Yeah you can't buy the same app twice, but you can buy different apps signed with the same key that are able to share data. So you could have app A, and app B whose sole purposes is to indicate to app A that app B was purchased.
I pay Pandora a yearly fee, and Pandora has a free application on the Android market. That free application benefits from me paying the yearly fee, (otherwise I'd be limited to 40 hours a week). Now I'm not paying that fee specifically for the mobile app, and I payed it from my PC browser using a credit card. Anyway that seems to be kosher. On Dec 20, 7:59 pm, Jay-andro <[email protected]> wrote: > I want to implement a feature which gets charged by the usage. So the > user would buy say a $5 credit, and each time he uses a certain > feature his credit balance is reduced. When he reaches a (reorder) > threshold, he'd have to buy more credit to continue using the feature. > How do I implement the purchase mechanism for this in an app that is > distributed through Android Market? (This is the equivalent of the > iPhone In_app Purchases consumables option) > > AFAIK, the only option is to price the app at say $5, and they buy the > app over and over each time they run out? > (A) that means they'd lose their history and all other data in the app > each time they purchase it again? > (B) I dont think Android Market even gives an option to buy the same > app again. You only download an update, but I dont know that you can > buy the same app again using the same account if already own it. > > I could implement the purchase of credit entirely outside of Android > Market through my own web site from within the app, but isnt that > against the terms of the developers' agreement? > > Would love to hear how others have overcome this problem. I'd think a > lot of games might have a similar requirement. > > The goal is to allow purchase of credit legally without requiring > reinstall or loss of data. > Thanks > Jay -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" 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-discuss?hl=en.
