Question

I am considering to do an in-app purchase model within a paid app that releases or adds video content if the user opts in via a google check out method. Does anyone know how to do this from a coding standpoint? and does anyone know if this is possible?

thank you ahead of time…

Answer 1

It is possible do in-app purchases with Google’s new In-App Billing services, see the documentation here:
http://developer.android.com/guide/market/billing/index.html

However, note that In-App Billing relies on the 2.3 version of the Android Market .

NOTE: Old version of my answer, before
In-App billing was announced

Unfortunately, there are not official
mechanisms to do micropayments on
Android apps distributed via the
Android Market yet. You also are not
allowed to implement your own methods
according to the Android Market
Developer Agreement:

All fees received by Developers for
Products distributed via the Market
must be processed by the Market’s
Payment Processor

Google offers no API to handle
payments, and all payments must be
handled by the Market’s Payment
Processor, so it’s catch 22.

1:
http://www.android.com/us/developer-distribution-agreement.html