# Building web-based points of sale for Android & iOS

DevFeed: [Building web-based points of sale for Android & iOS](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/building-web-based-points-of-sale-for-android-ios-15565.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://developer.squareup.com/blog/building-web-based-points-of-sale-for-android-ios>)

Author: Tristan Sokol

Published: 2017-08-25T19:36:37Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Square Corner Blog RSS Feed](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/square-corner-blog-rss-feed.md>)

Topics: [Web app](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/webapp.md>), [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [iOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ios.md>), [cross-platform](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cross-platform.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>), [JavaScript](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/javascript.md>), [HTML](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/html.md>)

Tags: [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [apis](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apis.md>), [cross-platform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cross-platform.md>), [html](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/html.md>), [ios](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ios.md>), [javascript](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/javascript.md>), [web](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web.md>), [web-app](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web-app.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains how to build a cross-platform web app that detects Android and iOS devices and switches users to the native Square Point of Sale app for in-person payments. It also describes a web fallback for other platforms and outlines the platform-specific payment links and transaction parameters.

## Source excerpt

With Square, you can build a web app that switches to the Square Point of Sale app to accept in-person payments. The best part is that you...