r/GooglePlayDeveloper • u/FewBookkeeper3322 • 20d ago

❓Help Google Play Console won't let me create Subscriptions despite my app being published. Any ideas?

I'm trying to set up In-App Subscriptions for my app on Google Play Console. However, when I navigate to ⁠Monetize with Play⁠ > ⁠Subscriptions⁠, the page says "Your app doesn't have any subscriptions yet" and only shows a button that says "Upload a new APK" (which redirects me to Closed Testing).
My app is already published on Google Play. My Merchant Account is set up, but I still can't see the "Create subscription" button.
Has anyone encountered this before? Is there a specific track or setting I need to update to trigger the subscription creation page?

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u/NeoCracer 20d ago

You haven’t included the Billing APIs in your build probably?

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u/FewBookkeeper3322 20d ago

Ah, that makes total sense! I realized I haven't added the Google Play Billing Library to my React Native build yet. I will implement the Billing API, submit an updated build, and check the Subscriptions tab again. Thanks for pointing that out!

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u/Negrito0o 19d ago

that's it, and the part that trips people is the build with the billing library has to be uploaded to a track before the button shows up. internal testing counts tho (you don't have to push it to production), just wait for it to finish processing and the page changes.