How to show "Google Pay" option in Braintree Dropin?

Question

When running the braintree demo app for Android from here, it seems to be possible to show the Google Pay option within the Dropin-UI in sandbox mode.

However, when trying to create the Dropin-UI by myself, I am not able to do this, the Dropin only shows the options "Paypal" and "Credit or Debit card".

When looking the docs, I cannot find something missing in my own code/configs.

I added the latest dependencies to my build.gradle:

implementation 'com.braintreepayments.api:drop-in:5.0.1'
implementation 'com.braintreepayments.api:braintree:3.14.2'
implementation 'com.braintreepayments.api:google-payment:3.3.1'
implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-wallet:18.1.2'

I modified my AndroidManifest.xml to contain the following part:

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

I crete the dropin-request using the Tokenization key like this:

DropInRequest dropInRequest = new DropInRequest()
    .clientToken("sandbox_...") //Tokenization key from the Control Panel
    .googlePaymentRequest(getGooglePaymentRequest());

startActivityForResult(dropInRequest.getIntent(MainActivity.this), 4949);

and I create the GooglePaymentRequest like this:

private GooglePaymentRequest getGooglePaymentRequest() {
    GooglePaymentRequest googlePaymentRequest = new GooglePaymentRequest()
        .transactionInfo(TransactionInfo.newBuilder()
            .setTotalPrice("1.00")
            .setTotalPriceStatus(WalletConstants.TOTAL_PRICE_STATUS_FINAL)
            .setCurrencyCode("USD")
            .build())
        .billingAddressRequired(true);

    return googlePaymentRequest;
}

And I enabled Google Pay in the Control Panel of my Sandbox Account.

But unfortunately, the result is still this:

I scanned the documentations multiple times, but I do not see what could cause this.

Does anyone see what I am missing?

Best regards, Felix

Do you have a card or PayPal account stored in the Google account used on your testing device? Google requires it for testing — hollabaq
@hollabaq on my real device (that I use for testing), I have a Paypal account configured and a credit card and I am already using Google Pay for some months. On my emulator, there is no configuration for Paypal or a credit card and no other Google Pay config, BUT when running the demo app from github.com/braintree/braintree-android-drop-in/tree/master/Demo the DropIn UI shows the Google Pay option even on the Emulator, and when tapping the Google Pay option, I see a form to setup Google Pay. So I think this must have a different cause. — felix

felix felix · Accepted Answer · 2020-11-17T23:13:11

After trying to find the cause of this at the wrong position for several days, I finally found it:

Be sure to add the <meta-data android:name="com.google.android.gms.wallet.api.enabled" android:value="true"/> to the application tag within the AndroidManifest.xml, NOT the activity.

How to show "Google Pay" option in Braintree Dropin?

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