I have a macOS app where I am testing the in app subscription purchase using Xcode.
When I trigger the purchase using this code, a dialog is shown in the upper right of my screen, which cannot be moved and just has a "cancel" button. How can I accept the test purchase?
let result = try await product.purchase()
StoreKit
RSS for tagSupport in-app purchases and interactions with the App Store using StoreKit.
Selecting any option will automatically load the page
Post
Replies
Boosts
Views
Activity
We are running into exceptions when trying to parse Purchase Date and Original Purchase Date from the base64 encoded receipt.
Expected RFC 3339 format of ASN.1 Field Value is: yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ but we end up getting back 2025-04-22T19.49.03Z.
Started to happen on 3rd Dec 2024.
Dear my friends,
I have set up two subscriptions (monthly and annual) in App Store Connect. By configuring with StoreKit, I can import the configurations from App Store Connect into the local .storekit file, and the program can
run normally. However, when the StoreKit configuration is set to NONE, I am unable to retrieve product information from App Store Connect.
The code for fetching the product list is as follows. Could you please provide suggestions on how to proceed? Thank you very much!
private let productIds: [String] = ["subscription.year", "subscription.monthly"]
subscriptions = try await Product.products(for: productIds)
I tried to get this post into the StoreKit forum because this issue is relative to In-App Purchases.
My App has In-App Purchases, which work, no issues here.
My App has been on the App Store for a number of years, with changes along the way. Recently, I uploaded V5.1 (Lottery Snitch) for review and the reviewer found something that had eluded everyone, until now.
Since my App has In-App Purchases, of course I have Restore In-App Purchases as a User selectable function, on the menu at the top.
The reviewer reported my App as crashing when this option was selected, which was a new thing since my App has been functioning for years.
Skipping the next several communications and moving on to the most current findings..
If my App is put onto a Mac, iMac.. Where the User has never used my app before (this eliminates leftover data files), if the User then logs out of their Apple ID prior to running my app, starts my app, selects Restore In-App Purchases the User is then presented with Apple's Request to Log-In (this has nothing to do with me..not my code..it is all 100% Apple Login request). Now, completely ignore the request for login, allow my App to complete its wait period, the User can execute any task they wish. The App runs just fine. As soon as the User selects 'Cancel' on the Apple ID login pop-up screen, my App crashes.
The Apple Login request is triggered by the restoreCompletedtransactions function for the StoreKit. The crash report indicates the DispatchQueue was the code running at the time. Thing is, my code has no DispatchQueue running. When the wait-timer completes (obvious on-screen loop) my code has zero Dispatch's running. When my code called the restoreCompletedTransactions it was not inside a Dispatch of my creation.
Anyone see this before? Anyone have a suggestion how to make this stop?
FYI, go ahead and login to your Apple ID when prompted and everything completes just fine. Yes, this problem exists in the current version(V5.0) available for download on the AppStore. It would take another post just as long to explain how this slid by on Development machines, just as weird.
What to do?
(JSYK:The App does not crash during development when running inside Xcode)
Hi,
We're currently experiencing an issue with consumable In-App Purchases on our production iOS app. Until the end of May, everything was working as expected, but starting in early June, our app no longer receives any products when calling queryProductDetails() using Flutter’s in_app_purchase plugin (which utilizes StoreKit).
Here’s what we’ve confirmed so far:
The product IDs are correctly configured in App Store Connect, and all items are marked as “Approved.”
No recent changes have been made to the bundle ID or the product IDs.
The “Base Territory” setting was updated for each IAP item in early May. After that change, product retrieval and purchases were working normally through the end of May.
This issue is happening on real devices in production, and multiple users are affected.
The same functionality continues to work correctly on Android.
All requested product IDs are being returned in the notFoundIDs list of the queryProductDetails() response.
We're quite puzzled by this issue as no clear cause has been identified so far.
Any thoughts on this issue would be much appreciated.
Thank you!
Error Domain=NSURLErrorDomain Code=-1005 "The network connection was lost
Getting this error with: SKPaymentQueue.default().restoreCompletedTransactions()
Implemented: func paymentQueue(_ queue: SKPaymentQueue, restoreCompletedTransactionsFailedWithError error: any Error) {
<#code#>
}
Error returned is the 1005 error I listed above.
The laptop works fine, it is connected to the internet just fine. The problem is connecting to the AppStore Simulator when the project target is intended for the Mac.
I have an iOS project for this product and I do NOT get this problem with the transaction observer when the project target is iOS (iPhone, iPad).
This problem only occurs on the M1 Laptop and the target is MacOS.
Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
StoreKit
This is a hybrid app built with JavaScript (Vue) + Capacitor. It is a reader app and has been authorized by Apple to use the External Link Account Entitlement, allowing users to manage their subscriptions outside of the app.
