Lean Mobile App Development

In-app billing

In-app billing products for Android can also be a consumable, non-consumable, or a subscription type. From a high-level perspective, there are no large differences.

You can implement In-app billing only in applications that you publish through Google Play. You can specify two product types for your In-app billing application: managed in-app products, and subscriptions. Google Play handles and tracks ownership for in-app products and subscriptions for your application on a per-user basis.

If you are using the In-app Billing API, you can also consume managed items within your application. You would typically implement consumption for items that can be purchased multiple times, such as in-game currency, fuel, or magic spells. ...