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Tomislav Turcic
Tomislav Turcic

Reputation: 889

Google Play In-app billing step-by-step

I've been fruitlessly trying to figure this out. What exactly is needed to set up in-app billing for my Android application. In particular, the whole Google Wallet Merchant account is confusing me.

So, if I'm getting this right, these are the steps:

  1. Create Google Developer Account
  2. Create Google Wallet Merchant Account on same account as Developer
  3. Upload your .apk to Developer console
  4. Add products you wish to sell
  5. Program that stuff in your app
  6. Upload new .apk to console, add test accounts.
  7. Test your app's in-app billing.

However, I am uncertain as to how to setup Google Wallet Merchant. The official documentation states the following:

  1. The Google Wallet Merchant Center account which you need to link to your Google Play Developer Console account can only be linked once from within the Developer Console interface.
  2. Important: Once accounts are linked, they cannot be removed, changed, or updated. If you need to do this, please know that you will have to sign up for a new developer account by paying the fee of $25 USD.

Then what is the point of Google wallet merchant sandbox accounts? Is there a way for me to implement in-app billing and test it without having real merchant account? Can someone with more experience explain to me how to prepare one's merchant account for testing?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 924

Answers (1)

creativecoding
creativecoding

Reputation: 56

Okay I will try to best explain the process. I just published my first app. You need to setup a Google Developer Account. Then you should be able to setup a Google Wallet Merchant account from a link within your google developer account. Inside the developer console you will link it to your Google Wallet account. That part shouldn't be too difficult. Next setup a test in-app product or products. Then upload your apk to Alpha testing and publish it. Add a tester email account in your settings for in-app billing. Now the testing part. I recommend using the Android API Static in-app billing method first. It's quick and pretty simple, you can find it here http://developer.android.com/google/play/billing/billing_testing.html. Next you want to test the real work flow to make sure your app will respond and react correctly. Make sure you use a phone or device that has the tester's google account setup first or else you won't be able to complete a successful process with your developer google account. Follow the in-app Billing Demo game's code guidelines.

Upvotes: 2

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