Disabling card.io card scanning

[ChristianKatzmann]

Is it still possible to disable the Card.io Card Scanning for the new Maven artifact? Is it enough to simply exclude the transitive card.io dependency:

    compile('com.paypal.sdk:paypal-android-sdk:2.12.3') {
        exclude group: 'io.card'
    }

Afterwards I would still have to remove the CAMERA and VIBRATE permissions via Manifest merger. My question is if this is the proper way since https://github.com/paypal/PayPal-Android-SDK#disabling-cardio-card-scanning seems to be outdated.

[ChristianKatzmann]

Ok, completely removing the transitive card.io dependency is not working as it will result in a ClassNotFoundException on CreditCard.

But manually excluding all the JNI files in the packagingOptions is a temporary hack:

    packagingOptions {
        exclude 'lib/arm64-v8a/libcardioDecider.so'
        exclude 'lib/arm64-v8a/libcardioRecognizer.so'
        exclude 'lib/arm64-v8a/libcardioRecognizer_tegra2.so'
        exclude 'lib/arm64-v8a/libopencv_core.so'
        exclude 'lib/arm64-v8a/libopencv_imgproc.so'
        exclude 'lib/armeabi/libcardioDecider.so'
        exclude 'lib/armeabi-v7a/libcardioDecider.so'
        exclude 'lib/armeabi-v7a/libcardioRecognizer.so'
        exclude 'lib/armeabi-v7a/libcardioRecognizer_tegra2.so'
        exclude 'lib/armeabi-v7a/libopencv_core.so'
        exclude 'lib/armeabi-v7a/libopencv_imgproc.so'
        exclude 'lib/mips/libcardioDecider.so'
        exclude 'lib/x86/libcardioDecider.so'
        exclude 'lib/x86/libcardioRecognizer.so'
        exclude 'lib/x86/libcardioRecognizer_tegra2.so'
        exclude 'lib/x86/libopencv_core.so'
        exclude 'lib/x86/libopencv_imgproc.so'
        exclude 'lib/x86_64/libcardioDecider.so'
        exclude 'lib/x86_64/libcardioRecognizer.so'
        exclude 'lib/x86_64/libcardioRecognizer_tegra2.so'
        exclude 'lib/x86_64/libopencv_core.so'
        exclude 'lib/x86_64/libopencv_imgproc.so'
    }

[jaypatel512]

Unfortunately @ChristianBecker, this would be our official solution for now to disable card.io. I will continue to see if we could remove the dependency from card.io completely that would eventually make it easy to remove that. However, for now, we would have to stick to this solution.

[jaypatel512]

Updated the documentation in 2.12.4 release.

[philecom]

@ChristianBecker Please can you add steps you took in Disabling card.io card scanning, including the files that needs to be modified and/or removed.
I am facing the same situation and adding
compile('com.paypal.sdk:paypal-android-sdk:2.12.3') { exclude group: 'io.card' }
build.gradle Seems NOT to reduce the files size. It actually get removed when i am building the apk.

@jaypatel512 Do you still have a better option in removing the Card.io or is possible reduce the file size of the app.

thank you

[jaypatel512]

Hey @philecom !

Using the steps mentioned at https://github.com/paypal/PayPal-Android-SDK#disabling-direct-credit-card-payments should help you remove card.io dependency completely. This should reduce your apk size substantially. Can you please elaborate on what you mean by

build.gradle Seems NOT to reduce the files size. It actually get removed when i am building the apk.

[philecom]

What I mean is that. when I add
compile('com.paypal.sdk:paypal-android-sdk:2.15.1') { exclude group: 'io.card' }
to the dependencies under "\platforms\android\build.gradle" and i compile, my app size still remains the same at 33.31MB. which was 15MB before adding the paypal SDK.

[jaypatel512]

Hey @philecom !

I was not able to reproduce this issue. I added similar exclusion to SampleApp packaged in this project, and I was able to see apk size difference (2 MB instead of 15 MB). Can you please see if you can add the same exclusion and try it in the sample app to determine the root cause.

[philecom]

@jaypatel512 can you show me the location of the file you added the exclusion to? and maybe where you added it to. Thanks

[jaypatel512]

Here are the steps to reproduce my setup:

• Do a git clone on our repository, or download the zip git clone [email protected]:paypal/PayPal-Android-SDK.git
• cd SampleApp

Open build.gradle, and replace dependencies at Line 87 with this:

dependencies {
    compile('com.paypal.sdk:paypal-android-sdk:2.15.1') {
        exclude group: 'io.card'
    }
    compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-wallet:8.4.0'

    testCompile 'com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-core:2.2.1'
    androidTestCompile 'com.github.lkorth:device-automator:30238040d8'
    testCompile 'com.google.dexmaker:dexmaker-mockito:1.1'
    testCompile 'com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-intents:2.2.1'
    testCompile 'com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-web:2.2.1'
    testCompile 'com.android.support.test:runner:0.4.1'
    testCompile 'com.android.support.test:rules:0.4.1'
}

• ./gradlew clean build
• check /SampleApp/build/outputs/apk/ directory, and check the apk size.

[philecom]

@jaypatel512 Thank you for your responds
"Open build.gradle, and replace dependencies at Line 87 with this:"
Kindly show me location of the "build.gradle" file.

[jaypatel512]

https://github.com/paypal/PayPal-Android-SDK/blob/master/SampleApp/build.gradle

[MerlinYu]

I have a problem when I use payday to pay I can't scan a check, what Happened? @jaypatel512