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SwipeYours on Windows Pc

Developed By: Dmitry Holodov

License: Free

Rating: 3,7/5 - 103 votes

Last Updated: December 24, 2023

Download on Windows PC

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version 2.0
Size 453.1 KB
Release Date November 19, 15
Category Libraries & Demo Apps

App Permissions:
Allows applications to perform I/O operations over NFC. [see more (3)]

Description from Developer:
App that helps developers understand the new Android Host Card Emulation feature for payments. App allows you to enter your own magnetic stripe data from a Visa card and use it in... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download SwipeYours and install on Windows PC. SwipeYours is free Libraries & Demo app, developed by Dmitry Holodov. Latest version of SwipeYours is 2.0, was released on 2015-11-19 (updated on 2023-12-24). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 10,000. Overall rating of SwipeYours is 3,7. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 103 users, 23 users had rated it 5*, 61 users had rated it 1*.

How to install SwipeYours on Windows?

Instruction on how to install SwipeYours on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install SwipeYours on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

  1. Install using BlueStacks
  2. Install using NoxPlayer

Step By Step Guide To Install SwipeYours using BlueStacks

  1. Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
  2. Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
  3. Once installed, click "SwipeYours" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install SwipeYours on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

  1. Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
  3. The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "SwipeYours" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Other versions available: 2.0.

Download SwipeYours 2.0 on Windows PC – 453.1 KB

App that helps developers understand the new Android Host Card Emulation feature for payments. App allows you to enter your own magnetic stripe data from a Visa card and use it in an NFC payment protocol called Visa MSD. While Visa did not intend for card holders to use their data this way, the app will work with Visa cards from most banks. Visa MSD is a supported payment protocol by most NFC payment terminals in the United States and Canada.


To obtain the magnetic stripe data from your card, you will need a reader. In the US, they are available on both Amazon and Ebay for around $20 delivered. The inexpensive ones are USB devices that act as keyboard input, so no special drivers are needed on Windows or Mac OS X computers. While I'm sure there's more secure options, you can use an app like Google Keep or Docs to quickly transfer the swipe input to your phone and paste it into the app. The card data entered into the app is stored using Android's SharedPreference API in a way that is not accessible by other apps on a non-rooted phone.


The full source code to SwipeYours is available on Github: https://github.com/dimalinux/SwipeYours


Blog describing many details of SwipeYours: http://blog.simplytapp.com/2014/01/host-card-emulation-series-swipeyours.html


SwipeYours requires both NFC and and Android version >= 4.4 for HCE (Host Card Emulation).


Privacy: This app has no Internet permissions and will not transfer your card information anywhere other than over the NFC interface for payments.
Allows applications to perform I/O operations over NFC.
Allows read only access to phone state, including the phone number of the device, current cellular network information, the status of any ongoing calls, and a list of any PhoneAccounts registered on the device.
Allows access to the vibrator.