Android SDK

Overview

The credoapp SDK for Android is a multi-modular Android library used to capture the digital footprint of a smartphone user and upload it to the credolab web-service for future processing of scores and fragments.

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The diagram below shows the overview on how your mobile app works with the credoSDK for Android embedded:

How will your mobile app work with credoSDK for Android

Standard flow for mobile:
1. Initialize credoapp SDK
2. Collect credolab dataset
2.1 Check reference number uniqueness
2.2 Collect dataSet
2.3 Upload to credolab dataset
3. Login
4. Get credolab score
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Refer to our Integration Guideline section to understand more about our credoSDK modules and learn how to integrate them.

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Download Android SDK

Click here to download the SDK modules.

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There are 6 different modules, one for each of the 6 permissions that the SDK can access:
1. Registered Account

2. Calendar

3. Contact

4. Media

5. Core

6. SMS
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Since the purpose of this SDK integration is to collect metadata for credit scoring purposes, we recommend you to download and integrate as many modules as possible into your mobile app. However, we recognise that you might not want to add any friction to the current user experience or that you might not want to enable a "dangerous permission". As such, you are free to limit the permissions to the ones that your mobile app already requires.

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Rest assured that we collect only metadata, not personal data, and that we can calculate an alternative credit score even if you integrate only the core module.

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What is a module?

You can easily customise the the SDK by adding different modules based on the permissions used in the application. Each module is presented as an AAR file that extracts different data types according to the table below.

Credoapp SDK Modules

Module Name	Description
Core credoapp.CredoAppService.Builder credoapp.CredoAppResult credoapp.CredoAppService	Main module. Required Extracts various metadata connected with device characteristics and configuration. This includes info about device brand, model, storage, total and available free memory, battery characteristics, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and other data describing the service. Extracts information related to how many applications are installed on the device. This includes info about respective metadata connected with those apps, and features and existing permissions.
Account credoapp,module.account. RegisterAccountModule	Additional module. Extracts metadata connected with user's accounts on the device. For example Gmail, Facebook, etc.
Calendar credoapp.module.calendar. RegisterAccountModule	Additional module. Extracts metadata connected with calendar information presented on the device. This includes the info about events, attendees, and reminders.
Contact credoapp.module.contact. ContactModule	Additional module. Extracts metadata connected with contacts and contacts group presented on the device.
SMS credoapp.module.sms. SmsModule	Additional module. Extracts metadata connected with SMS presented on the device.
Media credoapp.module.media. MediaModule	Additional module. Extracts metadata connected with pictures, music, audios, videos, and download files that are located in the external storage. The storage is a physically removable storage such as an SD card.

Credoapp SDK Permissions

Module Name	Permissions	Type
Core	android.permission.INTERNET android.permission.BLUETOOTH android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE android.permission.USE_FINGERPRINT android.permission.QUERRY ALL PACKAGES **	Normal Permission
Account	android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS*	Dangerous Permission
Calendar	android.permission.READ_CALENDAR*	Dangerous Permission
Contact	android.permission.READ_CONTACTS*	Dangerous Permission
SMS	android.permission.READ_SMS*	Dangerous Permission
Media	android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE*	Dangerous Permission

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Required Dependencies


implementation 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.8.5'
implementation 'com.squareup.retrofit2:retrofit:2.5.0'
implementation 'com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:3.12.3'
implementation 'com.squareup.retrofit2:converter-gson:2.5.0'
implementation 'org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:1.3.0' *

* — for Java project

How to integrate the credoapp SDK into an Android App

Preconditions

Obtain a unique credoapp authentication key from credolab Representative(s) and use it during the data collection process. If you sign up via website, credolab Representative(s) will send you the authentication key 1-3 days upon sign up.
Download credolab's Android SDK modules
The minSdkVersion must be set to 16 or higher to use these libraries
The kotlin-stdlib must be 1.3.0 or higher to use these libraries

Integrate the credoapp SDK into your app

Include credoapp SDK module AAR files into your android project
Add permissions to AndroidManifest.xml from permissions table
Add dependencies to build.gradle from dependencies table

Note: Make sure that you’ve added kotlin-stdlib if you’re using Java.

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Logging credoapp SDK events

Credolab highly recommends logging the SDK events to gain information about the identification and analysis of a particular case. You can use a framework of your choice for this purpose. An example is below:

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log("LogType", "CurrentTime_ActionName_RecordNumber")
log("LogType","CurrentTime_RecordNumber_CredoappExceptionType_CredoappExceptionMessage"‍

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How to use the credoapp SDK

To start working with the credoapp SDK, firstly you need to create an instance of CredoAppService.

