Android Question Google Subscription Renewal

[Robert Valentino]

When a user purchases a renewable subscription I place items in the developer payload.

What happens when the subscription renews?
Does Google place the same stuff in the payload?

How do I know a Renewed subscription from a purchased subscription?

Some of the stuff I put in the payload are Purchase Date and the purchase GPA number

Do these change when the subscription is renewed?

Just realized that I might have some problems when my users subscriptions start to expire in a few months.



BobVal

 

[Erel]

See this discussion: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/36591498/android-how-to-check-if-subscription-is-renewed

The data will not change. As long as GetOwnedProducts returns the purchase you can assume that the subscription is active.

 

[Robert Valentino]

Thanks Erel

WOW that rots. According to that article / posting the purchaseTime does not change even when the order renews.

I store my the orders if a raf file so if the user doesn't have an internet connection for some reason the software will work.

So now I have to know it has expired but because I still get the order assume that it has been renewed.

Will have to rethink how I handle this stuff

Anyway I can do what they recommend

Since purchase query this way is not reliable, it makes more sense to call Google Play Developer Purchases.subscriptions: get API from a backend to get Purchases.subscriptions resource which will return expiryTimeMillis of current subscription.