Android IAB: Billing service unavailable on device

Question

I am trying to implement IAB in my app. Each time the app starts, the start up fails with:

Problem setting up In-app Billing: IabResult: Billing service unavailable on device. (response: 3:Billing Unavailable)

I've tried literally everything:

• Ensuring I have the com.android.vending.BILLING permission in the manifest.
• Uploading the APK to the beta channel with both versions corresponding.
• Using test accounts.
• Clearing the Google Play cache.
• Making sure I have the latest Google Play services in my build.gradle.
• Double-checking the public encoded key.
• Using multiple devices.

But no matter what, the error still persists. I've read all the SO questions & answers about it but I can't figure out what am I missing!

Here is my relevant code:

 public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    IabHelper       mHelper; 

    @Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        mHelper = new IabHelper(this, Billing.ENCODED_PUBLIC_KEY);
        mHelper.startSetup(new IabHelper.OnIabSetupFinishedListener() {
            public void onIabSetupFinished(IabResult result) {
                if (!result.isSuccess()) {
                    // Oh noes, there was a problem.
                    Log.d("LOG", "Problem setting up In-app Billing: " + result);
                }
                // Hooray, IAB is fully set up!
            }
        });
        final SharedPreferences saved_values = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(getApplicationContext());
        IabHelper.QueryInventoryFinishedListener mGotInventoryListener
                = new IabHelper.QueryInventoryFinishedListener() {
            public void onQueryInventoryFinished(IabResult result, Inventory inventory) {
                if (result.isFailure()) {
                    SettingsActivity.premium = saved_values.getBoolean("premium",false);
                }
                else {
                    // does the user have the premium upgrade?
                    SettingsActivity.premium = inventory.hasPurchase(Billing.SKU_PREMIUM);
                    // update UI accordingly
                }
            }
        };
        try{
            mHelper.queryInventoryAsync(mGotInventoryListener);
        }
        catch (Exception e){
            SettingsActivity.premium = saved_values.getBoolean("premium",false);
        }
    }



    @Override public void onDestroy() {
        super.onDestroy();
       if (mHelper != null)
            mHelper.dispose();
        mHelper = null;
    }



    @Override protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
        Log.i("LOG", "onActivityResult(" + requestCode + "," + resultCode + "," + data);

        // Pass on the activity result to the helper for handling
        if (!mHelper.handleActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data)) {
            super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
        }
        else {
            Log.i("LOG", "onActivityResult handled by IABUtil.");
        }
    }

Here is the console output:

03-11 20:35:27.896 710-710/? W/ActivityManager: Permission Denial: getCurrentUser() from pid=14441, uid=10189 requires android.permission.INTERACT_ACROSS_USERS
03-11 20:35:28.516 14441-14441/com.johan.app D/LOG: Problem setting up In-app Billing: IabResult: Billing service unavailable on device. (response: 3:Billing Unavailable)
03-11 20:35:28.516 14441-14441/com.johan.app E/IabHelper: In-app billing error: Illegal state for operation (queryInventory): IAB helper is not set up.

Note that I have code querying the inventory somewhere else, but the fact that it doesn't go beyond mHelper.startUpSetup() makes it irrelevant.

Answer 1

Try this! Go to the IabHelper class, in startSetup method under onServiceConnected callback you can see an Intent. Just replace with the below code. (or just Find for BILLING_RESPONSE_RESULT_BILLING_UNAVAILABLE).

Intent serviceIntent = new Intent("com.android.vending.billing.InAppBillingService.BIND");
serviceIntent.setPackage("com.android.vending");
if (!mContext.getPackageManager().queryIntentServices(serviceIntent, 0).isEmpty()) {
    // service available to handle that Intent
    mContext.bindService(serviceIntent, mServiceConn, Context.BIND_AUTO_CREATE);
} else {
    // no service available to handle that Intent
    if (listener != null) {
        listener.onIabSetupFinished(
        new IabResult(BILLING_RESPONSE_RESULT_BILLING_UNAVAILABLE, "Billing service unavailable on device."));
    }
}