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CredoAppService basic method:‍

execute. This method is intended to collect data from mobile phones and upload it to CredoLab web-service.

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How to create a CredoAppService instance:

Kotlin


CredoAppService.Builder(applicationContext, serverURL, authKey)
	.addModule(MediaModule())
	.addModule(ContactModule())
	.addModule(CalendarModule())
	.addModule(SmsModule())
	.addModule(RegisterAccountModule())
	.build()

Java


new CredoAppService.Builder(getApplicationContext(), serverURL, authKey)
	.addModule(new MediaModule())
	.addModule(new ContactModule())
	.addModule(new CalendarModule())
	.addModule(new RegisterAccountModule())
	.build()

How to access Modules?


import credoapp.CredoAppResult
import credoapp.CredoAppService
import credoapp.module.account.RegisterAccountModule
import credoapp.module.calendar.CalendarModule
import credoapp.module.contact.ContactModule
import credoapp.module.media.MediaModule
import credoapp.module.sms.SmsModule

An Example of credoapp usage in Kotlin:


import credoapp.CredoAppResult
import credoapp.CredoAppService
import credoapp.module.account.RegisterAccountModule
import credoapp.module.calendar.CalendarModule
import credoapp.module.contact.ContactModule
import credoapp.module.media.MediaModule
import credoapp.module.sms.SmsModule

class CollectionActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
	private lateinit var credoAppService: CredoAppService

	override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
		super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
		setContentView(R.layout.activity_main)
		credoAppService = CredoAppService.Builder(applicationContext,
"https://scoring-sales.credolab.com", "**auth**key**")
			.addModule(ContactModule())
			.addModule(MediaModule())
			.addModule(CalendarModule())
			.addModule(RegisterAccountModule())
			.addModule(SmsModule())
			.build()
	findViewById

An Example of credoapp usage in Java:


import credoapp.CredoAppResult;
import credoapp.CredoAppService;
import credoapp.module.account.RegisterAccountModule;
import credoapp.module.calendar.CalendarModule;
import credoapp.module.contact.ContactModule;
import credoapp.module.media.MediaModule;
import credoapp.module.sms.SmsModule;

public class CollectionActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
	@Override
	protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
		super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
		setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
		Button collectButton = findViewById(R.id.button);
		collectButton.setOnClickListener(view -> new Thread(() -> {
			String url = "https://scoring-sales.credolab.com";
			String authKey = "**auth**key**";
			String referenceNumber = "Unique reference number string";
			CredoAppService credoAppService = new
			CredoAppService.Builder(getApplicationContext(), url, authKey)
				.addModule(new MediaModule())
				.addModule(new ContactModule())
				.addModule(new CalendarModule())
				.addModule(new RegisterAccountModule())
				.addModule(new SmsModule())
				.build();

			CredoAppResult result = credoAppService.execute(referenceNumber);

			if (result instanceof CredoAppResult.Success) {
				Log.d(TAG, ((CredoAppResult.Success) result).getValue());
			} else {
CredoAppResult.Error error = (CredoAppResult.Error) result;
String errorMessage = (error.getMessage() + "--" + error.getCode());
Log.d(TAG, errorMessage);
			}
		}).start());
	}
}

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Not sure where to trigger our SDK? refer to our FAQ section to understand more on where our clients commonly trigger the credoSDK and other collection of frequently asked questions.

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Credoapp API Description

Credoapp Builder

credoapp.CredoAppService.Builder

Builder is responsible for creating the CredoAppService class instance.

Class builder

Description:

Creates an instance of CredoAppService with target configuration.

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Signature:


CredoAppService.Builder(context: Context, url: String, authKey: String)

Parameters

Name	Description	Type
context	An instance of Context interface which can provide information about an application environment.	android.content.Context
url	The URL of credolab service.	string
authkey	An authentication key can be obtained from the credolab team.	string

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Methods

addModule

Description:

Adds a module to the builder configuration.

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Signature:


addModule(module: IModule) : CredoAppService.Builder

Parameters:

Name	Description	Type
module	requires one of the following modules: ContactModule	IModule

Returns: credoapp.CredoAppService.Builder

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build

Description:

Instantiates CredoAppService class instance.

Signature:


build(): CredoAppService

Parameters:

Returns:

Name	Description
CredoAppService	Creates an instance of CredoAppService with target configuration.

