Questions tagged [android-billing]
Android In-app Billing is a Google Play service that lets you sell digital content from inside your applications.
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Why is it important to set the developer payload with in-app billing?
I'm using version 3 of the in-app billing API. I have a single, managed, non-consumable item. I have not released this feature in my app yet, so I want to decide on the purchase payload contents ...
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Android in-app billing: Can't start async operation because another async operation (is in progress)
I am using the IabHelper utility classes, as recommended by Google's tutorial, and I'm being hit hard by this error. Apparently IabHelper can not run multiple async operations at the same time. I even ...
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In-app purchases with multiple accounts
I am facing a problem with in app purchases/subscriptions:
If there are multiple accounts on the device, I can't get the purchases, which were made with the second account.
This can sometimes be ...
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Calling startIntentSenderForResult from Fragment (Android Billing v3)
The new Android Billing v3 documentation and helper code uses startIntentSenderForResult() when launching a purchase flow. I want to start a purchase flow (and receive the result) from a Fragment.
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Android In App Billing: Can't start launchPurchaseFlow because launchPurchaseFlow is in progress
I'm implementing In App Billing for the first time and I'm testing my first purchases using the static SKU ids.
It worked very well the first time. I called mHelper.launchPurchaseFlow(...) and ...
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How to remove Subscription from product list in developer console and what will be its effect on the old subscribed users?
I want to remove the existing subscription product from product list.
How would I be able to perform so as I didn't found any option on my developer console to delete the subscriptions ?
Also if in ...
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Google Play In-app Billing API version is less than 3
I just started beta testing the 2.0 update to the billing library for the Play Store and a lot of my users are getting this error Google Play In-app Billing API version is less than 3.
Is this just ...
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Account information associated with an application installation
It's a widely sought issue among those who implement In-app billing in Android, that how multiple accounts are dealt with. If a user has multiple accounts configured, which one will be used for in-app ...
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android in app billing purchase verification failed
i' having trouble implementing in app billing in my android app.
i'm getting a purchase signature verification failed.
In a first time i tough it was the base64 key but i checked it many times and i'm ...
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Android billing exception
I am testing my billing and I got this exception:
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Can't start async operation (launchPurchaseFlow) because another async operation(launchPurchaseFlow) is in progress.
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What should be the developer payload in android in-app billing v3 api?
I am implementing in-app billing in my app to unlock premium features.
The in-app billing sets up correctly. Everything seems fine except the 'developer payload' thing.
The sample app says
/*
*...
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Android Play Billing Library: onSkuDetailsResponse responseCode is 0, but the size of skuDetailsList is also 0
I'm now using the new Play Billing Library
Basically, I followed the documentation to query available items to purchase
SkuDetailsParams.Builder params = SkuDetailsParams.newBuilder();
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In-app purchase: get the name or ID of the Google Play account that's requesting a purchase
I want to get a name / ID of the user making a purchase. I would like to do without AccountManager if possible, as its use requires an extra permission. Even with AccountManager I don't see a way to ...
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Why Android BillingClient v2 slow credit card test never cancels?
I am implementing the new BillingClient library (v2.1.0) for a non-consumable in-app purchase.
I am testing pending transactions with a test user. It works fine with "Credit card approves after a few ...
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BillingClient always returns SERVICE_DISCONNECTED
So I have a billing client which I instantiate with
billingClient = BillingClient.newBuilder(this).setListener(this).build();
I then call
billingClient.startConnection(new ...
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How to detect refund with google billingclient library
I was wondering how to detect a refund, or any type of cancelation of an in-app purchase(not a subscription and not a consumable).
I'm currently making my test and when I refund a test in google like ...
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In App billing not working after update - Google Store
I have implemented In-App billing in my app - and very recently google has updated it,previously i was testing the in-app billing with "android.test.purchased" and it was working fine (Buy full ...
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Token that identify the user
I'm developing an android application and I would like some functionality of the application is not free.
I have thought to use in-app Billing Version 3 API, so I have defined an "In-App Product" in ...
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Play Billing Library - V3 vs Async vs Sync - different results
I have users that have purchased items (SkuType.INAPP) from my application.
In the previously recommended implementation of in app billing the IabHelper.QueryInventoryFinishedListener would return an ...
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Android billing library error
everyone.
I just started with in app purchase in my application.
It's something new for me.
Now I've seen some examples on the net, I found that one project on github was full of errors before I ...
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Android In-App Billing: Refunded in-app purchases not cancelled
I'm having a trouble with testing my in-app billing.
(using Google Play In-app Billing Version 3 API)
Problem:
Refunded in-app purchases are still present in the purchase list, which is provided by ...
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Google in app purchasing get products list
I found the following code from here to get products list from google play store
ArrayList skuList = new ArrayList();
skuList.add("premiumUpgrade");
skuList.add("gas");
Bundle querySkus = new Bundle()...
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Refund customer in-app purchase but BillingClient still indicate user has purchased?
I'm using the following BillingClient.
implementation 'com.android.billingclient:billing:1.2.2'
Although I have issued refund as bellow
But I'm still getting the following respond from ...
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Android IABv3 getSkuDetails not returning Sku Details
I am currently battling with Android Iab v3.
I have previously been using the IabHelper class from Google to display available products with success. However, today it is no longer returning me ...
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Google Play Billing (testing mode): why my purchase is automatically canceled
I followed all the best practices from Google Developer Doc: https://developer.android.com/google/play/billing/billing_library_overview
I push my App in Beta test mode. All works perfectly, except at ...
