to raise an exception.
• Resolved minor issue when validating the changePassword() input.
• Resolved issue where occasionally an exception was raised when connecting to a PIN pad.
2018 January 15 (1.19.3180 Artemis)
• Added support for MPI 1-45 on Miura PIN pads.
• Resolves issue causing some TMS updates to fail when connected to Miura PIN pads using USB.
2017 November 20 (1.19.2908 Artemis)
• Added deferred authorization support for Miura PIN pads for Europe.
• Added enhancement in ChipDNA Mobile to enforce a single initialization call on the API method.
• Added enhancement in retry offline request and delete offline request API methods to prevent multiple calls at the same time.
• Added support for P2PE firmware for the Miura PIN pads.
2017 September 25 (1.19.2750 Artemis)
• Resolved issue causing get card details to fail when EMV fallback is encountered.
2017 August 8 (1.19 Artemis)
• Resolved an issue where repeated database downgrades caused failed transactions to block
the offline queue.
2017 July 31 (1.19 Artemis)
• Resolved an issue causing some offline requests to be marked as failed before the retry period
has elapsed.
• Resolved an issue where some completed offline confirm requests were not automatically
cleared from the offline queue.
2017 June 5 (1.19 Artemis)
• Added support for PCI P2PE Device Events for Miura PIN pads.
• General enhancements and performance improvements.
2017 April 24 (1.18 Moon)
• SQLCipher updated to version 3.5.6.
• SQLCipher now included via JCentral.
• Enhanced gateway connection messaging to assist with communication issues.
• DeferredAuthorizationReason now returned during callback for deferred authorization.
2017 February 20 (1.17 Hyperion)
• Performing closeTransaction for a total amount of 0 will now void the transaction.
• A StandaloneTransactionResult with ReceiptData will now be returned whenever the card has
been read and data is available.
• terminateTransaction can now be called at any point during a transaction.
• terminateTransaction can now be used with the Datecs Bluepad-50.
• User agreement text returned in US receipts is now returned in a separate ReceiptField and is
no longer part of the CVM ReceiptField.
2016 December 22 (1.16 Anatoli)
• Resolved issue with timeout getting extended past the set value during communication over a
poor connection.
• General enhancements and performance improvements.
2016 November 21 (1.15 Aksara)
• Merchant Number removed from cash and cheque receipts.
• Updated format of US Global US receipts.
• Added EMV tags required for US receipts to ReceiptData object.
• Deprecated getReceiptEmvTags() method.
2016 October 26 (1.15 Aksara)
• Resolved issue with End of Day tipping if the gratuity amount was lower than the minimum
transaction amount.
2016 October 24 (1.15 Aksara)
• Added support for Deferred Authorizations (also known as Store-and-Forward) on the Miura
PINpads as an alternative for EMV Offline Authorization in online only regions such as the US.
2016 October (1.14 Excession)
• Resolved issue with migrating configuration data between API versions 1.14.1990 and
1.14.2037.
2016 August (1.14 Excession)
• Added support for multi-currency in Android.
• Added support for US Common Debit auto-selection for Miura PINpad.
• Added Acquirer Response Code to the transaction details.
• Added Card Scheme ID to the transaction details.
• Added Card Hash and Card Reference to the transaction details.
• Added support for disabling amount confirmation prompts.
2016 July (1.13 Neptune)
• Resolved issues with receipt data handling for short Merchant IDs.
• Amendments to receipt data for First Data Rapid Connect.
2016 June (1.12 Trinity)
• Added support for contactless transactions on the Datecs Bluepad-50
• PINPadCheck method call is now required in certain circumstances.
• Added isPinPadCheckRequired() to check when PINPadCheck is required.
• Added support of WorldPay US receipts for EMV transactions.
• Added support to configure the idle connection timeout on Miura PINpads.
• Fixed Bluetooth reconnection issue for Miura PINpads.
2016 March (1.11 Shamrock)
• Added support for end of day tipping.
• Added API method to get card details on the Miura PIN pad.
• Added support for Heartland US receipts.
• Changed behaviour of isGratuitySupportAvailable() to return an enum indicating the type of
tipping supported.
• Renamed public API method isGratuitySupported to isGratuityEnabled, and changed behaviour
to return an enum indicating the type of tipping enabled.
• Renamed public API method setGratuitySupported to setGratuityEnabled, and changed
behaviour to specify the type of tipping to enable.
2016 February (1.10 Hadron)
• Added support for Miura M007 PIN pad.
• Added USB support for the Miura PIN pad.
• Added US magstripe support for the Miura PIN pad.
• Added contactless support for the Miura PIN pad.
• Added partial approvals support for the Miura and Bluepad50 PIN pads.
• Added support for integrators to display text on the Miura PIN pad.
• Added support for terminating transaction on the Miura PIN pad.
• Added support for TLS 1.2.
• Added support for setting Terminal Capabilities per AID for the Miura PIN pad.
• Added API method to get CardEase Mobile version name.
• Improved support for account selection.
• Increased minimum supported SDK version from API 12 to API 16.
• Masked PAN returned for offline transactions in StandaloneTransactionResult.
• Receipt data passed back during signature verification.
• Added API method in CardEaseMobile for integrators to control enabling and disabling Gratuity
functionality.
• Resolved issue in connecting to TLS1.2 services for alternate execution paths
2015 March
• Added offline and forced acceptance functionality.
• Added checks for minimum and maximum amount allowed for the specific terminal.
2015 February
• Added SOAP transaction history support (requires TMS set-up).
• Renamed TmsUpdateErrorCode to ConnectionErrorCode to allow the same errors to be used
for TMS update and transaction history connection errors.
