Google Launches In-App Billing for Android

Google has launched In-app Billing its in-app purchases solution for Android devices.

Android Market In-app Billing is an Android Market service that provides checkout processing for in-app purchases. To use the service, your application sends a billing request for a specific in-app product. The service then handles all of the checkout details for the transaction, including requesting and validating the form of payment and processing the financial transaction. When the checkout process is complete, the service sends your application the purchase details, such as the order number, the order date and time, and the price paid. At no point does your application have to handle any financial transactions; that role is provided by Android Market's in-app billing service.


Apple launched in-app purchases as part of iOS 3.0 which debuted in 2009.