In-App Purchase Question

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With Apple, in-app purchase is not an option, it is a requirement if you want to unlock content or add a subscription. Try to get around it and your app will be rejected.

I cannot figure out if the same is true for Android. It almost seems as if in-app purchase is a convenience mechanism for the developer to have some way to collect money on games or services using the platform if you want to use it, but I don't see in the documentation that it is a requirement and that your app will be rejected if you try to use Stripe or some other payment mechanism.

Does anyone know if you HAVE to use in-app purchase on Android to collect money for services or to unlock content or to add a subscription?

Thanks for any insights!

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natural_criticB837

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You should find answers to your questions here:

Monetization and Ads - Developer Policy Center

Among other things, apps that fall into the game category are required to use the Google Play IAP API.

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William SpenceAuthor

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Thanks rewb0rn. It is odd, my app is a real estate app that accepts subscriptions, and it currently uses Stripe as my payment method. Once Apple figured this out, they started rejecting my updates. So I am in the process of updating my apps to be in-app purchase compliant. But Android is even weirder because I don't believe that they actually have humans involved much in the review process, so everything has been accepted using Stripe so far. But I really don't want this to bite me in the butt later, so I just want to be compliant right out of the gate So I don't have headaches in the future.

According to what you posted, it looks like subscriptions have to use in-app purchase to be compliant on Android. My ANE for in-app purchases just has options for Android and Apple, nothing specific for Amazon. Does anyone know if you have to make a totally different billing system for Amazon Android products, or will doing it with Google work across all Android devices?

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Flipline

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Amazon does have a completely different billing system, the Google in-app purchases will not work in an Amazon version. Amazon does provide their own Adobe AIR ANE to use here:

Adobe Air Plugins and Extensions | Cross-Platform Plugins

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