Developer's Guide

26 July 2011 PayPal Mobile Payments Developer Guide and Reference – Android OS Edition

PayPalPreapproval

This object is passed to the library through extra data in the Intent when the Library Activity is

started. This object contains all the values for a payment

Method

Description

setCurrencyType(String

currency)

(Required) - Currency code for the payment. Defaults to USD if

not set.

setType(int type)

(Optional) – The type of button to display, either TYPE_AGREE

or TYPE_AGREE_AND_PAY. Defaults to

TYPE_AGREE_ANDPAY.

setIpnUrl(String IPNRUL)

(Optional) – The IPN URL

setMemo(String memo)

(Optional) – Note for the payment.

PayPalInvoiceData

This is an optional object to be set for any receiver. The PayPalPayment (simple payment) has

only one receiver and the InvoiceData is added directly to the payment object itself. The

PayPalAdvancedPayment can support multiple receivers, each of which can have an invoice data

added to it.

While InvoiceData is an optional parameter for any given receiver, once added the InvoiceData

must be populated with certain required parameters (see below).

Method

Description

setTax(BigDecimal

shipping)

(Required) – Tax amount to be used for the payment. This can be

updated after the checkout flow has been started if dynamic

amount calculation is enabled. The amount can be 0.

setShipping(BigDecimal

shipping)

(Required) – Shipping amount to be used for the payment. This

can be updated after the checkout flow has been started if

dynamic amount calculation is enabled. The amount can be 0.

setInvoiceItems(ArrayList

items)

(Required) – Sets the list of items in the invoice. See InvoiceItem

below for more details.These items do not affect the total

amount of the payment but must equal the subtotal.