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Follow these steps to create In-App Purchases (IAPs) for your app on the Play Store Developer Console and make content available for purchase on Android platforms:

<a href="https://play.google.com/console" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Login to the Google Play Console</a> and select your app.

Click on the In-app products menu item under Monetize-&gt;Products in the sidebar.

Click on the Create product button, which will take you to a screen where you can enter details about the IAP

Enter the following info about the IAP (fields with an asterisk are required):

1. Product ID*
 1. Google describes this field as follows: Must start with a number or lowercase letter, and can contain numbers (0-9), lowercase letters (a-z), underscores (_), and periods (.). You can’t change or reuse a product ID after the product has been created.
 2. After filling out this field, note the value that you entered. You will need to enter this in the Viewcastle Admin Portal in a later step.
2. Name*
3. Description*
4. Default Price*
 1. Click Set Price to manually enter a price, or use the Select Pricing Template option to use an existing pricing template.
5. Multi-Quantity
 1. Google describes this field as follows: Allow users to purchase more than 1 of this product in a single transaction.
6. Tax and compliance settings
 1. Click the Manage settings button to change the tax classifications and settings for the IAP.
 2. Note: You will likely want to make sure the This is a streaming product option is selected and that the Video Streaming - Subscription/Rental/Pay-Per-View option is selected in the subsequent dropdown.

Click on the Save button at the bottom of the screen to save the changes to the IAP details.

1. This will save the details of the IAP, but will put the IAP in an inactive state.

Press the Activate button to activate the IAP.

1. <a href="https://play.google.com/console" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Login to the Google Play Console</a> and select your app.
2. Click on the In-app products menu item under Monetize-&gt;Products in the sidebar.
 
 
 
3. Click on the Create product button, which will take you to a screen where you can enter details about the IAP
 
 
 
4. Enter the following info about the IAP (fields with an asterisk are required):
 1. Product ID*
 1. Google describes this field as follows: Must start with a number or lowercase letter, and can contain numbers (0-9), lowercase letters (a-z), underscores (_), and periods (.). You can’t change or reuse a product ID after the product has been created.
 2. After filling out this field, note the value that you entered. You will need to enter this in the Viewcastle Admin Portal in a later step.
 2. Name*
 3. Description*
 4. Default Price*
 1. Click Set Price to manually enter a price, or use the Select Pricing Template option to use an existing pricing template.
 5. Multi-Quantity
 1. Google describes this field as follows: Allow users to purchase more than 1 of this product in a single transaction.
 6. Tax and compliance settings
 1. Click the Manage settings button to change the tax classifications and settings for the IAP.
 2. Note: You will likely want to make sure the This is a streaming product option is selected and that the Video Streaming - Subscription/Rental/Pay-Per-View option is selected in the subsequent dropdown.
 
 
 
5. Click on the Save button at the bottom of the screen to save the changes to the IAP details.
 1. This will save the details of the IAP, but will put the IAP in an inactive state.
6. Press the Activate button to activate the IAP.
7. The IAP is now ready to use in your app.

Connecting the IAP to a Product in the Admin Portal

1. Navigate to the Products menu in the Admin Portal

2. Select the relevant product from the list, or create a new product if it doesn't exist yet.

3. ​To connect the IAP to a Product in the Admin Portal, copy the IAPs Product ID (from step 4 in the previous section) into the Android IAP SKU field in the product's edit menu. The Product ID for the IAP can be found on the main IAP screen in the Play Store Console.

Google Play Console Setup

Connecting the IAP to a Product in the Admin Portal