No, I'm not. And even if I claimed to be, if I were you I wouldn't be taking as verbatim what someone online claims to be a valid position. If in doubt, get out your wallet and go see a lawyer.
*My* understanding of the Google Play agreement would be that it applies to to app payments too, however those payments are made. But if you were directing them to a website and the payments were made through the website that is another matter. Read the agreement. http://www.android.com/us/developer-distribution-agreement.html Actually on re-reading it now, I can't see any the terms I thought were there, so who knows. William On Tuesday, September 18, 2012 4:48:31 AM UTC+10, Lew wrote: > > William Ferguson wrote: >> >> Michael Leung wrote: >>> >>> I got a client which has an online shop using Paypal. They want to >>> make an app which is the native android interface for their online shop. I >>> planned to keep their payment gateway to be paypal, rather than switching >>> to Google Checkout. Is it possible to release this kind of apps in Google >>> Play? >>> >>> Only if you intend to violate the terms of your agreement with Google >> Play . > > > Are you a lawyer, William? > > > 1) You cannot use a payment mechanism other than Google Play for an app > distributed via Google Play. > > That's just to pay for the app itself, isn't it? Surely not for purchases > made via the app. > > >> 2) You cannot use Google Play to charge for physical goods. >> >> > So what *are* you allowed to use to charge for physical goods, or other > services? > > -- > Lew > > -- 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
