Guest PaulOBrien Posted May 25, 2012 Report Posted May 25, 2012 Google have announced that they are today adding in-app subscription functionality to the Google Play Store. Developers are now able to sell monthly or annual subscriptions directly from their apps! Subscriptions created using the in-app billing model are auto-renewing and developers need only set the price and billing interval for Google to handle the payment processing via Google Wallet, as for existing in app purchases. As a user, an in app subscription will be presented in the same familiar Google Store user interface, with purchased subscriptions displayed and managed via a new tab in the 'My Apps' section of the mobile Play Store application. Not only are Google rolling this out on mobile devices, they are also implementing a new API that allows these purchases to extend beyond Android. By using the new API, publishers can potentially offer content outside of the application based on the subscription status. For example, a user signed up to a subscription in the application of web site X could potentially automatically have access to premium content in the website on their desktop. Pretty neat! :) More details can be found at the Android Developers Blog, in the in app billing documentation or by checking out the updated in-app billing sample code. I'm sure we'll see some pretty innovative uses of this feature.. interesting times ahead. Now, Google... coupon codes next please? Thanks! :) Click here to view the item
Guest hecatae Posted May 25, 2012 Report Posted May 25, 2012 someone nudge Rovio, I want the Eagle upgrade for Angrybirds, and the 30 difficult levels for Angry Birds Space
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