Are there plans for adding SKPaymentTransactionObserver for iOS 11?

[maikelsgit]

Are there plans for adding SKPaymentTransactionObserver for the coming iOS 11 release. See this apple developer page for more info about it

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[Chuckv01]

+1 This functionality will be great for ASO. Hopefully it will get added.

[rafaellop]

This is becoming more urgent than I thought. In this place I'd like to warn all iOS developers who use the cordova-purchase plugin and the author @j3k0, NOT to add the "App Store Promotion (Optional)" image in the in-app product page on the developers dashboard for iaps. If you add it and submit the iap product for review, it will be returned to the dashboard and it cannot be sold in the app! It happened to me today.

The Apple's explanation for this return is "These in-app purchases can’t be promoted on the App Store because your latest app binary doesn’t include the SKPaymentTransactionObserver method.". And the method they refer to is this: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/storekit/skpaymenttransactionobserver/2877502-paymentqueue

In a a typical case it would be enough just to go to the developer dashboard, remove the image to turn off the promotion, but not in the Apple's case. If you define the image you cannot remove it and you have no sales. Well, you can and you can save, but then it magically comes back and the IAP cannot be fixed. The only way at the moment is to create a new iap product and submit new version of the app to the appstore.

[Dexus]

See https://github.com/j3k0/cordova-plugin-purchase/tree/fix/ios-early-observer

[Dexus]

@j3k0 is working on it.

[rafaellop]

@Dexus do you think I could try the branch to submit new build and they'll consider it as including the required method? I can try.

[Dexus]

You can test it. More test = more feedback.

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Am 18.10.2017 um 11:33 schrieb rafaellop notifications@github.com:

@Dexus do you think I could try the branch to submit new build and they'll consider it as including the required method? I can try.

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[rafaellop]

So I submitted a new build for the review. I'll let you know the results.

[j3k0]

Hi, @Dexus the PR you're referring to is about making sure the transaction observer is added even before the JS initializes the plugin (it seems like from iOS version something some purchases were reported "too earlier" -- read before JS initialization)

This iOS 11 feature requires a specific method to be added to the observer: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/storekit/skpaymenttransactionobserver/2877502-paymentqueue?language=objc

This delegate method is called when the user starts an in-app purchase in the App Store, and the transaction continues in your app. Specifically, if your app is already installed, the method is called automatically. If your app is not yet installed when the user starts the in-app purchase in the App Store, the user gets a notification when the app installation is complete. This method is called when the user taps the notification. Otherwise, if the user opens the app manually, this method is called only if the app is opened soon after the purchase was started.

Seems like a simple implementation that returns "false" might be a Okay fix for the moment.

[Dexus]

Oh, okay, I had somehow put it in context with that.

[j3k0]

Please check out PR #637, hopefully it should fix this issue.

[rafaellop]

I have submitted my app with the plugin from the ios-early-observer branch yesterday and it didn't fix the review notice about missing support for the skpaymenttransactionobserver. I'll try again with the new PR when it is accepted to the branch.

[rafaellop]

I've tried the @j3k0 branch and the appstore doesn't complain no more. I don't have ios 11 device to check if the store displays the promo for selected iaps, but it should work, hopefully. Thanks!

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[spikenorbert]

@rafaellop - sorry for resurrecting the dead thread, but did the promoted IAP functionality work in the end?

[rafaellop]

@spikenorbert yes, as I mentioned above the stale bot comment.

[spikenorbert]

@rafaellop - thanks - I saw that the app passed review, but at the time of that comment, you hadn't been able to check whether the promoted IAP actually appeared on the store yet - that's what I was wondering about.

[rafaellop]

@spikenorbert Yes, it appears in the appstore app on ios 11+. The fix worked properly.

[spikenorbert]

@rafaellop - cool, thanks for the update!