In App Billing managed and unmanaged state for product

Question

I am very new to android.. I am working on In App billing.. My question is what is the main purpose of Managed and Unmanaged state while adding the In App product..

Can any one tell me what is the use of managed state and what is the use of unmanaged state..

Answer 1

The main difference between managed and un-managed is that a managed purchase can only be bought once and is tied to the Google account that purchases it.

Un-managed purchases can be bought multiple times and are intended for consumable items.

For more information, please see the Choosing a Purchase Type section of the Google in-app billing documentation.

Answer 2

As of Version 3 of Google's IAP Billing API this has changed. Both consumable (multiple purchase) and non-consumable items are "managed". Tf you want to use Version 3 of their API, all purchases must be created as "managed". You can then decide if the item should be consumed later.

Here's a link to their docs: http://developer.android.com/google/play/billing/api.html#consumetypes