Questions tagged [in-app-billing]
In-app Billing, a service provided by Android operating system.
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Successful purchase but has "Class not found" when unmarshalling: com.google.android.finsky.billing.lightpurchase.PurchaseParams
I have an app with In-App Billing in its Adapter (list of items to buy). I am having a problem during testing of the in-App Billing.
Everything works fine - The user is able to go through the whole ...
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Play Store updates/installs app using a different account than the one the user made IAP through
On this bug report on Github https://github.com/googlesamples/android-play-billing/issues/2#issuecomment-305380836 we were asked to raise the issue here.
The issue is simple. User has 2 or more ...
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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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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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In App Billing BroadcastReceiver Memory Leak
I am opening a Activity with ActivityResult and after buying a item successfully, I am closing the current activity which holds purching process and send data back. But Leak Canary catch a memory leak ...
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android N failing to compile in app billing AIDL
I was just trying to compile my app with the new preview SDK 24 Android N in Android Studio 2.1 Preview 1.
I have in app billing in my app.
When trying to build the app I get the following ...
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Android In App Billing - Error Retrieving Information From Server
I am using Android in app billing for in app purchases.
In rare cases a number of my users are reporting this error:
"Error retrieving information from server. [RPC:S-7:AEC-0]"
This is happening ...
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Google billing service getting disconnected automatically multiple times within seconds
I am using Google's In-app Billing. (version 2.2.0)
I start billing connection using below code in application class:
billingClient = BillingClient.newBuilder(Application.getInstance()).setListener(...
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Does Android In-App Subscription Purchase Date Update With Each Monthly Renewal?
I am implementing an app that will have an in-app subscription purchase. The subscription is renewed on a monthly basis. When a user purchases the subscription, they get a free 30 day trial. I ...
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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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Cancel or refund of consumed In-App purchase in Android
I have an in-app managed item (not subscription) and I consume it after I record it on my server (after verifying with purchase status API). I understand that the refund/ cancellation for in-app ...
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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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InApp Purchased in Android
public static boolean verify(PublicKey publicKey, String signedData, String signature) {
Log.i(TAG, "signature: " + signature);
Signature sig;
try {
sig = Signature.getInstance(...
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Integrating Account Hold status problem: History gets deleted after deleting the app or switching devices
Related github link that I'm pretty sure nobody will answer
The related link
As you know, Google has enforcing the developers who sells subscriptions to integrate account hold handling mechanism until ...
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Google In-app-purchase: How to check if a consumable product purchase status is pending?
I have integrated android In-App purchase to an android application. I overridden the onPurchaseUpdated method to get the response of the purchase.
@Override
public void onPurchasesUpdated(int ...
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ANR on Google's billing library
Anyone have any idea why this ANR might be happening? I thought upgrading from the old IABHelper to the new billing library would solve it but it didn't. I submitted a bug on the billing library ...
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Google subscriptions validation returns error code 400 Invalid
Our app have a subscription option with various tiers.
We are validating the subscription tokens via the Google Purchases.subscriptions.get method :
GET https://www.googleapis.com/androidpublisher/...
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Why Google in-app billing return proper orderId in case of Test Purchase ?
Google says you will receive empty orderId if purchase is test purchase. But we are getting proper orderId, so the question is how to check if the purchase made is a Test Purchase or Not. And why are ...
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How can I manage in-app billing transactions on an external server securely?
I'm attempting to implement a system for upgrading/unlocking various features of my app using "managed" purchases with in-app billing, and I'm getting bogged down by the lack of in-depth documentation ...
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in-app billing, inventory.getPurchase is null on different device than payment was made
in my app user can buy ad removal, I keep this item (no consume). So I have fragment in my main activity that check if user bought item.
public class BillingInventoryFragment extends Fragment {
// ...
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Redeem Code Option in Payment method not showing in my app. Android Billing
The redeem code option in payment method list is not showing in my app. Screenshot below is from google play billing documentation but the option did not appear in my app. It's already been a week ...
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How do you offer the ability to change the subscription frequency of your app from the Google Play Store?
My app offers a monthly subscription right now, and we are in the process of adding annual subscriptions as well. The user should be able to upgrade/downgrade their subscription, and it looks like ...
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Android IABHelper vs Billingclient
In our android app, we are using in app billing using IabHelper wrapper library. Example
https://github.com/googlesamples/android-play-billing/tree/master/TrivialDrive
Now, Google added newer ...
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getPurchases() for renewal subscription returns first purchase
I need check that user has active subscription after automatic renew.
I do call getPurchases() and expect get all subscriptions (expired and active) or at least information about latest automatic ...
