BankConnect: Android Client SDK

The Android Client SDK helps user submits their bank statements via upload or net banking credentials in your Android application.

See in action

The demo video below shows how a user submit a bank statement using net banking credentials:

The video below shows a user submit bank statement by uploading the PDF file:

Adding Dependency

First, add the maven dependency to your project-level Gradle file:

maven { url  "https://dl.bintray.com/finbox/BankConnect" }  

Then add the following dependency to your Gradle file:

implementation 'in.finbox.bankconnect:bankconnect:1.3.52'  

Integration Workflow

The diagram below illustrates the integration workflow in a nutshell:

Sample Project

We have hosted a sample project on GitHub, you can check it out here:

Open GitHub Repository

Authentication

The unique API Key provided needs to be added to the AndroidManifest.xml using a meta-data tag:

<meta-data
    android:name="in.finbox.KEY_BANK_CONNECT"
    android:value="<YOUR API KEY>" />

Showing SDK Screen

In order to show SDK Screen, all you have to do is add the FinboxBankConnectView to your layout file.

<in.finbox.bankconnect.baseui.FinboxBankConnectView  
    android:id="@+id/bankConnect"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent" />

In order to initialize the view, following statement is mandatory:

• Kotlin
• Java

bankConnect = findViewById(R.id.bankConnect)
FinBoxBankConnect.Builder(applicationContext, bankConnect)  
    .linkId("link_id")
    .fromDate("01/01/2020") // Optional: Default 6 months old date
    .toDate("01/04/2020") // Optional: Default value 1 day less than current date
    .bank("sbi") // Optional
    .build()

FinboxBankConnectView bankConnect = findViewById(R.id.bankConnect);
new FinBoxBankConnect.Builder(getApplicationContext(), bankConnect)
        .linkId("link_id")
        .fromDate("01/01/2020") // Optional: Default 6 months old date
        .toDate("01/04/2020") // Optional: Default value 1 day less than current date
        .bank("sbi") // Optional
        .build();

Builder Property	Description	Required
linkId	specifies the link_id	Yes
fromDate and toDate	specifies the period for which the statements will be fetched in dd/MM/yyyy format	No
bank	pass the bank identifier to skip the bank selection screen and directly open a that bank's screen instead	No

fromDate and toDate specify the period for which the statements will be fetched. For example, if you need the last 6 months of statements, fromDate will be today's date - 6 months and toDate will be today's date - 1 day. If not provided the default date range is 6 months from the current date. It should be in dd/MM/yyyy format.

Once the above statement is added, a series of checks are done to make sure the SDK is implemented correctly. A RunTimeException will be thrown while trying to build the project in case any of the checks are not completed.

Minimal Requirements for SDK to work:

1. linkId is mandatory, and should be at least 8 characters long
2. API Key should be present in the manifest
3. In case fromDate / toDate is provided, make sure they are of correct date format: dd/MM/yyyy.
4. Make sure fromDate is always less than toDate
5. Make sure toDate is never today's date, the maximum possible value for it is today's date - 1 day Once all these conditions are met, the BankConnect view will be visible to the user.

Live Data and Callbacks

As the user interacts, callbacks can be received in real-time using getPayloadLiveData().

FinBox BankConnect uses life cycle aware live data to provide real time callbacks. You need to do the following steps to listen for events:

• Kotlin
• Java

bankConnect.getPayloadLiveData().observe(this, Observer {
    when (it) {
        is FinboxResult.OnExit -> {
            Log.i("BankConnect", "On Exit -> ${it.exitPayload}")
        }
        is FinboxResult.OnSuccess -> {
            Log.i("BankConnect", "On Success -> ${it.onSuccess}")
        }
        is FinboxResult.OnError -> {
            Log.i("BankConnect", "On Error -> ${it.onError}")
        }
    }
}) 

bankConnect.getPayloadLiveData().observe(this, new Observer < FinboxResult > () {
    @Override public void onChanged(@Nullable FinboxResult finboxResult) {
        if (finboxResult != null) {
            if (finboxResult instanceof FinboxResult.OnExit) {
                FinboxOnExitPayload payload = ((FinboxResult.OnExit) finboxResult).getExitPayload();
                Log.i(TAG, "Exit payload " + payload);
            } else if (finboxResult instanceof FinboxResult.OnSuccess) {
                FinboxSuccessPayload payload = ((FinboxResult.OnSuccess) finboxResult).getSuccessPayload();
                Log.i(TAG, "Success payload " + payload);
            } else if (finboxResult instanceof FinboxResult.OnError) {
                FinboxOnErrorPayload payload = ((FinboxResult.OnError) finboxResult).getErrorPayload();
                Log.i(TAG, "Error payload " + payload);
            }
        }
    }
});

Events

This section list the events in detail:

Success

FinboxResult.OnSuccess will be called when the user completes the upload process. It will have a payload structure is as follows:

{
    "entityId": "uuid4_for_entity",
    "linkId": "your_link_id"
}  

Exit

FinboxResult.OnExit will be called when the user exits the flow by selecting the cross icon and accepting to close the flow. It will have a payload structure is as follows:

Its payload structure is as follows:

{
    "linkId" : "your_link_id",
    "message": "exit message"
}  

Error

FinboxResult.OnError will be called whenever any error occurs in the user flow. It will have a payload structure is as follows:

{
    "linkId" : "your_link_id",
    "message" : "Error message."
}  

Two Events

In case an error occurs, you'll receive OnError event payload, and then if the user exits the SDK, you'll receive another event payload, this time for OnExit.

Webhook

To track additional errors, and transaction process completion at the server-side, it is recommended to also integrate Webhook.

Customization

Since FinBox BankConnect is a view embedded in your application, in order to make it look compatible there are certain view level customization that can be done in the styles.xml file.

1. Button color. View uses accentColor for all button colors

   <style name="FinBoxButton"  parent="Button.FinBox">
     <item name="backgroundColor">@color/colorAccent</item>
   </style>
   

   Button style can be modified here as per application.