Alexandar, Could you please let me know, how you solved this problem? Did you add any server layer for validating the purchase? Is it possible to validate loally on the device.
- Aram On Monday, September 30, 2013 at 1:45:55 PM UTC+5:30, Alexander Osmanov wrote: > > Thank you guys for your replies. I still have no clear understanding of > how to handle this problem more efficiently but at least now I am sure it's > not entirely myself missing something important. > > Still I refuse to believe there is no one that ever faced the same problem > in android developers world, so I would really appreciate if someone anyone > described how they managed to handle it gracefully. I also have a question > with 100 rep bounty on SO: > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18899870/android-appengine-endpoints-auth-and-inapp-billing > just > in case. > > > On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 6:26 AM, kj <scwe...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> I'm not saying that getting the Google account name via the API wouldn't >> be useful, but unfortunately that doesn't exist right now. I agree that >> forcing accounts is not user friendly and probably isn't a good idea for >> the majority of apps, but it is an option that may be considered. Sticking >> with the default IAB model of purchases being tied to the Google account >> that downloaded the app works for most cases and users have a reasonable >> expectation of how that will work. >> >> What I meant by current Google account is what Alexander mentioned >> previously, that the Google account making the purchase is the one that >> downloaded the app from the Play store. >> >> On Sunday, September 29, 2013 9:48:18 PM UTC-4, Nikolay Elenkov wrote: >> >>> On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 7:56 AM, kj <scwe...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> > The Google IAB dialog has the Google account name that will be >>> associated >>> > with the purchase. In-app purchases are generally understood to be >>> tied to >>> > your Google account and apps you download/purchase are associated with >>> the >>> > account used in Google play. >>> >... >>> > ... If you need more explicit guaruntees of user behavior, force them >>> to make >>> > accounts. >>> >>> Your point being? Letting the developer know what account the user used >>> to >>> buy an IAB item, etc. is genuinely useful. It has been requested >>> countless >>> times, but the it's not part of the API. 'Force them to make accounts' >>> is >>> hardly user friendly and is really BS in a world where people are used >>> to >>> simply using their Google/FB, etc. account. Additionally Google is >>> aggressively >>> pushing OAuth and more specifically G+ accounts for *everything* now, so >>> forcing people to create a bunch of throw-away accounts just to >>> compensate for the limitations of the IAB API is not only bad advice, it >>> also >>> goes against even Google's policy. And BTW, what exactly is 'the current >>> Google account'? >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Android Developers" group. >> To post to this group, send email to android-d...@googlegroups.com >> <javascript:> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> >> 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 a topic in the >> Google Groups "Android Developers" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/android-developers/EbcAdThiIWc/unsubscribe >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > > > -- > Best regards, > AlexO > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/android-developers. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/android-developers/fb7b2c3f-f926-4889-bab4-b5d251a425ca%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
