Thanks for the suggestions there Kostya, we're going with a issue refund after purchase approach in lieu of anything in the platform.
-Android Media developer On Nov 7, 3:51 pm, Kostya Vasilyev <[email protected]> wrote: > In-app billing does not allow free (of charge) items. You can refund a > purchase once it's been completely processed (i.e. the money actually > changed hands) and keep activation (it's up to the application code to > treat refunded items as active: Dungeons does this). > > There is no expiration date either, although you could try unpublishing > the item in the Dev Console - don't know if this affects existing > transactions; it might. This assumes that the app does a restore > transactions once in a while (which is subject to throttling on Google's > side). > > Some similar requests for enhancements have been filed: > > http://code.google.com/p/marketbilling/issues/detail?id=12 > > http://code.google.com/p/marketbilling/issues/detail?id=3 > > ... but not specifically for coupon type functionality. You are welcome > to do so (but I wonder if it makes any difference). > > At this time, I'd go with some other solution, perhaps an activator type > application that could be installed alongside the main one, and would > talk to your own server. > > -- Kostya > > 08.11.2011 0:38,androidmediadeveloperпишет: > > > We want the ability to setup a beta program for our pro app, which > > uses in-app billing. I am exploring the possibility of giving our beta > > testers access to the pro features on the app for free for a limited > > amount of time, i.e., until we ship it in public. Was wondering if > > there is a way to generate and issue something like a coupon which can > > be redeemed by the beta tester to access the pro features. And, for us > > as developers to have a way to put an "expiry" on the access acquired > > via the coupon. > > > Thanks! > > -- > Kostya Vasilyev -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
