Android in app donations

java android paypal google-play google-play-services
Roach picture Roach · Oct 22, 2015 · Viewed 11.4k times · Source

I have searched and found that Google has no feature for in app donations to app developers, only in app purchase of managed goods. So many people are suggesting the use of PayPal but I read a guys post about how he implemented the PayPal donation button in his app and Google removed it from the playstore. I'm just appealing to you great developers for advice. What do I do? Is Google still removing apps cause of this? Cause the post I saw was from 2012. If Google still is, what is the best option then to support know app donations?

Answer

Cory Trese picture Cory Trese · Oct 23, 2015

According to the Google Play Developer Program Policies, you cannot accept donations or in-app purchases via any other method.

https://play.google.com/about/developer-content-policy.html

"In-store purchases: Developers charging for apps and downloads from Google Play must use Google Play’s payment system."

"In-app purchases: Developers offering products within a game downloaded from Google Play or providing access to game content must use Google Play In-app Billing as the method of payment."

So yes, they will still remove these PayPal apps on Google Play.

You can, however, direct users to a web site that asks for PayPal donations or invites users to join your Patreon.

Related questions

Can't start Eclipse - Java was started but returned exit code=13

I am trying to get my first taste of Android development using Eclipse. I ran into this problem when trying to run Eclipse, having installed version 4.2 only minutes ago. After first trying to start Eclipse without any parameters to specify …

Read More
How to fix 'android.os.NetworkOnMainThreadException'?

I got an error while running my Android project for RssReader. Code: URL url = new URL(urlToRssFeed); SAXParserFactory factory = SAXParserFactory.newInstance(); SAXParser parser = factory.newSAXParser(); XMLReader xmlreader = parser.getXMLReader(); RssHandler theRSSHandler = new RssHandler(); xmlreader.setContentHandler(theRSSHandler); InputSource is = new InputSource(…

Read More
Converting double to string

I am not sure it is me or what but I am having a problem converting a double to string. here is my code: double total = 44; String total2 = Double.toString(total); Am i doing something wrong or am i missing …

Read More