RevenueCat does not require anything further than service credentials to communicate with Google, but setting up real-time server notifications is a recommended process that can speed up webhook and integration delivery times and reduce lag time for Charts.

Setup Instructions

1. Ensure Google Cloud Pub/Sub is enabled for your project.

• Where: Google Cloud Console

You can enable it here. Make sure that you're in the correct project, the same one that you set up your service account and credentials in.

2. Choose a Pub/Sub Topic ID

• Where: RevenueCat Dashboard
• Project Page Google Play App Settings

Directly beneath where the Service Credentials JSON object is added, a list of possible Pub/Sub topics to use will be visible. You can either choose an existing one, or let RevenueCat create a new one.

Click 'Connect to Google'. You should see a generated Google Cloud Pub/Sub Topic ID, as in the image below. If you don’t, try refreshing the page to get it to populate. Copy this topic ID to your clipboard.

3. Add Topic ID to Google Play

• Where: Google Play Console
• Google Play Homepage App Dashboard 'Monetize' section of sidebar Monetization Setup

In Google Play console, head to the dashboard for your app and find the 'Monetize' section of the sidebar. Choose 'Monetization Setup'. In the Real-time developer notifications section, paste your copied topic ID next to 'Topic name'. Be sure to Save Changes at the very bottom right.

If you don't see any errors, your real-time developer notifications should be ready to go!

Send Test Notification

• Where: Google Play Console & RevenueCat Dashboard
• Google Play Homepage App Dashboard 'Monetize' section of sidebar Monetization Setup
• RevenueCat Project Page Google Play App Settings

There is an option in Google Play to send a test notification. This is a great way to verify that Google Pub/Sub is correctly connected to your RevenueCat account.

Click the 'Send test notification' button under the topic name in the 'Monetization Setup' section.

Once that test notification is sent, you can go back to your app config on the RevenueCat dashboard where you connected to Google to enable real-time notifications. If the configuration was successful, you should see a "Last received" label with a recent timestamp.

Considerations

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Errors when connecting?

If you're getting an error when connecting to Google for Platform Server Notifications from the RevenueCat dashboard, use our Checklist to ensure you've hit every step, or use our error handling guide to troubleshoot.

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Service Credentials take ~36hrs to go into effect

If you receive a credentials error, make sure you've waited at least 36hrs after creating your Google Service Credentials before connecting to Google Real-Time Developer Notifications.

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If you need to use an existing Pub/Sub topic with RevenueCat, contact support.