Reset request

An overview of the Reset request message for Android.

• Overview
• Reset request
• Reset response
• Key to card terminal product categories
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Overview

👉 The Reset request is used to perform either a soft or full reset of the ‘Viva.com Terminal’ application.

The client app must implement a mechanism to send messages using Android intents and URI calls and to receive the result in a custom URI callback.

• Reset request originating from client app to reset the ‘Viva.com Terminal’ application.
• Reset response originating from ‘Viva.com Terminal’ application to return the result of the Reset request.

Reset request

For a typical Reset request, the client app must provide the following information:

Field	Description	Example	Required	Card terminal support	Character limit	Type
scheme	The Viva's custom URL scheme, the host and the version.	'vivapayclient://pay/v1'	✅
merchantKey	The merchant's key. For successful validation, should not be empty. Deprecated: you may pass any value.	'SG23323424EXS3'
appId	The client app ID. For successful validation, should not be empty.	'com.example.myapp'	✅
action	Reset action. For successful validation, should not be empty.	'reset'	✅
softReset	A flag indicating whether the application will make a soft or a full reset. If value is false, a full reset will be made If value is true, a soft reset will be made If parameter is excluded or blank, a soft reset will be made	'false'				Boolean
callback	The URI callback that will handle the result. For successful validation, should not be empty.	'mycallbackscheme://result'	✅

The above information elements must create a URI call, i.e.

Intent payIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("vivapayclient://pay/v1"
			+ "?merchantKey=MY_MERCHANT_KEY"
			+ "&appId=com.example.myapp"
			+ "&action=reset"
			+ "&softReset=true"
			+ "&callback=mycallbackscheme://result"));

payIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
payIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_EXCLUDE_FROM_RECENTS);
startActivity(payIntent);

Reset response

After executing a Reset request, the ‘Viva.com Terminal’ application responds with a response result to indicate if the Reset request has been successful or not.

The result is received as a URI in the callback activity intent:

Uri result = getIntent().getData();

The table below summarises the contents of an approved response.

Field	Description	Example	Card terminal support
callback	The URI callback that will handle the result.	'mycallbackscheme://result'
status	The status of the request.	'success'
message	A string containing information about the request status.	'Full reset successfully completed!'
action	Reset action.	'reset'

A Reset response result looks as follows:

Key to card terminal product categories

To understand the icons used on the above tables, see the below table.

Product category	Terminal models	Icon
Android Card Terminals	Android Card Terminal Ethernet, Android Card Terminal 4G, Mobile Card Terminal Plus, Mobile Card Terminal.
'Viva.com Terminal' application for Android	Mini Card Reader, Pocket Card Terminal connected via Bluetooth or USB to the 'Viva.com Terminal' application for Android.
Linux Card Terminals	Countertop, IM20, S900, S800, D200.

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