Credoapp Service

credoapp.CredoAppService

The CredoAppService facilitates the capture of a user’s digital footprint for future processing via the credolab web-service.

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Methods

execute

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Description:

Collects and uploads data from the smartphone to the credolab web-service and returns a reference number. This method performs networking operations and must not be called on the UI thread.

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Signature:


execute(referenceNumber: String) : CredoAppResult

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Parameters:

Name	Description	Type
referenceNumber	Unique identifier intended to associate dataset, uploaded to CredoLab web-service, with a record on the lender side. (The max limit is 100 characters)	string

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Returns:

Type	Description
CredoAppResult[String]	Returns referenceNumber if upload succeeded.
CredoAppResult.Error	Returns an error if something went wrong. Please refer to the error codes table.

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getUngrantedPermissions

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Description:

Returns the collection of non-granted Android permissions required by the CredoAppService.

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Signature:


CredoAppResult> getUngrantedPermissions()

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‍Returns:

Type	Description
CredoAppResult[Array[String]]	Returns an array of ungranted permissions.
CredoAppResult.Error	Returns an error if something went wrong. Please refer to the error codes table.

Credoapp Result Success

credoapp.CredoAppResult<T>.Success

CredoAppResult.Success indicates a successful operation and contains a value.

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Fields

Value

Description:

Returns operation value.‍

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Signature:


value: T

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Parameters:

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Returns:

Type	Description
T	Returns value of generic type.

Credoapp Result Error

credoapp.CredoAppResult.Error

CredoAppResult.Error indicates an unsuccessful operation and contains the relative details.

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Fields

message

Description:

Returns a message value of error.

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Signature:


message: string

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Parameters:

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Returns:

Type	Description
string	Returns message value of error.

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Code

Description:

Returns a code value of error.

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Signature:


code: Int

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Parameters:

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Returns:

Type	Description
Int	Returns code of error. Please refer to the error codes table.

Error Codes

Status Code	Reason	Description
30	Duplicated areas error	The extracting areas are duplicated.
40	Value is invalid	The value is invalid. Example: Auth key is invalid URL is invalid
41	Reference number is not unique or invalid	Reference number already exists. Example: ReferenceNumber is not unique or invalid
42	Auth credentials are incorrect or action forbidden	The provided credentials don't match.
50	Server error	Something is wrong with the server.
80	Network error	Something is wrong with the network.
90	Unknown error	Unexpected error occured.

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Overview

Standard flow for mobile: 1. Initialize credoapp SDK 2. Collect credolab dataset 2.1 Check reference number uniqueness 2.2 Collect dataSet 2.3 Upload to credolab dataset3. Login 4. Get credolab score‍

Download Android SDK

What is a module?

What is a module?

What is a module?

Credoapp SDK Modules

Credoapp SDK Modules

Credoapp SDK Modules

Credoapp SDK Permissions

Credoapp SDK Permissions

Credoapp SDK Permissions

How to integrate the credoapp SDK into an Android App

How to integrate the credoapp SDK into an Android App

How to integrate the credoapp SDK into an Android App

Preconditions

Preconditions

Preconditions

Integrate the credoapp SDK into your app

Integrate the credoapp SDK into your app

Integrate the credoapp SDK into your app

Logging credoapp SDK events

Logging credoapp SDK events

Logging credoapp SDK events

How to use the credoapp SDK

How to use the credoapp SDK

How to use the credoapp SDK

Kotlin

Java

How to access Modules?

An Example of credoapp usage in Kotlin:

An Example of credoapp usage in Java:

Credoapp API Description

Credoapp API Description

Credoapp API Description

Credoapp Builder

Credoapp Builder

Credoapp Builder

credoapp.CredoAppService.Builder

Class builder

Methods

addModule

build

Credoapp Service

Credoapp Service

Credoapp Service

credoapp.CredoAppService

Methods

execute

getUngrantedPermissions

Credoapp Result Success

Credoapp Result Success

Credoapp Result Success

credoapp.CredoAppResult<T>.Success

Fields

Value

Credoapp Result Error

Credoapp Result Error

Credoapp Result Error

credoapp.CredoAppResult.Error

Fields

message

Code

Error Codes

Error Codes

Error Codes

Standard flow for mobile:
1. Initialize credoapp SDK
2. Collect credolab dataset
2.1 Check reference number uniqueness
2.2 Collect dataSet
2.3 Upload to credolab dataset
3. Login
4. Get credolab score
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