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Apple's Passbook uses .pkpass files to encapsulate the item. These are easily transferable by many mediums (email, mms, etc).

Does Google provide an equivalent package / file for Google Wallet Items?

davemyron
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    From what I'm reading, the pkpass is unique (for now) to passbook/passkit as apple wanted an edge into Android market so they've made the payment method data portable across mobile platforms. It was likely a costly undertaking to create a safe but usable storage format, so I'd bet Google won't invest the same effort until either an open standard is defined it they decide to have Google wallet for iOS – Anthony Nov 25 '14 at 21:18
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    @Anthony, please reply with an answer and I'll accept it. Thanks! – davemyron Nov 26 '14 at 00:14
  • Mr. @orangechicken did you find solution of this problem? – Robin Royal Feb 17 '15 at 07:02

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There's no equivalent of a .pkpass file for Google Wallet Items. Google Wallet Items are managed online by the Google Wallet system. The impact of this is that there's no thing — besides a link — that can be shared by email or MMS. This is good for managing duplication, perhaps, but (slightly) limits distribution channels to web only.

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