Mobile SDKs for Android and iOS in the beGateway white label payment platform

Sept. 26, 2025, 3:04 p.m.
Mobile SDKs for Android and iOS in the beGateway white label payment platform

Mobile SDKs for Android & iOS: The Key to In-App Payments for Your Merchants

If you are a payment service provider who rents the beGateway white label payment platform, you are most interested in the platform’s functionality. Today we want to talk about SDKs (Software Development Kit) for Android and iOS for accepting payments in sellers’ mobile apps.


Why do we need mobile SDKs for Android and iOS?

The mobile SDK for Android and iOS is necessary for your merchants wishing to accept payments in their mobile app, rather than on the website.

To accept payments in the mobile app, the merchant has to embed the payment page in their mobile app.

The merchant can do so in a variety of ways. Let’s talk about each of the ways to understand how important it is to offer the mobile SDK to your merchants who sell products or services in the mobile app. Plus, you can use this text as another reason to convince the merchant once again to choose you over your competitors.

Option One: Redirect to Browser

The easiest way for those with no mobile SDKs. The buyer is redirected from the app to the mobile system browser to complete payment on a payment page.

However, this is not convenient. The programmer needs to manage the transfer to the browser and back. Developers prefer services with an SDK, and merchants want a seamless, branded interface, which this option lacks.

Option Two: Build from Scratch

The merchant's programmer creates and codes a payment page within the mobile app. This requires a deep understanding of your payment gateway's API, data formats, and responses.

This method is very resource-consuming and difficult. A developer will almost certainly search for another payment provider that offers an SDK to avoid this complexity.

Option Three: Use an SDK

This is by any standard the most correct and simple option. The developer gets a set of functions with certain parameters from a library and receives clear, detailed responses.

This is the preferred method for its simplicity, security, and speed of implementation.

With the mobile SDK, the developer of your client’s mobile app doesn’t need to reinvent the wheel. There is no need to:

  • Program the payment page from scratch.
  • Think through all possible scenarios of the payer’s behaviour and the payment page reaction (e.g., card validation algorithms).
  • Implement data encryption and handle complex logic like 3-D Secure verification.

Instead, your client’s programmer uses the SDK you offer and the functionality provided.

All transaction types accepted through your payment gateway are available in the mobile SDK. The merchant can customize the payment page by changing the font and colour, as well as the text on the payment button.

To get the SDK faster, place links to the mobile SDK for Android and the mobile SDK for iOS on your site in the developer section.

Respectfully, eComCharge Team

eComCharge develops and delivers the PCI DSS Level 1 certified White Label Payment Platform beGateway for Payment Service Providers and Acquirers.

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