This may have been asked before but I cannot find a definitive answer
I am currently using Google in app billing for my application and users are asking me if they can use Paypal.
Is it against the market policy if I add a Paypal Buy now button to my payment screen which opens a URL in a webview and goes to Paypal.com ? ….
The app is published in the Android Market
Thanks in advance
Even if it's not against to T&C, it's not a good practice. Google is trying to do the opposite: everything should be with their payment solution, so your app's users see something that they already know.
However did you consider opening a webpage and from there doing the paypal payment? That probably would not be against T&C
you should not use other payment system because...
"Google has been pressuring applications and mobile game developers to use its costlier in-house payment service, Google Wallet for quite some time. Now Google warned several developers in recent months that if they continued to use other payment methods — such as PayPal, Zong and Boku — their apps would be removed from Google Play. The move is seen as a way to cut costs for Google by using their own system."
No way, it should be violation of T&C. Google is not Evil.
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It has been asked before but most of those answers are probably outdated.
I am thinking in integrating Paypal api (https://developer.paypal.com/docs/classic/mobile/ht_mpl-itemPayment-Android/) for my android application.
It is a link that says - Buy me a coffee, which will lead through the process of making a payment using above JAR.
Before I implement so, I have heard that many have some problem where Google has taken their application out of the market because it uses someone else payment option.
Also, any thoughts on https://github.com/SufficientlySecure/donations
Please advise.
Also, any thoughts on https://github.com/SufficientlySecure/donations
Here goes note taken right from the README:
NOTE: Google mailed me to remove PayPal donation capability when publishing on Google Play! Thus, you should build "product flavors" defined by the example: One version with Google Play donation capability and one with Paypal, Flattr, and Bitcoin!
Which means that Google is against PayPal donations in the apps loaded into the Google Play Store.
I've read the Developer Policy and it looks unclear. On one hand they say that all purchases in Android apps available on the Google Play Store should be made via Google Play Billing API. On the other hand, they say nothing about the donations (which differ from purchases in my opinion because user gets nothing for donation).
I would not risk the app's status and make donations via Billing API - after all, the main reason why Google bans apps which use 3-rd party billing is that Google doesn't get money from 3-rd party billing. If this is the case than you should be safe if you stay away from PayPal.
I've been going through a design for an app I wish to be making soon. My app will rely on user generated content. Is it possible to have users add an item to this in-app marketplace and recieve payments when other users buy from them directly using Google Wallet or PayPal? Is there a recommended way of implementing this type of feature?
Thanks in advance!
I am not aware of any recommended way to do this, however, doing this your app will likely not be allowed to be uploaded to the Google Play Store.
This would be against Google's Terms of Service as a developers apps is not allowed to make money through other means and other purchases that are made within the app have to go via the Google Play.
I developed an android app, and i want to sell this app in google play,however I'm in Turkey and selling system is not supported by google in Turkey.
I want to learn the answer of this question. Does google allow when i placed a buy button which opens browsers and redirect to paypal payment web page in my app ? Does google allow this ? or Does google remove my application from google play for illegal selling method issue.If so what can i do for selling my app in google play.
Thanks for your valuable answers.
Edit 1
I find some app which uses PayPal services in their app and placed in google play's free apps category such as this app if it is not allowed then why are these apps still surfacing on the play store ?
Edit 2
I want to discuss my technique in my app.
User download the app from google play
App is about fast reading and has 12 levels
User can use level 1 for free as demo others are locked
If user want to use other level, there is a
button which opens my website page
I post the deviceId of the phone or tablet, record it to my db and redirect browser to paypal payment page, if payment successfull, paypal page redirects browser to my page to set payment done,so that i can understand which device has done payment
Then my server has an application which checks
the successfull payments and send push message to the user
device,that msg changes the application to full version , user can
start to use other levels without downloading the full version ,
And my thoughts, user can use the app from google play store just for one level,this is legal because user can use it free, I use my own servers for payment mechanism,after payment my app in user's device is turn to full version without any google play's affords.So this is legal.
Think all is legal.
In the event that it isn't, you're just using the application, so having an extra-national bank account that it flows into and transferring those funds into your Turkey-based account would be legal. That being said, you'd be paying tax twice, which isn't too great for profits, but you do what you have to eh, good luck!
Yes, it is legal. Uploading app to google and charging for it there is much easier since google does everything else for you. You just set the price and cash flows to your bank account.
But ofcourse you can also do it your way, but it would be much more complicated for you. People who'd buy your app wouldn't have their app automatically updated like if they downloaded it from google play, you'd have to manage all the refunds while google does it automatically for you, you'd probably have to send people the apk after they bought it which means your app would be easier to crack.
It has it's flaws but I'm almost 100% sure it's legal.
EDIT: Read the comments below, it isn't as legal as I thought it was :p
I have read that only 18 countries can accept PayPal Payment other than Google Wallet. But we still want to make payment via PayPal.
https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/2651410?hl=en
I'm struggling on the payment options to make available on my Android app (4.0+) distributed through Google Play. If I add Paypal as an option in the app, and selecting it will redirect user to the Paypal cart to be opened on a third-party browser, will it be considered a method of in-app payment?
Although this does not answer the question in it's entirety, I would like to point out a rather important point.
If you are intend to use in-app purchasing integrating PayPal, you cannot distribute your application via Google Play. If you distribute it through other channels, then it is an entirely different thing.
Check the Google Play Developer Program Policies.
And this, http://www.insidemobileapps.com/2012/07/31/google-drops-the-hammer-on-third-party-android-billing-services-apps-must-use-googles-billing-system/
Of course, as already pointed out by BenjiWiebe, from a purely technical point of view, it should not be considered as an in-app payment. The risk lies in Users flagging the application on Google Play.
So, if the rewards are worth the risk....
I am using Ads in my App and also I am providing an option for users to upgrade via PayPal android api for Ad-Free app.
I could successfully integrate PayPal api for checkout in my app, but not getting how to tell to my app that this user has upgraded already/Now.
I want user to get ad-free app even after they re-installed the app.
Do I need to use my own server for tracking all upgrades or any other best practice is available.
Kindly help me out. Your reply is highly appreciated.
This will likely be against the TOS. As far as I know, you can only accept "donations" through other methods and not even that is clear. I have an app that accepted donations through paypal and afterwards I sent emails to those "donators" with an unlock code to remove the advertising. That didn't seem to break any terms of service, but I wouldn't write anything saying explicitly that the payment outside of google waller will give them an add free version.
"Google has been pressuring applications and mobile game developers to
use its costlier in-house payment service, Google Wallet for quite
some time. Now Google warned several developers in recent months that
if they continued to use other payment methods — such as PayPal, Zong
and Boku — their apps would be removed from Google Play. The move is
seen as a way to cut costs for Google by using their own system."
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