Set up Google Pay API

Before you begin

To prepare your app, complete the steps in the following sections.

App prerequisites

To use the Google Pay API on Android, your app must be:

  • Distributed through the Google Play store.
  • Built using the following configuration:
    • A minSdkVersion of 21 or higher
    • A compileSdkVersion of 34 or higher

Set up your app and your Google Pay account

Configure your app

To configure your app, complete the steps in the following sections.

App dependencies

Add the Google Play services dependency for the Google Pay API to your module's Gradle build file (typically app/build.gradle or app/build.gradle.kts):

Groovy

dependencies {
    implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-wallet:19.4.0'
}

Kotlin

dependencies {
    implementation("com.google.android.gms:play-services-wallet:19.4.0")
}

Modify your manifest

To enable Google Pay in your app, you need to add the following Google Pay API meta-data element to the <application> element of your project's AndroidManifest.xml file.

  
<meta-data
  android:name="com.google.android.gms.wallet.api.enabled"
  android:value="true" />
  
    

When you're ready to go live, refer to Publish your integration for important information.