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Android apps can now use Subscription Billing

• ch0wn 14y ago
  The title is misleading. You could already use subscription billing using the old (v2) inapp billing API[0] for quite a while. They added that feature to the new API as well. [0]: http://developer.android.com/google/play/billing/v2/billing_subscriptions.html http://developer.android.com/google/play/billing/v2/billing_...
  • jfoster 14y ago
    Apologies for this being old. I didn't know subscriptions were also in v2 of the billing API. The page sounded a bit as though it might have been a soft launch.
• winter_blue 14y ago
  I personally would rather just roll out my own (simple) subscription system using Paypal or something, because the 30% cut that Google takes on Play Store purchases is a bit too much.
  • tszming 14y ago
    Generally, you are not allowed to use other payment methods except it is physical goods/services or the digital goods can be consumed outside of the app. http://play.google.com/intl/en/about/developer-content-policy.html http://play.google.com/intl/en/about/developer-content-polic...
    • mmahemoff 14y ago
      You can do what you want if not using Play's IAP or subscriptions. Google's trying to avoid "click OK to subscribe for $10/month or subscribe on our website for $8/month"
      • duaneb 14y ago
        Yes, but then you have to work a lot harder for your customers.
• jug6ernaut 14y ago
  Are developers still limited to a minimum subscription of $1/increment? So its ether $12/year or $1/year... I don't understand this.
  • gte910h 14y ago
    American credit card billing practices necessitate this. It's a per-purchase fee.
    • jug6ernaut 14y ago
      Even the increments? Why wouldnt it be possible to do quarterly subscriptions?
      • gte910h 14y ago
        They may remove it because many people do yearly who'd do quarterly, but that's just speculation