Android InApp Purchase issue (-1002: Bad Response received)

Question

I have an app with IAP implemented and it works fine for most of the time. However, some installations are reporting a -1002 error code from IABHelper (which is not documented anywhere). Here's what the logs tell me (this happens right after the user returns from Google Play):

2013-05-03 11:40:03,781 774539 [main] ERROR: In-app billing error: Null data in IAB activity result.

2013-05-03 11:40:03,786 774544 [main] DEBUG: Purchase finished: IabResult: Null data in IAB result (response: -1002:Bad response received), purchase: null

2013-05-03 11:40:03,803 774561 [main] ERROR: Error purchasing: IabResult: Null data in IAB result (response: -1002:Bad response received)

Why error -1002 occurs?

Is is a problem with Google play or my client implementation?

Answer 1

I had the same problem. Issue was that i restricted permission of Google Play Market to run in background. That's why Play Market not launched and my application got bad response.

Answer 2

I had the same problem when the in-app billing was in a fragment, I solved it solved by moving it to an activity.