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<p>The in-app billing release has now entered the testing phase. During this phase we are providing <a href="{@docRoot}guide/market/billing/index.html">documentation</a> and a <a href="{@docRoot}guide/market/billing/billing_integrate.html#billing-download">sample application</a> that shows you how to implement in-app billing. You can use these resources to start designing and testing your in-app billing implementations.</p>

<p>Android Market In-app Billing has reached the final launch milestone and is now available to developers and users. You can now publish applications that use Android Market's in-app billing service, and users can make in-app purchases. To find out how to implement in-app billing in your applications, see the  <a href="{@docRoot}guide/market/billing/index.html">documentation</a> and the <a href="{@docRoot}guide/market/billing/billing_integrate.html#billing-download">sample application</a>.</p>

<p>Following the testing phase we will launch in-app billing to the general public (see table 1 for a summary launch milestones).

<p class="table-caption"><strong>Table 1.</strong> Summary of launch milestones for in-app billing.</p>

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<th>Release Phase</th>

<th>Status</th>

<th>Description</th>

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  <td>Early Development</td>

  <td>Completed</td>

  <td>Provided an early look at the documentation and the sample application.</td>

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  <td>Test Development</td>

  <td>In process</td>

  <td>You can perform static testing with reserved product IDs and end-to-end testing with real product IDs. You cannot publish applications that use in-app billing.</td>

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  <td>Final Release</td>

  <td>Coming soon</td>

  <td>You can perform static testing with reserved product IDs and end-to-end testing with real product IDs. You can publish applications that use in-app billing.</td>

</tr>

</table>

<p>During the testing phase we are releasing version 2.3.4 of the Android Market application and version 5.0.12 of the MyApps application. To support in-app billing, devices running Android 3.0 must have version 5.0.12 (or higher) of the MyApps application. Devices running all other versions of Android must have version 2.3.4 (or higher) of the Android Market application. Table 2 summarizes these requirements.</p>

<p class="table-caption"><strong>Table 2.</strong> Summary of in-app billing requirements.</p>

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<th>If your device is running this...</th>

<th>In-app billing requires this</th>

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  <td>Android 1.6</td>

  <td>Android Market 2.3.4 (or higher)</td>

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<tr>

  <td>Android 2.x</td>

  <td>Android Market 2.3.4 (or higher)</td>

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<tr>

  <td>Android 3.0</td>

  <td>MyApps 5.0.12 (or higher)</td>

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</table>

<p class="note"><strong>Note:</strong> To learn how to check the version of the Android Market application, see <a href="http://market.android.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=190860">Updating Android Market</a>. To learn about other requirements for in-app billing, see <a href="{@docRoot}guide/market/billing/billing_overview.html#billing-limitations">Requirements and Limitations.</a></p>

<p>You can test your in-app billing implementation two ways during the testing phase: you can use the <a href="{@docRoot}guide/market/billing/billing_testing.html#billing-testing-static">reserved product IDs</a> to test static responses or you can use <a href="{@docRoot}guide/market/billing/billing_testing.html#billing-testing-real">your own product IDs</a> to test end-to-end in-app purchases. To perform end-to-end testing you need to upload your application as a draft application and add products to the application's product list.</p>

<p>During the testing phase, you cannot publish applications that use in-app billing; you can only upload the applications as draft applications. After the testing phase is complete, we will launch in-app billing to the general public and you will be able to publish applications that use in-app billing.</p>

<p>This documentation may change as we move from the testing phase to the final release. Be sure to check this documentation frequently for updates.</p>

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  <p>During the testing phase of the in-app billing release you cannot publish applications that implement in-app billing. You can only upload in-app billing applications as draft applications. For more information, see <a href="{@docRoot}guide/market/billing/billing_about.html">About this Release</a></p>

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<p>In-app billing frees you from processing financial transactions, but you still need to perform a few administrative tasks, including setting up and maintaining your product list on the publisher site, registering test accounts, and handling refunds when necessary.</p>

