The current Google Play Developer Program Policies <https://play.google.com/about/developer-content-policy.html> state the following about payment processing and monetization:
*Paid and Free Apps* > > - *App purchases:* Developers charging for apps and downloads from > Google Play must do so by using Google Play's payment system. > - *In-app purchases:* > - > - Developers offering virtual goods or currencies within a game > downloaded from Google Play must use Google Play's in-app billing > service > <http://developer.android.com/google/play/billing/index.html> as > the method of payment. > - Developers offering additional content, services or functionality > within another category of app downloaded from Google Play must use > Google > Play's in-app billing service > <http://developer.android.com/google/play/billing/index.html> as > the method of payment, except: > - where payment is primarily for physical goods or services > (e.g., buying movie tickets, or buying a publication where the price > also > includes a hard copy subscription); or > - where payment is for digital content or goods that may be > consumed outside of the app itself (e.g., buying songs that can be > played > on other music players). > - Developers must not mislead users about the apps they are > selling nor about any in-app services, goods, content or functionality > they > are selling. If your product description on Google Play refers to in-app > features to which a specific or additional charge applies, your > description > must clearly notify users that payment is required to access those > features. > > These conditions do not explicitly mention donations, but the way I read it is that using a 3rd party payment processor such as PayPal is only forbidden when the payment is meant for the app itself or extended features and goods that can only be used / consumed with the app. According to those conditions it's probably also not allowed to ask for PayPal donations for your programming work, since that could be seen as a late payment for the app. I would say that donations for a good cause unrelated to yourself and your app, are acceptable. To be sure you could either try and get in touch with the Google Play developer support team <https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/> or consult a lawyer. By the way, there is an Android *donations* *library* on GitHub, that claims to support several payment processors: https://github.com/dschuermann/android-donations-lib On Saturday, September 20, 2014 2:18:24 AM UTC-5, vitthal khatpe wrote: > > I want to implement the Donation functionality using Paypal for a android > application which is generating donation for a cause. There are three > options to implement > > 1) Using Native SDK > > 2) Using webview > > 3) Redirect to webpage on browser > > If i go with the first option, then it is possible to replace the button > (*Buy > a Thing*) with label '*Donate*' shown in sample application of Paypal Paypal > sample app for integrating SDK in native app > <https://github.com/paypal/PayPal-Android-SDK/tree/master/SampleApp> > > > <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-zEs7N3HgYkw/VB0pkz2DbHI/AAAAAAAAAyU/hA_b_gxH25E/s1600/Screenshot_2014-09-13-22-49-58.png> > > > > As i am using the donation option in native app instead of In App > Purchase. In this case, Will Google suspend my application from Google play > store?. > > If above case is true, In that case, do i have to go with the second > option (WebView) OR this webview option is also not possible as it is also > the part of native application. > > And Hence i have to redirect a user to the browser for a donation if above > options are not true. > > Please let me know the correct option. > > Thanks in Advance. > > > > > -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
