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Shaji Thorn Blue
Shaji Thorn Blue

Reputation: 551

Is it possible to connect leaderboard of two apps in google play game services?

I have a free version of game in play store and i am planning to update to paid version(package name will change) with more features, right now my free version has a leaderboard integrated into it, and i want my paid application to follow same leaderboard is it possible for sharing leaderboard between two apps. or its better if i go with in app purchase ?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1025

Answers (1)

Machado
Machado

Reputation: 14489

Is it possible for sharing leaderboard between two apps?

Absolutely. You can use the same leaderboard(s) and achievements.

In your Google Developer Account, under the Game Services link, you setup a Game. (with all the Leader boards and Achievements you want to have available for any/all versions of your Game)

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Then, under each Game, you then get to link Apps up to the Game. The linked apps can be up to 20 applications in total, covering Android/iOS/Web applications. Any of those can be free or paid.. .and you could have multiple leader boards, with each App deciding which leader board(s) to pick from and to display/update. If you want them to all share the same leader board(s), that's fine.. .if for some reason you want to have a leaderboard for each specific platform/app version that would be fine too, as well as maybe having an overall leaderboard for All of your different Apps. (from below, you can see I have three different apps linked to the dice game, and all three are android, and all are ready to publish, and they all use the same leaderboards/achievements and use the Room services)

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The Google Leaderboard Tutorial doesn't cover this quite to the detail that you were probably looking for, and hopefully this shows how to setup multiple apps/platforms for one game a little clearer and with more confidence that it does do exactly what you are looking at implementing.

It's better if i go with in app purchase ?

I believe that depends. Usually, putting them separately may lead to a lot of extra work to get both to work together in the future.

Upvotes: 2

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