2015 January
• Added Bluepad50 support.
• Added operator PIN for refund and verification.
• Added Honour with ID support.
• Added a method for checking whether cash/cheque transactions are supported.
• Added a method for checking whether gratuity is supported.
• Ensured that calls from ICardEaseMobileListener are always invoked in the same order.
• Added ReceiptData object to TransactionResult and StandaloneTransactionResult to allow
the creation of the custom receipts. Added new methods to CardEaseMobile to allow
issuing custom receipts through printing, email and SMS.
• Added 'Receipt from' text support to IReceiptTextManager.
• Added handling for UTF-8 characters in the user reference field.
• Removed unused card start and expiry date entries from IReceiptTextManager.
• Ensured PIN pad listener disconnected method is called when the PIN pad connection is
closed by the SDK.
• Enhanced handling of terminates and declines. SDK will now return declines and allow
issuing receipts in some cases where previously transaction terminated.
• Added new error codes for StandaloneRefundNotSupported and
LinkedRefundNotSupported (previously both used TransactionTypeNotSupported).
• Added Process Updates for gratuity.
• Added additional error code for PosMate, to handle cases where communication is lost
during the configuration update.
• Added support for Bixilon SPP-R200II printer. iOS mode should be disabled on the printer
for the successful connection to the printer to be established through Android SDK.
• Added pairing for Bluetooth printers through SDK. Listeners have been renamed to support
both PIN pad and printer pairing.
• Modified the printer connection handling the PIN pad connection handling. Method
connectToPrinter will now throw a configuration exception if a connection is attempted while
the previous connection attempt is still in progress.
2014 July
• Added UTC time to StandaloneTransactionResult and TransactionResult.
• Added support for Datecs DPP-250C printer.
• Added methods to CardEaseMobileUtil class to validate TerminalID and TransactionKey
format.
• Simplified status and configuration updates.
• Application identifier now is only required for CardEaseMobile initialisation.
• Converted SDK to use SQLCipher 3.1.0.
2014 March
• Added gratuity for Miura.
• Added Online PIN for Miura.
• Ensured a receipt cannot be issued if the transaction is terminated.
• Ensured null can be passed as an optional reference when starting a transaction.
• Added PIN pad check to be used to confirm the version of software on the PIN pad.
• Updated documentation.
2014 January
• Added merchant’s name and location.
• Added support for UTF-8 characters in receipts.
• Removed void by reference/void last completed transaction functionality.
• Fixed an issue with SMS, where country code was defaulted to UK specific (+44), which
meant SMS could not be sent from other countries without typing in full number including
the country code.
• Moved all error codes into one superclass with nested classes for each error code group.
• Added error code values to the documentation.
• Renamed some error codes to ensure consistency between how error codes are named
and between different platforms.
• Documented error codes which could be returned from specific methods.
• Added values of the Process updates to the documentation.
• IPinPadConnectionListener initialisationCompleted method now returns generic
CardEaseMobileErrorCode instead of an int.
• Ensured delegates are called when Miura P2PE injection is performed.
• Improved logging.
2013 December
• Added Online PIN support.
2013 November
• Added reference and amount validation checks to CardEaseMobileUtils.
• Ensured that Bluetooth connection errors are not duplicated.
• Updated documentation and changed method names referring to the last refund receipt to
instead refer to last linked refund receipt, to prevent the confusion.
• Added Bluetooth status updates and PIN pad pairing functionalities.
• Added test check to test connectivity to CEM platform and Terminal ID/Transaction Key.
• Added ReceiptSource and canSendSms/email methods.
• Added cash and cheque sale and refund transactions.
• Added isValidPhoneNumber method to CardEaseMobileUtils to check whether a phone
number has a valid format.
• Added isValidEmailAddress method to CardEaseMobileUtils to check whether an email
address has a valid format.
• Improved error reporting when sending emails, SMSs and printing receipts by changing
sendEmail, sendSms and print methods.
• Deleted pinpadConnectionRequired() callback in ICardEaseMobileListener, a configuration
exception is thrown instead.
• Added Miura voice referrals.
• End to end digital signature functionality.
2013 August
• Fixed a database upgrade problem for storage of PIN pad software.
• Ensured voice referral is declined, if no auth code is entered on PosMate.
• Added check for downloading software to PosMate to ensure development signed version
is not loaded on to a production PIN pad and vice versa. Added automatic restart
functionality for newer versions of PosMate software.
• Application identifier cannot be null or empty.
• Removed IConnectionListener and added separate implementations for PIN pad and
printer.
• Ensured currency characters, such as euro, are displayed correctly on Miura device.
• Added full ICC and quick refund functionality for Miura device.
• Added digital signature support (signature sent to platform but not currently stored).
• Added date and time to transaction result.
• Added checks to ensure that TMS updates, connections to the PIN pad or transactions are
not executed simultaneously.
2013 May
• Simplified methods in ICardEaseMobileListener.
• Improved connection to cross-platform PosMate from Android devices by introducing a
delay between each connection attempt.
• Ensured transaction is declined when signature is rejected rather than approved and void.
• Modified the API so only a subset of information including the transaction result is returned
for a completed transaction. The complete transaction details are no longer returned but
CardEase Mobile stores the details for the last completed standalone transaction and linked
refund to issue receipts, void etc.
• Ensured properties database is upgraded correctly.
• Added more specific error codes for errors returned by Miura PED during ICC transaction.
• Ensured voice referral for full ICC refund is handled correctly.
• Increased number of attempts when connecting to PosMate.
• Added merchant and terminal identifier to receipts for Amex transactions.
• Added amount validation when performing a refund by reference.