Android Question Problem with in-app billing

[welu1805]

Hi all,

I am confused with in-app billing.

I published an app in production state which contains in-app billing.

On a tablet I have several google accounts:

a...@gmail.com
b...@gmail.com
c...@gmail.com

With account b...@gmail.com I purchased my own app (not in alpha or beta test but in published production state).

Now I created a new google account: d...@gmail.com. In the Play Store app in the menu I choosed my new account d...@gmail.com. Then I deinstalled my app and then reinstalled it from Play Store.

With manager.GetOwnedProducts I test if the app is already purchased.

In Sub manager_OwnedProducts (Success As Boolean, purchases As Map) the result is: Yes, already purchased!!!

How could that be? Purchased with b...@gmail.com. But with the new account d...@gmail.com is also purchased.

Is there a possibility to get the current logged in account from B4A? I'm not really sure that is d...@gmail.com.

What is my mistake?

Lutz

 

[JohnC]

Could it be that both accounts are active on the device? - try removing the account (that you purchased the app from) using the "Accounts" section of the device's system settings.

 

[welu1805]

Thanks for your reply. I don't like to remove this account generally but remove it from my tablet only. I can't find a menu item to do so ...

 

[welu1805]

If several accounts are active on a device, which account is used for manager.GetOwnedProducts? How can I get the used account via B4A code or how can I choose the account?

 

[JohnC]

It may be different on your device, but on my device I go to "Accounts", then go into the google account I want to delete, then click the email address displayed for that account, and it should display another screen that has the "Remove Account" button/option on it.

 

[welu1805]

I found on my device the Remove account and removed account b...@gmail.com (from which I purchased my app). Then I deinstalled the app and reinstalled from Play Store with account d...@gmail.com

In Sub manager_OwnedProducts (Success As Boolean, purchases As Map) the result now is: NOT purchased. That's OK.

But it becomes more and more curious:
Then I deinstalled the app again, added the old account b...@gmail.com to my device (from which purchased) and installed from PlayStore with account b...@gmail.com

In Sub manager_OwnedProducts (Success As Boolean, purchases As Map) the result now is: NOT purchased. That's wrong!!!

I have no idea what to do.

 

[JohnC]

It may be a caching issue - try rebooting your device and make sure playstore sees your "purchased with" account, and see if the app now shows up as purchased.

 

[welu1805]

I rebooted my tablet. In Play Store choose b...@gmail.com (which purchased) and go to Account - Order history: "Unlocking of the DEMO of ..." - Yes, I purchased with this account!

In Sub manager_OwnedProducts (Success As Boolean, purchases As Map) the result: NOT purchased.

I have another phone where I did a factory reset. For the primary account I took d...@gmail.com (nothing purchased).

In Sub manager_OwnedProducts (Success As Boolean, purchases As Map) the result: NOT purchased. That's ok, because NO other account is available.

Then I added the account b...@gmail.com (which purchased my app).

Deinstall my app and reinstall from Play Store with account b...@gmail.com: In Sub manager_OwnedProducts (Success As Boolean, purchases As Map) the result: NOT purchased!!!

In Play Store with account b...@gmail.com, Account - Order history: Again "Unlocking of the DEMO of ..." - Yes, I purchased with this account!

Is there really no possibility in manager.GetOwnedProducts to GET or SET the actual account? That is the worst case for me!!!

 

[welu1805]

A new knowledge:

On my phone which was factory resetted: The primary account was d...@gmail.com (nothing purchased) and an additional account b...@gmail.com (which purchased my app). Sub manager_OwnedProducts (Success As Boolean, purchases As Map) says NOT purchased - what is wrong!

I removed d...@gmail.com, deinstalled and reinstalled my app in Play Store with the only one available account b...@gmail.com
Sub manager_OwnedProducts (Success As Boolean, purchases As Map) says PURCHASED - OK

All very strange!!!

 

[ilan]

Are u also checking for the right product id and not only success = true?

 

[welu1805]

Here is an example of my code:

Sub manager_OwnedProducts (Success As Boolean, purchases As Map)
    Dim erg As Int
   
  Log(Success)
  If Success Then
    Log(purchases)
    For Each p As Purchase In purchases.Values
      Log(p.ProductId & ", Purchased? " & (p.PurchaseState = p.STATE_PURCHASED))
        ' User purchased MyApp ?
            If p.ProductId  = MyAppID Then
                If p.PurchaseState = p.STATE_PURCHASED Then
                    ' set a flag PURCHASED in a database

                    
                    Return
                End If
        End If
    Next
  End If

  Log("not found in OwnedProducts, try to purchase")
  DoPurchase
End Sub

 

[ilan]

Do you set a value to myappid before u perform the check (get owned product)

 

[welu1805]

Of course, it is the same like defined in developer console.

 

[ilan]

is the map.size that u are getting 0?

 

[ilan]

When u get the log "not purchased" log also "success" to see if the app really went trough the map loop or jumped straight to the end of the sub.

U may also log the map size.

 

[welu1805]

So, I had a new test:

1. For clear conditions I did a factory reset of my phone again
2. First accound is d...@gmail.com (really nothing purchased)
3. Installed MyApp from Play Store
4. manager_OwnedProducts: NOT purchased, that's OK
5. Added account b...@gmail.com (which purchased myApp)
6. Deinstalled and reinstalled my app in Play Store with account b...@gmail.com
7. manager_OwnedProducts: NOT purchased, that's WRONG
8. Recompiled MyApp in debug-mode and copied with b4a bridge to the phone (to see the logs)
9. Logs:
Success = True
Purchases.Size = 0

It seems, that the FIRST account on the phone (d) is used for manager_OwnedProducts, and d has nothing purchased.

 

[welu1805]

Furthermore:

In Play Store signed in as b...@gmail.com
In MyApp manager_OwnedProducts: NOT purchased, that's WRONG

I go to purchase MyApp. The dialogbox from Google is:

Zahlungsoptionen (payment options???)
d...@gmail.com

That is the first account I established on the phone, not the account in Play Store!