Android Emulator

It is not possible to create accounts using the regular signup in the app, bunq is not reviewing Sandbox applications.

In case you do not own an Android device on which you can run our Sandbox app for end-to-end testing, you can set up an emulator to run the bunq Sandbox app for Android.

Things you will need

• The bunq Sandbox App APK that's optimized for emulating;

• Android Studio.

Starting the Android Virtual Device (AVD) Manager

1. Open Android Studio.

2. From the top menu, select “Tools” > "Android" > "AVD Manager".

Setting up a new virtual device

1. Start the wizard by clicking on "+ Create Virtual Device".

2. Select a device (we recommend: "Pixel 5.0" or "Nexus 6") and press "Next".

3. Select an x86 system image (we recommend: Nougat, API Level 25, Android 7.1.1 with Google APIs) and press "Next". The image needs to have Google Play Services 10.0.1 or higher.

4. In the bottom left corner, select "Show Advanced Settings".

5. Scroll to "Memory and Storage".

6. Change "Internal Storage" to "2048 MB".

7. Change "SD card" to "200 MB".

8. Press "Finish".

Starting the virtual device

1. On the right side under "Actions", select the green "Play" button.

2. Wait for the device to boot, this may take a few minutes.

Installing the bunq Sandbox App APK

1. Open the command line.

2. Navigate to your Android SDK platform tools directory (e.g. cd ~/Library/Android/sdk/platform-tools on macOS).

3. Make sure that the virtual device is started and has fully booted.

4. Run ./adb install ~/Downloads/bunq-android-sandboxEmulator-public-api.apk, this may take a few minutes, and should finish with "Success".

Creating an account or logging in

1. Create a sandbox account in the developer portal.

2. Log in to the sandbox app using the sandbox user credentials.

You will be asked to verify your phone number when you open the app for the first time. Sandbox does not send actual SMS messages. Enter any valid phone number and use the default verification code 992266.