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 [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 --- 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 [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
