Let's say I want to remove my app from sale, but still want existing users to keep auto-renewing their in-app subscriptions - will this work?
Just got off the phone with Apple:
Indeed, there is no way. If the app isn't live, auto renewals will bounce once they're due to renew.
According to iTunesConnect Help, it looks like you have to explicitly remove the in-app purchases from sale:
https://help.apple.com/itunes-connect/developer/#/dev7013b314c
Note: Removing an app from the App Store doesn’t automatically remove its associated in-app purchases. Customers can still download in-app purchases unless you explicitly remove them from sale. For more information, see “Removing Products from Sale” in In-App Purchase Configuration Guide for iTunes Connect.
No. If you have removed your app from the app store then how can you expect the auto renew happening??
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I'm trying to add my first Auto-renewable subscription to my app. As apple states here, I need to attach it to a new app version:
The problem is, when I try to follow that guide, I don't have ANY option for Auto-Renewable Subscriptions on my App review page:
There should be an option for In-App Purchases and Subscriptions to be added under the Build section, as stated here under the submit an in-app purchase for the first time section.
My Auto-Renewable Subscription group is set up, with two subscriptions in it. All setup completely as far as I am aware. But for some reason, they both say: Missing Metadata which I suspect has something to do with it.
And finally, my Paid Applications contract is set to Active, as the app is a paid app that I am turning into a freemium app. So no idea what is going on here. Does anyone have any ideas? Thank you.
In App Store Connect > Your App > In App Purchase > Select your subscription
Scroll to the bottom. You are likely missing the screenshot
Once you have the image there you can select it in your build.
From the Admin Panel
I have removed auto renewing subscription from iTunes developer account but still app is rejected. I got the reason from Apple:
"However upon further review we still find that you have submitted
auto-renewing subscription in-app purchase products for your app.
However, the auto-renewing subscription in-app purchase functionality
is not present in your binary."
However, I did not find any option to delete the subscription group but there is no product is available for auto renewing subscription.
Not sure why app is getting reject and how auto renewing subscription is submitted for review.
Was is the first submission to the app store for this app?
If so, make sure, you do not have any inApp purchases added to the app for review (on the app or version information page).
If that is all fine, so your app does not offer any inApp purchases and you do not have any inApp purchases associated with your app, I think you should simply explain this to your reviewer by sending an answer to the rejection message in the resolution center.
If you are not sure, what you are supposed to do, just tell them so. They'll help you out - at least that's my experience :)
Please help me,
I have implement In-App Purchase in my iOS App. And create an In-App purchase on iTunes Connect. This In-App is "Ready to Submit" state.
But whenever i am trying with Xcode in iPad SKProductRequest Response always return 0.
I have stuck for 2 days but still not found any solution. Please provide me suggestions friends.
One more thing is confusing that in my iTunes Account Contract and Tax information is not fixed. So i think this issue is coming for that?
Because in my Itunes Account Below message is continuously is showing
You do not currently have a iOS Paid Apps contract in effect. If this In-App Purchase was submitted with your app, then your app will not be available on the App Store until your contract goes into effect. Legal, Admin, and Finance users can go to the Agreements, Tax, and Banking module in iTunes Connect to view your contract status.
Your first In-App Purchase must be submitted with a new app version. Select it from the app’s In-App Purchases section and click Submit.>
Please suggest where is stuck and why?
Thanks
For in-app purchases to work even in sandbox mode, you need to ensure a few things
your IAP products are setup correctly
you are using the correct mobileprovision files
your iOS paid apps contract is agreed to (even if you haven't filled in the information).
Only then you will receive IAP information in your app.
I'm going to remove my paid application from AppStore and wonder if in-app purchases will still work, or if they will be removed also. Are there any legal issues in the case if they will not be available anymore?
If you remove your app from App Store your in-app purchases are still valid and remain in approved state. So lets say you decide to put your app back in App Store then you don't need to do anything special with in-app purchases. They will be available and working.
Any existing user who had downloaded your app previously will be able to make in-app purchases. All you are doing is not letting new users download your app.
NOTE: as long as you don't "delete" your app or in-app purchases and you just make your app not available in any store / country, you should be fine.
I originally thought it was impossible to gift In-App Purchase items, until I saw this in Diptic.
Update: I simply "installed" this app and though it is Free so I inferred the gift is for its In-App Purchase. However I forgot I downloaded this app before so "Install" does not mean it is free and the gift is in fact the app per se not its In-App Purchase items. Sorry for my mistake.
That is gifting the base $0.99 app. That is not gifting any in-app purchases. Apple does not provide any way to gift in-app purchases nor any way to provide promo codes for in-app purchases.
Support for in-app purchase promo codes is now supported.
However, you can write your own custom logic within your app to give your in app purchases away free for a period of time.