I have implemented the External Link Account API. When I click on "Gerenciar Assinatura em...", I use the External Link Account API to check if the modal is available (using ExternalLinkAccount.canOpen()). I always get "false".
my plugin in swift:
my app:
I believe this is due to the fact that I am in a development environment. My project is configured correctly in the following files: info.plist and App.entitlements. I also have the authorization in my profile visible in Xcode. I have attached screenshots for validation. The question is: should the External Link Account API work in a test environment? I am testing the build in Xcode with a physical iPhone with iOS 18.
file info.plist:
file App.entitlements:
xcode with authorization in my profile:
If you could let me know if I am doing something wrong, I would greatly appreciate it.
I have non-consumable and consumable in-app purchases in my app. The tutorial I was following stated Transaction.currentEntitlements includes unfinished consumables, which is incorrect according to the documentation. Is the correct way to handle unfinished consumables (and non-consumables) to implement Transaction.updates and call finish() if it’s verified? The documentation says that listener will receive unfinished transactions once upon app launch, so with that, do I understand correctly you do not need to implement Transaction.unfinished unless you want to look for unfinished transactions manually later on? Otherwise what is the correct and most recommended way to handle unfinished consumables? Is there a way to test that scenario in Xcode?
I am trying to implement in-app purchases in Apple TV.
I added a "non-consumable" product and started testing in Sandbox, but it did not work properly.
While I am trying to fetch the product from the appstore, it won't give any responses like success or failure.
So that our app gets rejected in the App Store.
Please provide me the steps to implement in-app purhcase in Apple tvos using Swift.
Note: The same code is working fine in iOS.
Because of historical reasons we have the same app with different bundle identifiers in different App Stores, e. g. one in Germany and one in Poland and one in France.
Every app offers a monthly and a yearly in app subscription.
We want to consolidate our apps and user base and want to have only one app in the end. The question is now: Can Apple make the monthly/daily subscriptions from e. g. the app in the store in Poland available or migrate them to the german app in the german App Store when we make the "german" app available also in Poland?
The final goal would be that a user who bought a subscription in the polish store would have the subscription also available on his Apple ID in the german store. Is this possible? Can Apple make this possible?
Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
StoreKit
Hi!
I'm trying to implement a two week free trial for my existing paid ipad app. Following the guidance from the wwdc2022/10007, I'm using AppTransaction.shared and checking the result. I'm getting a verified result, but the appTransaction.originalPurchaseDate is always the same date - 2013-08-01 07:00:00 +0000 / 397033200, even the particular sandbox account user never had a purchase.
This makes testing the logical branch of "has this user never purchased this app before" if the app store is always telling us that it's been purchased. (I've been using new sandbox account, so there should be no history)
Here's some code that includes hacking around always getting that original purchase date. We're in the final stretches, and wanting to test things that will be closer to actual store behavior (and I'm thinking that always returning a purchased date for an unpurchased app wouldn't be happening)
Am I just holding things wrong? Sandbox bug/limitatiin I just have to live with?
thanks!
++md
class MJAppStore: NSObject {
@objc static let shared = MJAppStore()
@objc func verifyAppStoreStatus(_ completion: @escaping (MJAppStoreStatus, Error?) -> Void) {
Task {
do {
let status = try await doVerificationThing()
completion(status, nil)
} catch {
completion(.error, error)
}
}
}
func doVerificationThing() async throws -> MJAppStoreStatus {
do {
let result = try await AppTransaction.shared
print("TRIAL: survived AppTransaction.shared")
switch result {
case .unverified(_, _):
print("TRIAL: app transaction UNVERIFIED")
return .free
case .verified(_):
let appTransaction = try result.payloadValue
// hack around the app store sandbox accounts saying we're purchased even though
// we're not really. 2013-08-01 07:00:00 +0000
print("TRIAL: app transaction VERIFIED \(appTransaction.originalPurchaseDate.timeIntervalSinceReferenceDate) -> \(appTransaction.originalPurchaseDate)")
if appTransaction.originalPurchaseDate.timeIntervalSinceReferenceDate == 397033200 {
return .free
} else {
return .purchased
}
}
} catch {
...
How would you go about handling this sort of situation?
An app has two tiers of non-consumable in-app purchases. The IAP simply unlocks a certain level of access in the app:
The first tier for $1.99 allows the user to add up to 50 things.
The second tier for $3.99 allows the user to add up to 200 things.
If the user has not bought an IAP the app will show the two tiers available for purchase.
The user then buys Tier 1 and happily goes about adding some things to the app.
The app now only shows Tier 2 available for purchase, because Tier 1 has been purchased.
A few weeks go by and they realise they need to add more than 50 things.
Would the user have to suck it up and just accept they should've paid the $3.99?
Or, could a new Tier 1.5 be added that's a kind of upgrade price of $2.00 (the difference between the two original tiers) to unlock the higher 200 things level? I doubt this would work properly, because although I can control that tier being displayed or not in the app, I cannot control it in the App Store product pages, and it would be displayed among the Tier 1 and Tier 2 levels, so people would just buy that rather than the full priced Tier 2.
How should I handle this situation? Just have the one tier (Tier 2) and make it simpler?
