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Developer2011
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February 12, 2014
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Milkman Games/Google In-App Billing -- Error? Server Issues?

  • February 12, 2014
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So,

     I've been scouring the internet for answers, but have come up dry! I've been using the Milkman Games google in-app billing for quite some time now. I'm not sure what changed with Google in-app system, but it appears my consumables are no longer being consumed. I understand Google Play now labels items 'managed' and 'unmanaged' - but the Billing ANE has a consume function to allow users to purchase multiple of an item (ex. gold coins).

   The purchase begins to function as it normally does, runs the consume function, then hangs. The successful consumption is what triggers the item to add to user inventory. But as I stated previously, neither consumption success or fail gets triggered.

    Is something going on with Google's in-App servers? Any others experiencing this issue? I've only had one user send an email regarding the issue so far, but I've checked a couple of apps, and its the same thing across the board. Definitely not good.

    If anyone has any info they could share, I'd appreciate it! thanks.

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Correct answer Developer2011

In addition to whatever I do here, I’m a Top Contributor with the Google help forums. I’ve sent an email that many Google people will read. Will let you know if anyone knows of a known issue going on.


Ok, I must be COMPLETELY losing my mind . Apparently... somewhere along the way, for whatever reason on Earth, the contents of my consume function was removed/deleted from my class document. Which is why it didnt progress from that point. It should've been my first place to look (duh). I feel like I'm being pranked or this is bad Karma coming back to bite me lol Makes absolutely no sense at all, but its working now. I'm just going to go ahead and take an apparently needed mental vacation.

Thanks for the help anyway.

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Colin Holgate
Colin Holgate
Inspiring
February 12, 2014

I’ve only done entitlements with in app purchasing, not consumables. But, with the Milkman ANEs you have to be careful to update the app descriptor XML each time there is a new version. Are you on the latest version, and using the XML in the way the latest version Docs tell you to?

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Developer2011Author
Inspiring
February 12, 2014

Yep - it was previously working perfectly. The app has been up for a good month or better. Customers have been making purchases and I haven't received notice that it wasnt working, until today. I hadn't made any changes or updates to the app itself. I was able to duplicate the issue of items not being consumed. I've been searching the net to see if this was a known issue, being fixed, or at least that others were experiencing the same thing, but I haven't found anything anywhere. Its driving me nuts. I'm left to assume its some type of Google Server issue. Somewhere there's broken communication between the app and the server. I received the customer email at 6pm today, so its been going on for almost 5 hours now.

Colin Holgate
Colin Holgate
Inspiring
February 12, 2014

In addition to whatever I do here, I’m a Top Contributor with the Google help forums. I’ve sent an email that many Google people will read. Will let you know if anyone knows of a known issue going on.

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