Gmscore: Android Pay Support [$100]

[ShapeShifter499]

I'm trying to use Android Pay but it constantly crashes with the following error message. "Android Pay is unavailable. Android Pay isn't available" I know I pass SafetyNet because I'm able to play Pokemon Go without issue. Is it possible to add in support for Android Pay?

I've taken a logcat during the crash.
android_pay_logcat.txt [Removed for privacy]

System
Moto X Pure
LineageOS 14.1
Magisk 12
microG 0.2.4-81-gb1e98ea

[mar-v-in]

The service bound by com.google.android.gms.tapandpay.service.BIND is not yet implemented and likely required for Android Pay to work.

[ShapeShifter499]

@mar-v-in Would this be hard to implement? Or even legal since this is a payment service?

[ShapeShifter499]

@mar-v-in I use microG for a mix of security, privacy, and battery saving so I'd like to see support for Android Pay implemented. I've added $5 to a bounty

[ShapeShifter499]

Any potential updates on this?

[ShapeShifter499]

Added another $5 to this in hope someone can add support for this.

[ShapeShifter499]

@mar-v-in any chance of Android Pay support ever being implemented?

[ShapeShifter499]

Is this being ignored for some reason? Will this be hard to implement?

[youcanaddthenameofyourorganizationlater]

I too would like to see support for this.

[ale5000-git]

@ShapeShifter499: He is only one developer so if he work on one thing all others are ignored, development will be faster if there will be more contributors.

[ShapeShifter499]

@ale5000-git I wish I knew more to help with the code but I barely know code at all, just simple scripts.

[sjug]

How do we add money to a bounty?

[ale5000-git]

To add money for this specific issue the link is this.

[ShapeShifter499]

I bumped up the bounty to a total of $25

[repomaa]

Bumped to $50

[jacen05]

Bumped to 100$.
This feature would be very useful indeed.

[Banginpadr]

i could try to help but to be honest i dont have an idea of what ya trying to get done here.

[ShapeShifter499]

@Banginpadr @mar-v-in suggested that Google Pay might work if a few things were implemented in microG. It would be nice to have some control over what Google does with the device by installing microG but then allow some aspects to work like tap-to-pay with Google Pay.

It's likely your transactions are heavily tracked as it is. Some people, such as I, may not care if Google knows they brought groceries somewhere at sometime. Cash is the only way to go if you're really paranoid.

[Banginpadr]

@Banginpadr @mar-v-in suggested that Google Pay might work if a few things were implemented in microG. It would be nice to have some control over what Google does with the device by installing microG but then allow some aspects to work like tap-to-pay with Google Pay.

It's likely your transactions are heavily tracked as it is. Some people, such as I, may not care if Google knows they brought groceries somewhere at sometime. Cash is the only way to go if you're really paranoid.

i guess you need to use api for that to work.

[Axolord]

This issue can't be fixed, because SafetyNet does not pass in more modern devices, if the bootloader is unlocked. Furthermore, SafetyNet itself is not passable in microG at the moment, like at all. Even the older devices (that do pass SafetyNet with unlocked booloader under Gapps) do not pass.

It is only a matter of time until SafetyNet won't be passable on every device with an unlocked bootloader.
Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/magisk-no-longer-hide-bootloader-unlock-status/

So in my opinion it would be a waste of time to implement Android Pay, just to have it not working again in a year or less time - again.

correct me if I'm wrong,
cheers

[notpushkin]

SafetyNet does not pass in more modern devices, if the bootloader is unlocked

Can't we simulate an older device instead? I know all the dance around SafetyNet is tricky and will continue to become even trickier over years, but still.

[TheOneWithTheBraid]

Well, isn't it possible to hide both unlocked bootloader and root using Magisk and the Riru EdXposed HiddenCore module? I tried so on Android 11. At least, using the proprietary GApps, Google Pay works this way. This should hence similarly work with proper microG implementations too.