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Google Play Billing `v7` to `v8` migration guide, with `v9` prep
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Google Play BillingAndroid billing SDK — handles in-app purchase flows
This is less about new features than forced maintenance: removed APIs, flow changes, and version-specific behavior shifts can break Android revenue paths. Relevant if you ship subscriptions or IAPs on Google Play; otherwise low priority.
- Covers the migration timeline from
v7tov8, so billing SDK upgrades now have scheduling risk, not just code churn. - Removed APIs and their replacements are called out directly; old purchase code paths may stop being safe to carry forward.
- Connection, query, and purchase flows were updated, which means regression testing has to include the full checkout lifecycle.
- It also flags
v8tov8.3behavior changes andv9prep, so upgrading once and freezing is the wrong move.
Source: www.revenuecat.com/blog/engineering/play-billing-8-migraRead original →