<p>You must have an Android Market publisher account to register test accounts. And you must have a Google Checkout Merchant account to create a product list and issue refunds to your users. If you already have a publisher account on Android Market, you can use your existing account. You do not need to register for a new account to support in-app billing. If you do not have a publisher account, you can register as an Android Market developer and set up a publisher account at the Android Market <a href="http://market.android.com/publish">publisher site</a>. If you do not have a Google Checkout Merchant account, you can register for one at the <a href="http://checkout.google.com">Google Checkout site</a>.</p>

<h2 id="billing-list-setup">Creating a Product List</h2>

<p>The Android Market publisher site provides a product list for each of your published applications. You can sell an item using the in-app billing feature only if the item is listed on an application's product list. Each application has its own product list; you cannot sell items that are listed in another application's product list.</p>

<p>The Android Market publisher site provides a product list for each of your published applications. You can sell an item using Android Market's in-app billing feature only if the item is listed on an application's product list. Each application has its own product list; you cannot sell items that are listed in another application's product list.</p>

<p>You can access an application's product list by clicking the <strong>In-App Products</strong> link that appears under each of the applications that are listed for your publisher account (see figure 1). The <strong>In-App Products</strong> link appears only if you have a Google Checkout Merchant account and an application's manifest includes the <code>com.android.vending.BILLING</code> permission.</p>

<img src="{@docRoot}images/billing_product_list_entry.png" height="540" id="figure1" />

<img src="{@docRoot}images/billing_product_list_entry.png" height="548" id="figure1" />

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  <strong>Figure 1.</strong> You can access an application's product list by clicking the <strong>In-App Products</strong> link.

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<p>A product list contains information about the items you are selling, such as a product id, product description, and price (see figure 2). The product list stores only metadata about the items you are selling in your application. It does not store any digital content. You are responsible for storing and delivering the digital content that you sell in your applications.</p>

<img src="{@docRoot}images/billing_product_list.png" height="742" id="figure2" />

<img src="{@docRoot}images/billing_product_list.png" height="560" id="figure2" />

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  <strong>Figure 2.</strong> An application's product list.

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  <li>On the Create New In-app Product page (see figure 3), provide details about the item you are selling and then click <strong>Save</strong>.</li>

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<img src="{@docRoot}images/billing_list_form.png" height="854" id="figure3" />

<img src="{@docRoot}images/billing_list_form.png" height="840" id="figure3" />

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  f<strong>Figure 3.</strong> The Create New In-app Product page lets you add items to an application's product list.

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<h2 id="billing-refunds">Handling Refunds</h2>

<p>The in-app billing feature does not allow users to send a refund request to Android Market. Refunds for purchases that were made with the in-app billing feature must be directed to you (the application developer). You can then process the refund through your Google Checkout Merchant account. When you do this, Android Market receives a refund notification from Google Checkout, and Android Market sends a refund message to your application. For more information, see <a href="{@docRoot}guide/market/billing/billing_overview.html#billing-action-notify">Handling IN_APP_NOTIFY messages</a> and <a href="http://www.google.com/support/androidmarket/bin/answer.py?answer=1153485">In-app Billing Pricing</a>.</p>

<p>In-app billing does not allow users to send a refund request to Android Market. Refunds for in-app purchases must be directed to you (the application developer). You can then process the refund through your Google Checkout Merchant account. When you do this, Android Market receives a refund notification from Google Checkout, and Android Market sends a refund message to your application. For more information, see <a href="{@docRoot}guide/market/billing/billing_overview.html#billing-action-notify">Handling IN_APP_NOTIFY messages</a> and <a href="http://www.google.com/support/androidmarket/bin/answer.py?answer=1153485">In-app Billing Pricing</a>.</p>

<h2 id="billing-testing-setup">Setting Up Test Accounts</h2>

href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android">http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android</a></td>

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<td>Accounts, publishing, and deployment issues</td>

<td><a href="http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market">Android

