Yep. Just wish that as well as the Managed and Unmanaged Purchase Types there was also Managed-Periodic that supported limited lifetime purchases (ie subscriptions).
Yes I know its possible to implement this using Unmanaged and having your own server to track the subscription. But its clumsy, fragile, easily subverted and requires quite a bit of extra work for each developer for what looks like a very common use case. A subscription service means that there is an incentive to continually improve your app for your existing users. And honestly, getting them to part with $1/year sounds like a reasonable proposition for a well maintained app. Dianne, is there any movement in that direction that you are aware of? On Feb 3, 12:25 pm, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote: > How about using it to be able to put your app up on market as a free trial > version, using in-app billing to unlock the full version? > > > > On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 5:54 PM, Damien Cooke <[email protected]> wrote: > > Mainly for apps where buying extra services makes sense. Like a magazine > > application that allows you to buy and download magazine subscriptions or > > editions within the > > app. > > > Damien > > sent from my HTC Desire > > > On 03/02/2011 11:39 AM, "sblantipodi" <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > Hi, > > I just received a mail from google that informs me that In-App Billing > > will be available soon. > > > Can you explain me please what is the in app billing and what is used > > for? > > We can create "buy now" button now without any additional apis that > > redirect customers > > to the market, why use in app billing on android? > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]> > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]> > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > [email protected] > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and > answer them. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
