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Distributing Paid Apps
Hey PC-SPEZIALIST,
Just wanted to come back to you on this.
At the moment there doesn't appear to be any plans for supporting paid apps in Managed Google Play, however we have raised a Feature Request on your behalf that this functionality may be implemented in the future.
The ongoing discussion is pointing in the right direction by using Managed Configuration to manage the licenses of the app, could be via push of certificates or user login in the app, this would not inflict Play Store policies.I also see you got a similar response from the Play community. Sorry this isn't better news for you, but hopefully this provides a bit more clarity.
I wish you the best with this and do keep us posted how you get on if you can.
Thanks,
Lizzie
Hello PC-SPEZIALIST,
Thanks for starting this conversation.
Good question, I haven't heard that anything has changed on this I'm afraid.
As I understand it, when this was available pre-2019, it was only available in the US and we are finding that some app developers are creating their own commercial models. If I hear anything has changed on this I will come back to you here in the community.
jasonbayton, I know you responded to a similar question a few years ago in the previous Help Community about this, not sure if you have anything to add here?
Thank you,
Lizzie
Yup what organisations find works in lieu of this frustrating lack of basic functionality is working with the app developers directly.
- The app developer can provide you with a custom application version (and unique package name) after the commercials are worked out, with no additional requirements
- The app developer can implement a licensing system and permit license input through managed config to unlock functionality automatically
- The developer can make available a custom version of the app through their Google Play Console targeted to your enterprise (organisation) ID, and allow you to import it as a normal application, once commercials are worked out.
The only enterprise-first feature in the above is managed config, but a little light reading should have the developers up to speed pretty quick.
Good luck 🙂
Do you know if the option with the managed configuration would be compliant with the Google Play Store rules, Lizzie and jasonbayton?
ZoiPer is really afraid of getting banned if they include this option.
You can use managed configuration without any risk for your play store listing. It’s compliant with the Play Store rules and used by several developers already.
Managed configuration will be the best way for you to offer your app for your customers using Android enterprise.
That sounds really promising.
Can you tell some companies going that way?
