Android – Testing in-app billing: “The publisher cannot purchase this item”

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My app seems ready to get a 'real life' test for an in-app purchase procedure on my device. However, I receive an "The publisher cannot purchase this item" error message in Play Store.
Now, how am I supposed to test this? I don't want to lose my phone's configuration by reinstalling it with a dummy account just for testing.
In the Developer Console under "Settings"-"License testing", I have added my email address under "GMail accounts with testing access", but this doesn't change anything… maybe I missed some simple way, but right now it feels very confusing!

Best Answer

A developer cannot purchase anything from herself. To fully test, you will need to create a test account in the Developer Console and then install your app on a device where that is the primary account. There is no other way. See http://developer.android.com/google/play/billing/billing_testing.html

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Android – In-App Billing test: android.test.purchased already owned

Add this code to a thread to initiate consume request.

int response = mService.consumePurchase(3, getPackageName(), purchaseToken);

Here for the purchase test, purchaseToken is

purchaseToken = "inapp:" + getPackageName() + ":android.test.purchased";

And

if (response == 0)

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then it would be possible to access like this:

int response = mHelper.mService.consumePurchase(3, getPackageName(), purchaseToken);

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