{"id":24960,"date":"2015-08-06T13:17:01","date_gmt":"2015-08-06T07:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tothenew.com\/blog\/?p=24960"},"modified":"2024-01-02T17:48:48","modified_gmt":"2024-01-02T12:18:48","slug":"inapppurchase-in-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tothenew.com\/blog\/inapppurchase-in-android\/","title":{"rendered":"InAppPurchase in Android"},"content":{"rendered":"

InAppPurchase,\u00a0<\/strong>as the name suggests is for purchasing items from within the application i.e., it allows you to put a price tag on your products and sell them in the market using your Android application.<\/p>\n

Integration of InAppPurchase in android can be achieved in few steps as follows:<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0 The very first you need to do is install Google Play billing library in SDK, check if your SDK has \u00a0billing package, open SDK manager->extras->Google Play Billing. If it’s not installed, then check it and click install.<\/p>\n

\"Screenshot<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0 After Installation, inside SDK->Extras->Google->play_billing folder resides a file i.e., IInAppBillingService.aidl that needs to include with the project that require Google Play billing support. Also there is a sample application present at path samples\/TrivialDrive\/src\/com\/example\/android\/trivialdrivesample\/util which consists of classes inside Util folder which will ease the Integration of billing into the application.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0 To get support of inAppBilling you must have following permission in Manifest file.<\/p>\n

[sourcecode language=”java”]
\n<uses-permission android:name="com.android.vending.BILLING"\/>
\n[\/sourcecode]<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0 Next Step is to add IInAppBillingService.aidl to the project.
\nCreate a new aidl Folder inside src , inside folder create a package com.android.vending.billing and place IInAppBillingService.aidl here.<\/p>\n

\"Screenshot<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0 After that go to path SDK\/Extras\/google\/play_billing\/samples\/TrivialDrive\/src\/com\/example\/android\/trivialdrivesample\/util and copy all nine files and Create a new Package inside project->src->java->inappbilling\/util and place all nine files there.<\/p>\n

\"Screenshot<\/p>\n

6.\u00a0 Now to start the Billing service you need an unique public licence key. To obtain public license key you need to register your application within the Google Play Developer Console. Visit http:\/\/play.google.com\/apps\/publish.<\/p>\n

7.\u00a0 On the home page of Google developer console click Add new application, choose language, enter title and then click upload Apk.<\/p>\n

\"Screenshot<\/p>\n

8.\u00a0 After the application has been registered, click on Services & APIs section to display the Base64-encoded public licence key for the application.<\/p>\n

\"Screenshot<\/p>\n

9.\u00a0 After having the licence key, create a new BillingActivity extends Activity and initialize billing process as follows:<\/p>\n

[sourcecode language=”java”]<\/p>\n

public class InAppBillingActivity extends Activity{<\/p>\n

Button mButtonBuy;
\n private static final String TAG =
\n "com.sampleproject.inappbilling";
\n IabHelper mHelper;
\n static final String ITEM_SKU = "product_id";
\n IabHelper.OnIabPurchaseFinishedListener mPurchaseFinishedListener;
\n IabHelper.OnConsumeFinishedListener mConsumeFinishedListener;<\/p>\n

@Override
\n protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
\n super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
\n setContentView(R.layout.activity_in_app_billing);
\n mButtonBuy = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button_buy);
\n mButtonBuy.setEnabled(true);
\n String base64EncodedPublicKey = "PUT YOUR LICENCE KEY HERE";<\/p>\n

mHelper = new IabHelper(this, base64EncodedPublicKey);
\n mHelper.startSetup(new
\n IabHelper.OnIabSetupFinishedListener() {
\n public void onIabSetupFinished(IabResult result) {
\n if (!result.isSuccess()) {
\n Log.d(TAG, "Billing setup failed" +
\n result);
\n } else {
\n Log.d(TAG, "Billing is ok");
\n }
\n }
\n });<\/p>\n

}
\n}<\/p>\n

[\/sourcecode]<\/p>\n

10.\u00a0 Run your app on physical Android device (Not on emulator) and make sure that you are getting “Billing setup ok” message on logcat. After that, create products on Google developer console, which needs to sell within the application as follows:<\/p>\n

11.\u00a0 To create Products, you need to upload a signed apk of your app. So generate a signed apk of your app from Android studio and upload it in alpha or beta testing.<\/p>\n

\"Screenshot
\n12.\u00a0 Now Select option InAPP products and click Add new Product and it will ask you – What\u00a0 type of product would you like to add? (Managed or subscription).<\/p>\n

\"Screenshot<\/p>\n