IAP in App Store

Fri Sep 17 19:14:14 EDT 2021

Might we have a message path issue here? Put a test "purchaseStateUpdate" in
the card of the stack that you are starting this in.

Ralph DiMola
IT Director
rdimola at evergreeninfo.net

-----Original Message-----
From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com] On Behalf
Of J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
Sent: Friday, September 17, 2021 6:26 PM
To: How to use LiveCode
Cc: J. Landman Gay
Subject: Re: IAP in App Store

Yes, I tested on real devices, both an iPad and an iPhone. I also just set
up testing on the Google Play Store and got the same non-results.

I will look at the test stack in the lesson, thanks Panos.

On 9/17/21 3:22 PM, panagiotis m via use-livecode wrote:
> Hello Jacque,
> 
> I am away from my machine now, so I cannot test, but I would suggest 
> you try with the simplest example first, that is to use the sample 
> stack of the lesson, and just change the in-app product IDs to match 
> yours. If this works for you (by "works" I mean at least to show the 
> in-app purchase dialog), it means that something in your script blocks the
communication.
> If this is the case, I am happy to investigate until we find the culprit.
> 
> Kind regards,
> Panos
> 
> Ps: I take it you are testing on a physical device, not in the 
> simulator, is that correct?
> 
> On Fri, 17 Sep 2021, 22:51 J. Landman Gay via use-livecode, < 
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
>> Panos, the LC lesson says the mobileStoreMakePurchase command sends 
>> the request and begins the purchasing process. The behavior I'm 
>> seeing is that the request isn't being sent at all.
>>
>> The older syntax has a specific mobilePurchaseSendRequest command, 
>> which the newer syntax does not use. Should I add that to my script? 
>> Will it hurt if I do?
>>
>> On 9/17/21 1:34 PM, panagiotis m via use-livecode wrote:
>>> Hello Jacque,
>>>
>>> How do you initiate a purchase? Have you called 
>>> mobileStoreEnablePurchaseUpdates? This command creates a "channel" 
>>> for communicating with the app store. Since you get no response at 
>>> all, it seems for some reason this channel is not created. Can you 
>>> share your purchase code?
>>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>> Panos
>>>
>>> On Fri, 17 Sep 2021, 19:39 J. Landman Gay via use-livecode, < 
>>> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> After initiating a purchase I get nothing. No dialog, no errors. It 
>>>> acts like I never pushed the button, the app just sits there. I'm 
>>>> logging everything. The log shows my comment that I'm initiating a
purchase.
>> There
>>>> are no other log entries until the timeout message.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The product ID matches the one in iTunes Connect exactly, because I
>> copied
>>>> it from there and pasted it into my script. (I've hard-coded a 
>>>> single product just for testing because I needed one that was a 
>>>> non-renewable subscription so that I could repurchase several 
>>>> times.)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> There's one thing I didn't mention. Our Ruby programmer set up a 
>>>> server API in Connect so she could get notice of any refunds. Does 
>>>> that mean that
>> all
>>>> responses would be going to the server? Even so, you'd think I'd 
>>>> get a dialog about my Apple ID. She's turned it off for now and 
>>>> I'll try again shortly, but she doesn't think that would be an issue.
Do you know?
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Jacqueline Landman Gay | jacque at hyperactivesw.com HyperActive 
>>>> Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com On September 17, 2021 
>>>> 2:48:49 AM panagiotis m via use-livecode 
>>>> <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello Jacque,
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> instead the next call to make a purchase should pop up a 
>>>>>>>>>> dialog
>>>> asking
>>>>> for an Apple ID
>>>>> Yes, this is what should happen. What do you get when trying to 
>>>>> make a purchase?
>>>>>
>>>>> I take it that the in-app purchase product IDs in your script do 
>>>>> match
>>>> the
>>>>> ones you set up in iTunes Connect, is that correct?
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Is the lesson accurate? I get no response at all from
>>>>> purchaseStateUpdate.
>>>>> Yes, the lesson is still accurate, I did test it 2 weeks ago. The
>>>> response
>>>>> from purchaseStateUpdate will arrive *after* you get the purchase
>> dialog
>>>>> and click Buy or Cancel.
>>>>>
>>>>> Kind regards,
>>>>> Panos
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, 17 Sept 2021 at 01:27, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode < 
>>>>> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm trying to test IAP in the App Store. I have a tester account 
>>>>>> and
>>>> I'm a
>>>>>> verified test user
>>>>>> with a new Apple ID that is not used anywhere else.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Following the LC lesson, it says to sign out of the app store in
>>>> Settings.
>>>>>> I had to look up how
>>>>>> to do that in iOS 14, and did so. It also said not to sign in 
>>>>>> again
>>>> while
>>>>>> in Settings, instead
>>>>>> the next call to make a purchase should pop up a dialog asking 
>>>>>> for an Apple ID. It does not.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is the lesson accurate? I get no response at all from
>>>> purchaseStateUpdate.
>>>>>> There's a handler in
>>>>>> the script that triggers a timeout after 2 minutes, and that's 
>>>>>> all I
>>>> get.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How do I trigger the sign-in dialog so I can log in as my test
>> account?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
>>>>>> HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com
>>>>>>
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