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Android "The payment method has been declined" for every payment method
I'm trying to implement in-app billing using Android, but I'm getting a weird error and I can't find anyone online with a similar problem.
I've done the following:
Uploaded APK with billing ...
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Android crash reports are not showing up in Google play console's ANRs & Crashes report
I'm currently testing Google play's billing library for in-app subscriptions on my android app. I've created the subscriptions and have released my app to the internal test track. However, when I try ...
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BillingClient.BillingClientStateListener.onBillingSetupFinished is called multiple times
I tried to write a wrapper for BillingClient v.2.2.0 with Kotlin Coroutines:
package com.cantalk.photopose.billing
import android.app.Activity
import android.content.Context
import com.android....
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Implement Google Play Billing Library version 2
Google published a brand new version to handle the payments in Android but after searching quite a while I cannot find a single example or tutorial from someone who succeeded implementing it.
The ...
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Android billing - in the file Security.java should the base64EncodedPublicKey be the encoded value?
Should I paste the actual public key of my app right into the value of this variable?
Or should I encode it and then whatever the encoded string is, I'd make that string into the value of this ...
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Android billing exception about a trailing character
I get this exception from my crash reports:
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start service com.problemio.BillingService@4132b868 with Intent { act=com.android.vending.billing....
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How to properly update Android BillingFlowParams methods deprecated
I have
BillingFlowParams purchaseParams = BillingFlowParams.newBuilder().setSku(skuId).setType(billingType).setOldSkus(oldSkus).build();
but now
setSku
setType
setOldSkus
are all deprecated.
I ...
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Adding in-app purchase to existing published application and testing it without publishing
I'm trying to add in-app purchase for my existing published app that didn't previously have billing permission. I've uploaded an updated APK with billing permission, but didn't activate it since I don'...
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can't disable re-subscription for android subscription on Play Store
TL;DR
Why can our users re-subscribe on Play Store, despite opting-out of this on Google Play console?
we are implementing a subscription on our Android app. we have selected the "resubscribe&...
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Verifying in-app-purchases
The sample app that the Google Developers guide refers to has a method called verifyValidSignature() that looks like this in the BillingManager class:
/**
* Verifies that the purchase was signed ...
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Is implementing in-app-purchases for Android really this complex?
I'm about to implement In App Purchases (IAP) for a premium-upgrade feature in an app I'm developing, and I've read the official developer guides. There, they mention that
You can use the Play ...
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Make one IAP valid for different applications
Until now, I distributed my app on the Play Store with an in-app purchase to disable ads.
I am redesigning the whole app and I'd like to split it into two applications: one for mobile devices (like ...
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Identifying refunded Play Store downloads
Play Store is now automatically approving refunds if they happen with 2 hours after the purchase. I have an Android App where people can create and control a VPS gaming host from the app. That is, ...
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IabHelper Android bug (NullPointerException) launchPurchaseFlow?
I am using the last version files of in-app billing from Google. Today I got an error in my phone when I download the app (I tried to repeat the steps but the error doesn't appear anymore).
Let's say ...
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Test in App Billing in other countries
I've developed a app and some logs are reporting errors when a brasilian user tries purchase an item.
I'm not brasilian and I want to test my app in that country. Is it even possible? My app is ...
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Android Billing 4.0.0 - No purchase result querySkuDetailsAsync()
I migrated Google Play Billing Library in Android Studio from 3.0.3 (was working fine) to 4.0.0.
I've checked my Google Play Billing and all seems OK and the SKU status is ACTIVE (no red flags).
I've ...
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inventory.getPurchase() always return null although purchased already
I working with a sample of in-ap purchase. My application have 2 buttons, first button was disable by default, click on second button will purchase and enable the first button. The purchase button ...
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How to create in-app purchase to upgrade from free version to paid version android
I have two version of my app
Paid Version
Free Version
Now in free version I disabled some features that are available only in the paid version.
So what i want is when user taps on any of those ...
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Per Device subscriptions for purchases through Google Play
I would like to setup subscription based billing for an app that will be sold through Google Play. Is it possible to sell the same subscription to the same user but on a different devices? So that ...
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In App Purchase Error in Static codes
I am using current code for purchase for calling purchase intent
Bundle buyIntentBundle = mService.getBuyIntent(3, pContext.getPackageName(), "android.test.canceled", "inapp", "bGoa+V7g/yqDXv");
Set&...
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Google Play Billing 2.0 testing pending transactions and acknowledgement
I'm transitioning to Google Play Billing library v2.0.0 and there are two major flow differences. One is purchase acknowledgment https://developer.android.com/google/play/billing/...
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Android inapp billing - BillingService has compile errors with onServiceConnected and onServiceDisconnected
I am using the Dungeons application example and I am using the BillingService class provided in that example.
I am using Java 6 and @override works for me, but I get a compile error on these two ...
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Unable to make Android in-app purchase with test account "The publisher cannot purchase this item"
I am attempting to test In-App Purchases in Android.
I have uploaded a privately signed apk to Google Player Developer Console. It is currently a Draft in the "Alpha Testing" section.
When I attempt ...
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Android InApp Purchase: getPurchases returns empty response
I have an app which contains 4 Managed In App Purchases and using In App Billing API v3. The purchases works fine. In order for restoring the purchases, when I make a call to getPurchases(...) it ...
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Check if in-app billing via PlayStore is available to user
So we want to support in-app billing via Google's billing API and via AliPay for China. I've written a method that should return either a GooglePlay or an AliPay billing client (whichever is available)...
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