Market Help Forum</a></td>

<td>Publisher accounts, Android Market key pair, test accounts, server responses, test responses, application deployment and results.</td>

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<td>Market billing issue tracker</td>

<td><a href="http://code.google.com/p/marketbilling/issues/">Market billing

project issue tracker</a></td>

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  <p>During the testing phase of the in-app billing release you cannot publish applications that implement in-app billing. You can only upload in-app billing applications as draft applications. For more information, see <a href="{@docRoot}guide/market/billing/billing_about.html">About this Release</a></p>

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<p>As you design your in-app billing implementation, be sure to follow the security and design guidelines that are discussed in this document. These guidelines are recommended best practices for anyone who is using the Android Market in-app billing service and can be incorporated into any in-app billing implementation.</p>

<p>As you design your in-app billing implementation, be sure to follow the security and design guidelines that are discussed in this document. These guidelines are recommended best practices for anyone who is using Android Market's in-app billing service.</p>

<h2>Security Best Practices</h2>

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  <p>During the testing phase of the in-app billing release you cannot publish applications that implement in-app billing. You can only upload in-app billing applications as draft applications. For more information, see <a href="{@docRoot}guide/market/billing/billing_about.html">About this Release</a></p>

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<p>The Android Market in-app billing service provides a straightforward, simple interface for sending in-app billing requests and managing in-app billing transactions using Android Market. This document helps you implement in-app billing by stepping through the primary implementation tasks, using the in-app billing sample application as an example.</p>

<p>Android Market In-app Billing provides a straightforward, simple interface for sending in-app billing requests and managing in-app billing transactions using Android Market. This document helps you implement in-app billing by stepping through the primary implementation tasks, using the in-app billing sample application as an example.</p>

<p>Before you implement in-app billing in your own application, be sure that you read <a href="{@docRoot}guide/market/billing/billing_overview.html">Overview of In-app Billing</a> and <a href="{@docRoot}guide/market/billing/billing_best_practices.html">Security and Design</a>. These documents provide background information that will make it easier for you to implement in-app billing.</p>

<h2 id="billing-download">Downloading the Sample Application</h2>

<p>The in-app billing sample application shows you how to perform several tasks that are common to all in-app billing implementations, including:</p>

<p>The in-app billing sample application shows you how to perform several tasks that are common to all Android Market in-app billing implementations, including:</p>

<ul>

  <li>Sending in-app billing requests to the Android Market application.</li>

<p>The sample application includes an application file (<code>Dungeons.java</code>), the AIDL file for the <code>MarketBillingService</code> (<code>IMarketBillingService.aidl</code>), and several classes that demonstrate in-app billing messaging. It also includes a class that demonstrates basic security tasks, such as signature verification.</p>

<p>Table 1 lists the source files that are included with the sample application.</p>

<p class="table-caption" id="source-files-table"><strong>Table 1.</strong>

In-app billing sample application source files.</p>

<p class="table-caption" id="source-files-table"><strong>Table 1.</strong> In-app billing sample application source files.</p>

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<tr>

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<td>IMarketBillingService.aidl</td>

<td>Android Interface Definition Library (AIDL) file that defines the IPC interface to the Android Market in-app billing service (<code>MarketBillingService</code>).</td>

<td>Android Interface Definition Library (AIDL) file that defines the IPC interface to Android Market's in-app billing service (<code>MarketBillingService</code>).</td>

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<ul>

  <li>Configuring and building the sample application.</li>

  <li>Uploading the sample application to Android Market.</li>

  <li>Setting up test accounts and running the sample application</li>

  <li>Setting up test accounts and running the sample application.</li>

</ul>

<p class="note"><strong>Note:</strong> Building and running the sample application is necessary only if you want to see a demonstration of in-app billing. If you do not want to run the sample application, you can skip to the next section, <a href="#billing-add-aidl">Adding the AIDL file to your project</a>.</p>

