In-App Purchasing Release Notes
Release and documentation updates. Bookmark this page to keep in touch with new and changing in-app purchasing (IAP) features, docs, and additional resources for developers.
| Date | Description |
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| September 20, 2022 | Documentation Update: Updated Android manifest examples for IAP and DRM to support Android 12 and higher. |
| June 30, 2022 | Promotional pricing feature added.
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| May 23, 2022 | Appstore SDK: Improvements on the IAP sample apps included with the Appstore SDK. IAP sample apps now work out-of-box without requiring changes from developers. The project structure of the sample apps has been changed for Android studio compatibility. The MySku.java file has been updated so that SKU unavailability can be set at the marketplace level. Fixed typos and comments in sample app source code. Sample apps affected: SampleIAPConsumablesApp, SampleIAPEntitlementsApp, and SampleIAPSubscriptionsApp. Download the latest Appstore SDK to get the sample apps. |
| November 1, 2021 | In-app purchasing now supports the Mexico marketplace (Amazon.com.mx). |
| October 18, 2021 | Appstore SDK: The Appstore SDK provides functionality for handling Digital Rights Management (DRM) and In-App Purchasing (IAP) within your Java Android apps. The Appstore SDK supports apps targeting Fire TV, Fire tablets, and third-party devices where Amazon apps can be installed. The Appstore SDK will replace the previous SDK, IAP v2.0. Use the Appstore SDK for any new apps you submit to the Amazon Appstore. You can continue using IAP v2.0 for any existing apps, or transition them to the new Appstore SDK. Learn more about the Appstore SDK in the documentation: Transition | Integrate | Download |
| July 15, 2021 | Real-Time Notifications: Real-Time Notifications is now available for In-App Purchasing. Real-Time Notifications (RTN) are server-to-server push notifications that provide comprehensive data about in-app purchases in real time. For additional information, see Overview of Real-Time Notifications. |
| March 30, 2021 | Receipt Verification Service: Amazon no longer supports RVS Sandbox. The RVS Sandbox feature has been replaced by RVS Cloud Sandbox. The IAP SDK for Android has been updated to remove deprecated RVS Sandbox binaries. |
| March 1, 2021 | Receipt Verification Service: In-App Purchasing released a new version of the RVS sandbox environment, RVS Cloud Sandbox. This environment will replace the existing sandbox environment, RVS Sandbox. Beginning March 30, 2021, we will no longer support RVS Sandbox. |
| December 2, 2020 | Receipt Verification Service: New data field cancelReason added for RVS. For additional information, see Receipt Verification for IAP Apps. |
| September 21, 2020 | Receipt Verification Service: The data field isFreeTrial is now freeTrialEndDate. freeTrialEndDate provides the end date of a subscription's free trial period. For additional information, see Receipt Verification for IAP Apps. |
| September 14, 2020 | Receipt Verification Service: New data fields added for RVS: autoRenewing, gracePeriodEndDate, and isFreeTrial. For additional information, see Receipt Verification for IAP Apps. |
| August 24, 2020 | Correction: Previously, the manifest code sample in the IAP SDK integration documentation had an error with the permissions for the ResponseReceiver. (The permission attribute was applied to the action node instead of the receiver node.) This was corrected in the documentation, Javadoc, and example apps. See ResponseReceiver for more details. |
| June 8, 2020 | New and improved Developer Console layout and workflow for IAP. |
| October 1, 2017 | IAP Submission: Submit a batch of IAP items at the same time, using a CSV file to upload new and updated IAP items. For additional information, see IAP Batch Submission |
| September 1, 2016 | IAP SDK: Products returned by the getProductData API now include a Coins reward amount, an optional field that surfaces the amount of Amazon Coins a customer will be rewarded after purchasing that product. |
Last updated: Sep 20, 2022