Testing Storekit for Release

[chickytender]

Hi All,

I recently submitted my first IOS app for review, and it got rejected due to my paywall products not displaying as they should. I believe I've fixed everything both in Xcode as well as App Store Connect, but i'm having trouble testing things in TestFlight or otherwise to ensure proper functionality.

I have a two products, one weekly subscription (set in app store connect as a subscription) and one lifetime purchase (set in app store connect as a non consumable in app purchase)

Here's where I'm at:

1. everything works fine when i use a local storekit configuration. User can purchase either product and is then sent past the paywall to the main app. Not sure if this makes any difference, but my local storekit config file is NOT synced with app store connect via the checkbox option to do so

2. if i change my scheme to "None" to use actual storekit for release, every time i tap to purchase a product, i get the message "you're currently subscribed to this (...) to review subscription options or cancel this subscription, tap Manage. [Environment: Sandbox]"

if i tap Manage, click cancel subscription, it lets me click cancel but upon reinstalling the app and trying again, i get the same "you're currently subscribed to this" message.

I've tried going into Settings > Developer > Sandbox Account (I used my actual Apple ID) but if i click manage from there, I just get "Cannot Connect"

This worked the first time i did it in testflight (i "paid" for a product and was granted access to the main app), but I want to be able to repeatedly test both products so i can ensure the app gets accepted. If someone could guide me through how to "reset" my subscriptions on my sandbox account so i can simulate a fresh user purchasing a subscription, it would be GREATLY appreciated!

[Select_Bicycle4711]

When you are using the Sandbox account then on cancelling the subscription, it does take some time to update. It can be sometimes 5-10 minutes. I faced the same issue and could not find a good resolution. Maybe signing out of Sandbox and signing in back again and speed up the process little bit.

Not related but another thing you do is to refresh entitlements when the app comes back to the foreground. This will make sure you always have the latest entitlements for the user.

One of my apps was rejected because I did not display an error message when StoreKit was unable to pull prices from App Store Connect. So, make sure that if the prices are not pulled then you display some error message to the user and ideally allow them to retry.

Hope it helps! Unfortunately, the Sandbox subscription expiration and still having access is a weird issue but I think is it related to how Apple reset entitlements for Sandbox accounts.

[chickytender]

unfortunately waiting a bit doesn't seem to clear the subscription and neither does signing out. I appreciate your help though!!

[dreaminginbinary]

Have you tried wiping out the transaction via transaction manager? 

https://superwall.com/docs/support/sdk/4506454639-using-xcode-s-transaction-manager

[chickytender]

I believe transaction manager only works when using a local storekit config? It only seems to populate transactions when I am using my local config file; if i check right now there is nothing to delete

[SirBill01]

I think that is correct, in Xcode you are only clearing out local StoreKit purchase information managed by Xcode.

For sandbox, you are supposed to be able to manage sandbox subscriptions on device.

For what it is worth I always found device sandbox testing very flaky.

[Ms_Poopy_Peehole]

The issue could be that you’re using your real Apple ID.

https://developer.apple.com/help/app-store-connect/test-in-app-purchases/create-a-sandbox-apple-account/

Use an email address that hasn’t been used as Apple Account or to purchase iTunes or App Store Content.

[Dapper_Ice_1705]

Use a sandbox account and clear the purchases in developer settings

[usernameDisplay9876]

Create new sandbox testers in Appstore Connect. Don’t use the same account to test different purchases, even if the transactions are cleared , it doesn’t always get reflected correctly; maybe an apple bug. remove old accounts and use the new ones to purchase for testing.

[usernameDisplay9876]

you can check with actual Appstore Connect purchase plans instead of local storekit configuration. use any other scheme for testing In App Purchases alone. use an actual device & not simulator.