<h2 id="billing-add-aidl">Adding the AIDL file to your project</h2>

<p>The sample application contains an Android Interface Definition Language (AIDL) file,  which defines the interface to the Android Market in-app billing service <code>MarketBillingService</code>). When you add this file to your project, the Android build environment creates an interface file (<code>IMarketBillingService.java</code>). You can then use this interface to make billing requests by invoking IPC method calls.</p>

<p>The sample application contains an Android Interface Definition Language (AIDL) file,  which defines the interface to Android Market's in-app billing service (<code>MarketBillingService</code>). When you add this file to your project, the Android build environment creates an interface file (<code>IMarketBillingService.java</code>). You can then use this interface to make billing requests by invoking IPC method calls.</p>

<p>If you are using the ADT plug-in with Eclipse, you can just add this file to your <code>/src</code> directory. Eclipse will automatically generate the interface file when you build your project (which should happen immediately). If you are not using the ADT plug-in, you can put the AIDL file into your project and use the Ant tool to build your project so that the <code>IMarketBillingService.java</code> file gets generated.</p>

<p>The <code>makeRequestBundle()</code> method constructs an initial Bundle, which contains the three keys that are required for all requests: <code>BILLING_REQUEST</code>, <code>API_VERSION</code>, and <code>PACKAGE_NAME</code>. The request returns a synchronous {@link android.os.Bundle} response, which contains only a single key: <code>RESPONSE_CODE</code>. The <code>RESPONSE_CODE</code> key can have the following values:</p>

<ul>

  <li><code>RESULT_OK</code>&mdash;in-app billing is supported.</li>

  <li><code>RESULT_BILLING_UNAVAILABLE</code>&mdash;in-app billing is not available because the in-app billing API version you specified is not recognized or the user is not eligible to make in-app purchases (for example, the user resides in a country that prohibits in-app purchases).</li>

  <li><code>RESULT_BILLING_UNAVAILABLE</code>&mdash;in-app billing is not available because the API version you specified is not recognized or the user is not eligible to make in-app purchases (for example, the user resides in a country that prohibits in-app purchases).</li>

  <li><code>RESULT_ERROR</code>&mdash;there was an error connecting with the Android Market application.</li>

  <li><code>RESULT_DEVELOPER_ERROR</code>&mdash;the application is trying to make an in-app billing request but the application has not declared the <code>com.android.vending.BILLING</code> permission in its manifest. Can also indicate that an application is not properly signed, or that you sent a malformed request.</li>

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<h2 id="billing-signatures">Verifying Signatures and Nonces</h2>

<p>The in-app billing service uses two mechanisms to help verify the integrity of the transaction information you receive from Android Market: nonces and signatures. A nonce (number used once) is a cryptographically secure number that your application generates and sends with every <code>GET_PURCHASE_INFORMATION</code> and <code>RESTORE_TRANSACTIONS</code> request. The nonce is returned with the <code>PURCHASE_STATE_CHANGED</code> broadcast intent, enabling you to verify that any given <code>PURCHASE_STATE_CHANGED</code> response corresponds to an actual request that you made. Every <code>PURCHASE_STATE_CHANGED</code> broadcast intent also includes a signed JSON string and a signature, which you can use to verify the integrity of the response.</p>

<p>Android Market's in-app billing service uses two mechanisms to help verify the integrity of the transaction information you receive from Android Market: nonces and signatures. A nonce (number used once) is a cryptographically secure number that your application generates and sends with every <code>GET_PURCHASE_INFORMATION</code> and <code>RESTORE_TRANSACTIONS</code> request. The nonce is returned with the <code>PURCHASE_STATE_CHANGED</code> broadcast intent, enabling you to verify that any given <code>PURCHASE_STATE_CHANGED</code> response corresponds to an actual request that you made. Every <code>PURCHASE_STATE_CHANGED</code> broadcast intent also includes a signed JSON string and a signature, which you can use to verify the integrity of the response.</p>

<p>Your application must provide a way to generate, manage, and verify nonces. The following sample code shows some simple methods you can use to do this.</p>