I would like to clarify that my app is a Reader APP and a hybrid application built with Vue.js and Capacitor. To comply with Apple’s guidelines, I am not using any third-party SDKs for account management or payments. Instead, I am attempting to use the official StoreKit External Link Account API as required.
To achieve this, I created a custom native Capacitor plugin in Swift, which calls the StoreKit 2 classes (SKStoreExternalLinkAccountRequest and SKStoreExternalLinkAccountViewController) to present the required modal before redirecting users to manage their accounts externally.
However, I am encountering a technical issue:
When building the app in Xcode 16 (with iOS Deployment Target set to 16+), the Swift compiler cannot find the StoreKit 2 classes (SKStoreExternalLinkAccountRequest and SKStoreExternalLinkAccountViewController).
I have attached a screenshot showing the error in Xcode.
Could you please clarify if there are any additional requirements or steps needed to access these StoreKit 2 APIs in a hybrid (Capacitor/Vue) app?
Is there any limitation for hybrid apps, or is there a specific configuration needed in Xcode or the project to make these APIs available?
I am committed to fully complying with Apple’s guidelines and want to ensure the best and safest experience for my users.
Any guidance or documentation you can provide would be greatly appreciated.
my plugin:
my app in xcode - build failed
I would really appreciate it if someone could help me.
Hello. I launched my new mobile app Drop Pin Location to promote your business or brand on the go, on January 12, 2023. How can i market and campaign to get more daily users?
Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
StoreKit
Tags:
Subscriptions
App Store Server Notifications
Marketing
Hello,
I have two auto-renewable subscriptions set up in App Store Connect. However, when I try to use SubscriptionStoreView, I receive the following error:
Subscription store should include at least one auto-renewable subscription.
I believe my .xcodeproj is misconfigured, as I created a new project since I wanted to start from scratch.
What am I missing?
Hello,
I am encountering an issue where I receive an App Store Server Notification V2 upon the purchase of a consumable item.
I have configured the App Store Server Notification V2 endpoint to handle notifications related to subscription products.
However, I did not expect to receive notifications for consumable purchases.
The notification includes the following signedPayload decoded into the ResponseBodyV2DecodedPayload object with the following values:
notificationUUID: 3cd6410b-0c89-4247-aba5-20710e79895e
notificationType: null
subtype: null
The transaction information decoded from the ResponseBodyV2DecodedPayload object is as follows:
transactionId: 2000000633622618
webOrderLineItemId: null
productId: heart_2
To debug, I called the Get Notification History API of the App Store Server API, and the mentioned notification for the consumable product purchase is not included in the history. Only notifications related to subscription product purchases are retrieved.
According to the notification type documentation, there is no explanation for cases where both notificationType and subtype are null, nor is there any mention of receiving notifications for consumable purchases. Therefore, I am uncertain how to interpret and handle this notification.
Could you please provide an explanation or guidance on this issue?
Thank you.
References:
https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/737592
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/appstoreservernotifications/notificationtype
Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
StoreKit
Tags:
In-App Purchase
App Store Server Notifications
App Store Server API
Hey folks!
In one of our apps we're using the FamilyControls framework to manage the screentime for the child. The app requires the Guardian to activate a subscription on his/her device to enable the functionality for the Child on the child device.
We're currently using StoreKit 2 to get notified when there is an active subscription. The issue we're seeing (and our users) is that an activated subscription isn't instantly propagated to the Family members, in this case the device belonging to the child.
Is this a known bug, and are the possible any workarounds? Currently we have to ask our users to "Restore Purchase" or wait minutes/hours for the app to active, which isn't a viable solution. We want it to "just work" :)
Sincerely,
César Pinto Castillo
Ambi Studio
Signed renewal info from 'Get Subscription Statuses' or in server notifications never has the offerType or offerDiscountType even when the corresponding transaction does have those values set.
Our offer is a free trial.
Do these properties refer to something different in JWSRenewalInfoDecodedPayload than they do in transactions?
I'm trying to determine whether a subscription (identified by originalTransactionId) is currently in a free trial based on server notifications. The status doesn't tell us if the subscription is currently in free trial and the signedTransactionInfo may be for an older transaction.
Hello,
Our server isn't receiving Apple App Store Server Notification for in-app purchases.
It works for Sandbox Server, even I sent a test notification which I received on the Production Server URL, but the real in-app payment notification isn't coming to the server.
I checked this already: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/appstoreservernotifications/enabling-app-store-server-notifications and everything here has been reviewed.
Transport Layer Security (TLS) version and others things mentioned have been checked, test notification was received. But the main in-app purchase notification for live transaction isn't coming. What's the issue precisely?
Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
StoreKit
I've noticed that CONSUMPTION_REQUEST notifications sometimes have a signedTransactionInfo which corresponds not to the latest transaction, but to an earlier transaction in a subscription.
Is this expected? I thought signedTransactionInfo was always the latest subscription information?
Are there any other notification types for which signedTransactionInfo can be out of date?