How to test autorenewal subscriptions on Android

Question

I would like to add a autorenewal subscriptions to my Android app. All code is implemented and passed basic tests, but there is one important use case - I need to ensure, that renewal process (monthly payment) works fine. My server side is responsible for checking of purchase status using Google APIs and I don`t want to wait 1 months in order to check how it works in different cases.

Apple provides a sandbox, where I can configure subscription (its possible to have subscription for 1 minutes and so on). Does Google provides something similar (sandbox, test API, etc.) that might help to verify described case?

Thanks, Alex

Answer 1

Google Play has already implemented a sandbox to test subscriptions and issue purchases. You need to publish your app in beta and after a few hours of doing that the test users(added in Google Play dev console) can make test purchases(these are not charged) in your app. They can even make subscription test purchases. A test subscription automatically renews every day(until canceled from Google Play) irrespective of the subscription duration.

http://developer.android.com/google/play/billing/billing_testing.html

Also see this: Testing Android IAP/In-App Purchase Subscriptions

Answer 2

Current answer - there is no way to do it. Sad, but truth.