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Android paytm like wallet implementation
I want to implement a custom wallet in my android app. But I cant differentiate which mechanism follow to implement the wallet. Can anybody help me the detail process to implement the custom wallet. ...
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How to hide the inactive products from in app billing?
We have an android app supporting In App Billing v3. In our tests, everything else worked fine, but we found that inactive products could also be obtained by querying the inventory.
This is how we ...
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"Error retrieving information from server RPC S-7 AEC-0" while testing Google in-app billing
I am trying to implement Google in app billing to my Application. I created SKU product id and implemented the billing process in code. While I am trying to test the in-app billind after I enter all ...
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"Account determined from" meaning in logs
In my application I'm implementing in-app purchase using Google In-app Billing Version 3 API. In logs from my app I see:
D/Finsky (26024): [1204] InAppBillingUtils.pickAccount: com.example.myapp: ...
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How to get SKU details of all my inapp items in Google Play Billing
In old version of in app biling i ised to get the IAP item price using the below code.
I am unable to find a way for this in new version. Kindly assist me in the way to get SKU details of all my ...
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Google Play Realtime Notifications SUBSCRIPTION_EXPIRED not received on expiration time
I am trying to implement the backend logic for android purchases of an app and started integrating using android document.
During the tests, I am able to get SUBSCRIPTION_PURCHASED, ...
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Play Billing Library v1.0: renewed subscription missing from queryPurchases result
I have an Android app offering auto-renewing subscriptions via In-App Billing, using https://developer.android.com/google/play/billing/billing_library.html.
I'm using a lightly modified ...
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How can I tie Google Play Billing subscriptions to specific accounts?
My app has user accounts. Users can create an account, login, and consume content.
I'm interested in creating a subscription model for certain content and using Google Play Billing as a medium for ...
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IAB Subscription Free-trial state
What's the right way of managing free trial state of a subscription?
I can't find anything about getting the state of a purchase, something like freeTrial = true/false or freeTrialDuration = 7, inside ...
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App no available error while using Play market Closed alpha testing
I configured Closed Alpha Testing with one developer account and uploaded an APK.
After some hours the application has been published to market but if I use the Opt-In url with the phone with the ...
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Android In App Billing "Billing service unavailable on device. (response: 3:Billing Unavailable)"
I built and android game which has a premium in app purchase, and I had it working fine for a while. (The game was in a beta testing branch, and users could purchase the premium upgrade fine.)
A few ...
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Have the static testing skus for Android In-App Purchasing changed?
During development of an IAB system using the IabHelper I encountered something weird:
I am currently trying to create code to handle a canceled request using the static responses provided by Google. ...
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Android InApp Billing v3 - testing with multiple devices issue
I'm facing one issue on Android InApp billing v3. I have created a managed inapp product in playstore and I need to buy that multiple times from multiple devices. For that, I am testing the app in two ...
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Google In-App Billing product description
I am testing In-App Billing for an Android app that uses Google In-App Billing v3. I have one problem that haven't been able to fix so far. When Google Play dialog opens after I start the purchase ...
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Android in-app billing is returning server response code 2. What does it mean?
I'm using In-App Billing V3.
When I try to make a purchase I'm getting a server response code of 2.
I've searched but can find no documentation on what this response code means.
If you look at the ...
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handle subscription changes in android in-app billing
Say my user has a 4 month subscription. One month within it, she wants to move to a yearly subscription. How does google play in-app billing handle this? Is there a method to move user from one ...
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Multiple Google Merchant accounts for a single Google Play Developer account?
I am developing an Android application for another company. I would like to release this application under my own Google Play account. The application will have in-app billing.
Can I have multiple ...
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in app billing - how to test another currency
I have the new in-app billing (v3) system set up and working in an app. But now I want to know how it would all appear to someone in Europe that would want to purchase in Euro. Is this something to do ...
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Remove In-App Billing record from google test account for Testing again
I have created google play test account for testing In-App billing, but the problem is that when i purchase the item and then uninstall app and then install it again on that device and test for In-App ...
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How is a "test account" different from a "normal account"?
To be able test any implementation of Android Market licensing (e.g. LVL, In-app Billing), Google advises to create a Google Checkout test account, since the developer cannot buy from himself using ...
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How to use In-App Billing with MonoDroid?
I am developing an Android application that will need to make use of In-app billing. I am using Monodroid in Visual Studio and my experience is in C#, I am not very familiar with Java.
My questions ...
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Failed carrier billing authorization with Google in-app billing
I made an Android app that uses the google in-app billing.Most of the time this works just fine, but some users seem to fail the carrier billing authorization. In that case I get an email with the ...
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