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

Question

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

Answer 1

For all those who are still stuck with this annoying feature, there's a solution with the newest version of android (5+ Lollipop).

Simple solution 1. Go to settings, then scroll down to "Users" 2. Add a new test user. 3. Open the app with this user

You can now test you're in app purchases with a test user.