# Paid plugins | Marketplace Licensing not installed on Android Studio Meerkat 2024.3.1 Patch 2 **URL:** \ **Category:** Off-Topic\ **Created:** [April 24, 2025, 1:37am UTC](https://platform.jetbrains.com/t/paid-plugins-marketplace-licensing-not-installed-on-android-studio-meerkat-2024-3-1-patch-2/1479 "2025-04-24T01:37:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jonathanlermitage.1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@jonathanlermitage.1](https://platform.jetbrains.com/u/jonathanlermitage.1)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2025, 1:37am UTC](https://platform.jetbrains.com/t/paid-plugins-marketplace-licensing-not-installed-on-android-studio-meerkat-2024-3-1-patch-2/1479/1 "2025-04-24T01:37:29Z")
Hi, I don’t know if you faced the same problem: when installing **Android Studio Meerkat 2024.3.1 Patch 2** , the **JetBrains Markeplace Licensing** plugin is not automatically installed after having installed a paid 3rd-party plugin. This makes me unable to validate licenses for my paid plugins (the license facade always returns null). A workaround is to ask users to install the JetBrains Markeplace Licensing plugin. On IJ Community, the JetBrains Markeplace Licensing plugin is automatically installed when needed. So, I guess this is a bug in Android Studio? I would like to confirm this before opening an issue on their (Google) bugtracker. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![yuriy.artamonov](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/platform.jetbrains.com/yuriy.artamonov/32/48_2.png) [@yuriy.artamonov](https://platform.jetbrains.com/u/yuriy.artamonov)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2025, 2:42pm UTC](https://platform.jetbrains.com/t/paid-plugins-marketplace-licensing-not-installed-on-android-studio-meerkat-2024-3-1-patch-2/1479/2 "2025-04-26T14:42:14Z")
As far as I know, in IntelliJ Community the plugin is bundled to IDE build. Could you please tell us which plugin and version have you tried with Android Studio? ---
**Author:** ![jonathanlermitage.1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@jonathanlermitage.1](https://platform.jetbrains.com/u/jonathanlermitage.1)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2025, 3:01pm UTC](https://platform.jetbrains.com/t/paid-plugins-marketplace-licensing-not-installed-on-android-studio-meerkat-2024-3-1-patch-2/1479/3 "2025-04-26T15:01:33Z")
Sure: [https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/24559-extra-tools-pack](https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/24559-extra-tools-pack) I investigated a bit more, and I found something: - the first time I download a paid plugin, it also asks to install the JetBrains Markeplace Licensing plugin - later, I uninstall the JetBrains Markeplace Licensing plugin, and my paid plugin - now, when I install a paid plugin, it does not ask to install the JetBrains Markeplace Licensing plugin I cannot reproduce on IJ Community. It seems specific to this release of Android Studio, but I may miss something. Paid IDEs (like IJ Ult) don’t have this problem, as the licensing plugin seems integrated directly into the IDE, not as a bundled/downloadable plugin. At least, I think the real issue is that a user can uninstall the JetBrains Markeplace Licensing plugin at any time, and keep using paid plugins. At least on free IDEs. This can be a problem if a plugin developer is not aware of that. ---
**Author:** ![yuriy.artamonov](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/platform.jetbrains.com/yuriy.artamonov/32/48_2.png) [@yuriy.artamonov](https://platform.jetbrains.com/u/yuriy.artamonov)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2025, 3:22pm UTC](https://platform.jetbrains.com/t/paid-plugins-marketplace-licensing-not-installed-on-android-studio-meerkat-2024-3-1-patch-2/1479/4 "2025-04-26T15:22:04Z")
Since 2025.1 you may also have explicit dependency on **com.intellij.marketplace**. It must guarantee that plugin will not be enabled without it. ---
**Author:** ![jonathanlermitage.1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@jonathanlermitage.1](https://platform.jetbrains.com/u/jonathanlermitage.1)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2025, 3:49pm UTC](https://platform.jetbrains.com/t/paid-plugins-marketplace-licensing-not-installed-on-android-studio-meerkat-2024-3-1-patch-2/1479/5 "2025-04-26T15:49:56Z")
Thank you! This is good to know. I was not aware of this. Fraudsters can still modify the plugin.xml file and remove this constraint, but it’s better than nothing. ---
**Author:** ![jonathanlermitage.1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@jonathanlermitage.1](https://platform.jetbrains.com/u/jonathanlermitage.1)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2025, 8:39pm UTC](https://platform.jetbrains.com/t/paid-plugins-marketplace-licensing-not-installed-on-android-studio-meerkat-2024-3-1-patch-2/1479/6 "2025-04-26T20:39:08Z")
BTW, I think I can check (programmatically) if the **com.intellij.marketplace** module is enabled. Fraudsters cannot bypass this without decompiling my code. I will check if it works with most IDEs, especially with 2024 releases. ---
**Author:** ![yuriy.artamonov](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/platform.jetbrains.com/yuriy.artamonov/32/48_2.png) [@yuriy.artamonov](https://platform.jetbrains.com/u/yuriy.artamonov)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2025, 9:07pm UTC](https://platform.jetbrains.com/t/paid-plugins-marketplace-licensing-not-installed-on-android-studio-meerkat-2024-3-1-patch-2/1479/7 "2025-04-26T21:07:19Z")
For sure you can, but really all the online sales, licenses and plugins they are for honest people ) ---
**Author:** ![jonathanlermitage.1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@jonathanlermitage.1](https://platform.jetbrains.com/u/jonathanlermitage.1)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2025, 9:12pm UTC](https://platform.jetbrains.com/t/paid-plugins-marketplace-licensing-not-installed-on-android-studio-meerkat-2024-3-1-patch-2/1479/8 "2025-04-26T21:12:01Z")
When I started to sell my first plugin, I did not check the license programmatically. I relied only on the product-descriptor in plugin.xml. Some people published on github a version of my plugin without the product-descriptor 😉 Subscribers are honest, but there are also some toxic people.