Sandbox version of the bunq app
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Although Postman offers a great way to interact with our systems you might want to verify how something looks for a end-user in the app. Or you may want to have a device with a 2nd sandbox user to easily make payments with.
You can download the Sandbox app APK file for Android
You can download android Studio
Download the APK
Ensure it’s saved in your device’s Downloads folder or any other location.
Enable Unknown Sources (if not enabled)
Open Settings → Apps & notifications (or Apps).
Tap Special app access → Install unknown apps.
Select the app (e.g., Chrome, File Manager) that you’re using to open the APK.
Toggle "Allow from this source" ON.
Install the APK
Open File Manager and navigate to the APK file.
Tap on the file and press Install.
Wait for the installation to complete.
Open the App
Once installed, tap Open to launch the app.
Once you have opened Android studio tap the dropdown menu and choose
From that screen you can easily create a new device
Start the wizard by clicking on "+ Create Virtual Device".
Select a device (recommendation: "Pixel 5.0" or "Nexus 6") and press "Next".
Select an x86 system image (recommendation: 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.
In the bottom left corner, select "Show Advanced Settings".
Scroll to "Memory and Storage".
Change "Internal Storage" to "2048 MB".
Change "SD card" to "200 MB".
Press "Finish".
You can now start the virtual device by selecting the play button.
Installing thebunq Sandbox App APK
From the sessionserver you can find the user alias on sandbox (e.g. phone number or email address) access codes on sandbox will always be 992266 this is true for both security code as well as text messags you might receive for verification.
From the Virtual device simply navigate to our download link and download and install the app. You should now have the bunq app on your desktop
