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iOS IAP - Does sandbox users have purchases from live store?

If a user has bought an non-consumable IAP in the live app, does this user have the IAP in the sandbox environment if he is set up as iTunesConnect user & tester? Can this user then "restore" the purchase via restoreCompletedTransactions? Or does he have to buy it in the sandbox environment in order to be able to restore it?

Example flow

  1. User installs version 1 frrom live environment
  2. User purchase IAP A from live environment
  3. User installs testflight app version 2
  4. User wants to restore purchase A within sandbox environment
Solution

  • No. Sandbox and live are two separate environments. The user has to buy it in sandbox in order to be able to restore it later.