For an active subscription, try restoring the purchase. This occurred as a result of the sandbox environment's automated renewal of subscriptionsĢ. After around 6 hours, close the app and reopen it your app should be reset to the unsubscribed condition.Close and reopen the app after 1 hour to ensure that your app is still in active subscription status.Run Subscription Purchase, Auto-Renewal, and Expiration tests.Īssume your subscription is a one-year auto-renewable one: Let's have a look at how to test a subscription purchase, auto-renewal, restoration, and expiration. To begin testing, go to iOS Settings > iTunes & App Store and sign in to your Sandbox account. Note: Subscription duration has been decreased to allow developers to test many purchases, renewals, and expirations. Reference: Testing at all stages of development with Xcode and sandbox Subscription testing takes place on the production sandbox if your app was released using TestFlight. If you launch your app from Xcode, subscription testing takes place in the development sandbox. Sandbox testing is divided into two types: Sandbox can return a transaction as though it were processed. It simulates all subscription purchases by utilizing the Apple Store architecture.

The Sandbox environment allows you to test in-app subscription transactions without actually establishing them. To save time when moving on to production testing, make sure you understand the constraints throughout development. The first line of security is the developer sandbox. If you do this, the sandbox account becomes invalid and cannot be used any longer. Navigate to Settings⇒ App Store⇒ Login to your Sandbox Account on your device.ĭo not sign in to the production environment with your test user account. Sign in to your App Store Connect account and navigate to Users and Access ⇒ Sandbox ⇒Testers to add new testers.Ģ.

Set Up A Sandbox AccountTo begin any form of subscription testing, you must first create a Sandbox tester account:ġ. There are three types of subscription testing. In this article, we will go over the entire subscription testing process. Apple's subscription documentation is difficult to understand, and Apple has never been good at providing resources. It is critical to test App Store subscriptions, but it is also difficult to do it properly. Many applications need users to pay a membership fee in order to access premium features.

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