On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 2:59 PM, Paulo Cesar <pueloce...@gmail.com> wrote: > Currently, Android Market doesn't support In-App subscription. > > Let's say you have a magazine, and want to by a subscription that will > debt 9.99 every month until the user quits or the contract expires. > Currently, this isn't possible using Android Market. > > The problem is, I was researching about using other methods, but then > I found the following page: > http://www.android.com/us/developer-content-policy.html > > "Developers charging for applications and downloads from Android > Market must do so by using an authorized Payment Processor. Developers > offering additional content, goods, or services for an application > downloaded from Android Market must offer an authorized Payment > Processor as the payment option." > > In my interpretation, that clearly says that you cannot use PayPal or > other method for subscription payment, yet, I just found an app, Zinio > (https://market.android.com/details? > id=com.zinio.mobile.android.reader) that uses PayPal for *every* In- > App purchase. > > So now I'm confused. Is Zinio just ignoring Android Market rules and > getting away with that, or can I do the same?
Lots of apps do this when they shouldn't, but I do believe it's against the market rules. In general I'd be a bit weary of applications that do what you describe, it's pretty frightening that an app could charge you monthly without you knowing, especially since apps don't really have a firmly trusted and associated author that can be contacted to resolve if want to stop being charged. While it sounds like your intentions are good, and you probably are a good developer who has a legitimate purpose for this, there are many others who would not :-). kris -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
