Realtime-Port-Authority Donation Button.......

Was reading this... http://www.reddit.com/r/androiddev/comments/2rf0hs/how_do_i_let_people_donate_if_they_enjoy_my_app/

Mus be done:

app that is just a donation app (not actually an app) -> EDIT: method is banned so only 2 is feasible
in-app purchase explicitly saying no features are added (preferred?)

Hopefully we avoid the ban hammer

Jan 05 '15 20:01 epicstar

Maybe we should do IAPs and every update we put up a banner on first open that says "If PAT Realtime helped you stay out of the cold, consider donating". If enough people donate the 30% hit won't matter much.

Jan 06 '15 07:01 RitwikGupta

Android Pay Framework is coming out, so looks like if they have something for donations, it's going to be in this... hopefully http://www.theverge.com/2015/3/2/8131861/android-pay-google-mwc

Or perhaps we should make an app that will legally store donation money to app devs...

Mar 04 '15 20:03 epicstar

That sounds good!

Mar 05 '15 21:03 RitwikGupta

This isn't happening bc we need to be a charity org for any sort of donation button... Perhaps we could make a website but it won't be a direct Donate button.

Dec 06 '15 01:12 epicstar

Why do we need to be a charity? That's not true

Dec 06 '15 06:12 RitwikGupta

I can't find any documentation or policy that directly states that, but what I do find suggests that it's true.

Based on the Google Play Developer Program Policies it looks like any kind of in-app purchase has to be through Google Play In-app billing.

Based on this FAQ answer from google donations and other one-time payments are not supported by Google Play In-app billing.

Here's someone claiming they got flagged for a donate button not using In-app billing. It looks like you need to be a legitimate non-profit to do donations this way.

Dec 07 '15 01:12 mikeantonacci