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page.title=Google Play In-app Billing
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page.metaDescription=In-app Billing lets you sell digital content as one-time purchases or subscriptions.
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page.image=/images/play_dev.jpg
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meta.tags="monetizing, inappbilling, subscriptions"
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page.tags="billing, inapp, iap"
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@jd:body
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<p>In-app Billing is a Google Play service that lets you sell digital content from inside
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your applications. You can use the service to sell a wide range of content, including downloadable
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content such as media files or photos, virtual content such as game levels or potions, premium services
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and features, and more. You can use In-app Billing to sell products as</p>
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<div class="sidebox-wrapper">
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<div class="sidebox">
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<h2><strong>New in In-App Billing</strong></h2>
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<ul>
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<li><strong>IAB v2 shutdown</strong>—In-app Billing v2 API is deprecated and will be shut down in January 2015. If your app is still using In-app Billing v2, please migrate to the v3 API as soon as possible.</li>
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<li><strong>Seasonal subscriptions</strong>—You can now set up a
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recurring <a href="billing_subscriptions.html#user-billing">seasonal
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subscription</a> that starts and ends on the same date each year (for
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example, a sports subscription that starts every September 1 and ends every
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April 10).</li>
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<li><strong>Deferred subscription billing</strong>—You can
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<a href="billing_subscriptions.html#deferred-billing">defer</a> a
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subscriber's next billing date until the date you choose. The user still has
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access to the content but is not charged during the deferral period.</li>
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<li><strong>Google Play Developer API</strong>—The
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<a href="{@docRoot}google/play/billing/gp-purchase-status-api.html">Google
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Play Developer API</a> allows you to perform a number of publishing and
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app-management tasks. It includes the functionality previously known as the
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<em>Purchase Status API.</em> </li>
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<li><strong>Refund/Revoke subscription</strong>—You can use the
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Google Play Developer API to <a href="billing_subscriptions.html#refunds">refund
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and revoke</a> a user's subscription. If you do this, the user's
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subscription ends
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immediately, and his or her most recent subscription payment is
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refunded.</li>
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<li><strong>In-app Billing Version 3</strong>—The <a href="{@docRoot}google/play/billing/api.html">latest version</a> of In-app Billing features a synchronous API that is easier to implement and lets you manage in-app products and subscriptions more effectively.</li>
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</ul>
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</div>
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</div>
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<ul>
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<li>Standard in-app products (one-time billing), or</li>
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<li>Subscriptions (recurring, automated billing)</li>
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</ul>
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<p>When you use the in-app billing service to sell an item,
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whether it's an in-app product or a subscription, Google Play
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handles all checkout details so your application never has to directly process
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any financial transactions. Google Play uses the same checkout backend service as
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is used for application purchases, so your users experience a consistent and
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familiar purchase flow.</p>
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<p>Any application that you publish through Google Play can implement In-app Billing. No special
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account or registration is required other than a Google Play Developer Console account and a Google
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Wallet merchant account.</p>
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<p>To help you integrate in-app billing into your application, the Android SDK
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provides a sample application that demonstrates how to sell standard in-app
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products and subscriptions from inside an app.</p>
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<p>To get started, read the documents below or take the <a href="{@docRoot}training/in-app-billing/index.html">Selling
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In-app Products</a> training class.</p>
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<dl>
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<dt><strong><a href="{@docRoot}google/play/billing/billing_overview.html">Overview</a></strong></dt>
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<dd>Read this document for a description of the underlying concepts in In-app Billing.</dd>
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<dt><strong><a href="{@docRoot}google/play/billing/api.html">Version 3 API</a></strong></dt>
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<dd>Read the documents in this section for an overview of the latest version of In-app Billing, as well as implementation details and API reference.</dd>
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<dt><strong><a href="{@docRoot}google/play/billing/billing_best_practices.html">Security
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and Design</a></strong></dt>
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<dd>Review these best practices to help ensure that your In-app Billing implementation is
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secure and well designed.</dd>
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<dt><strong><a href="{@docRoot}google/play/billing/billing_testing.html">Testing In-app
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Billing</a></strong></dt>
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<dd>Understand how the In-app Billing test tools work and learn how to test your In-app Billing
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implementation.</dd>
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<dt><strong><a href="{@docRoot}google/play/billing/billing_admin.html">Administering
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In-app Billing</a></strong></dt>
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<dd>Learn how to set up your product list, register test accounts, and handle refunds.</dd>
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</dl>
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