iostestingin-app-purchaseapp-storetestflight

Testing In App Purchases on TestFlight

I am trying to test In App Purchases on TestFlight but some things are not clear to me.

I have created my In App Purchase Products and their statuses are 'Ready to Submit'. However at the top on the screen it says "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."

So when I click on the 'App Store' tab at the top and then under the 'iOS App' subheading I click '1.0 Prepare for submission'. I am taken to the screen where I fill in the App Store information of the App as if I was going to upload the App to the App Store. There are inputs for me to fill in the description, keywords, screenshots, app icon etc. And I also see the section were I can add some In App Purchases which is what I assume is meant by the previous message "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." Here I can select my IAP products for my first submission.

My question is this:

1) I don't want to actually put the app on the App Store yet. I just want to test the IAP on TestFlight with my testers. I assume I need to click the "Manually release this version" radio button when I submit the app for review for this to happen? Or am I meant to do this another way?

2) Since I need to fill in the description, screenshots etc, it sounds like the app basically needs to be completed before I can submit it for review. Could I just add some dummy descriptions and screenshots here? Or does the app really need to be in a close-to-finished state JUST to TEST In-App-Purchases?

Thanks for the responses.

Solution

  • For testing In-App Purchase on TestFlight you don't need to submit app. You have to test In-AppPurchase with sandbox account. For in-app purchase from your app you have to logedin with existing id and set your sandbox account in itunes and purchase.

    Goto iTunesConnect >> Users and Roles >> Sandbox testers >> add give this test accounts credentials to all testers for testing IAP or make many testing account.

    make sure when you have to submit for review please add your in-App purchase with the review (from prepare for submission >> Add In-App purchases).