Android billing testing - how do I test with the test user?

Question

I set up test users so that I can test that in-app billing works, but I am a bit confused by the process.

I am following the android developer billing test guide here: http://developer.android.com/guide/google/play/billing/billing_testing.html

It has a few confusing points. It says not to publish your app, but somehow I need to get the app on my phone. So how can I get an un-published app on my phone?

Also, am I supposed to make an area on the app with the 4 product ids that google reserves and try to buy those, and then once I see it works, just get rid of those buttons to buy those test products? Is that how this is meant to be done?

Thanks!!

Answer 1

It says not to publish your app, but somehow I need to get the app on my phone. So how can I get an un-published app on my phone?

There's no need to publish your app to get it installed. Create a signed build (See http://developer.android.com/tools/publishing/app-signing.html). Then install it on your phone using adb install <apk name> The SAME build you must upload to your playstore dashboard. After uploading, you will see 2 options:

PUBLISH

SAVE

Click on 'SAVE'. After saving your uploaded app, you will be able to add InApp products for that app. You MUST save and publish your inapp products in order to test them.

Answer 2

You should upload the apk to your developer account and fill in the mandatory fields and save it without publishing it and then you can create in-app products for the application and publish it. please note that the in-app products must be published before testing billing. But you don't require to publish the application to test billing.

Try the MoVend library for Android. it supports google play in-app billing, paypal and many more.

http://www.movend.com/