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dtrotzjr
dtrotzjr

Reputation: 945

iOS In-App Purchase Auto-Renewing Subscription Management

I am implementing auto-renewable subscriptions in iOS and want to be able to test the scenario where the user cancels the subscription but I am unable to do so because when I try to manage subscriptions with the sandbox account the app store wants me to associate a payment method with the sandbox account but in my experience once I do that the sandbox account is no longer valid.

Is it even possible to test cancellations or do I just blindly code for cancellations? I have search high and low and have not found anyone who has been able to manage subscriptions in a sandboxed environment.

Upvotes: 5

Views: 835

Answers (2)

Stephen Johnson
Stephen Johnson

Reputation: 5121

Have you tried using a TestFlight build? You can do sandbox IAP testing via TestFlight with a "normal" iTunes account that has a payment method. I would assume that means you could try out canceling the subscription.

Upvotes: 2

dtrotzjr
dtrotzjr

Reputation: 945

I realized today that I was thinking about this all wrong and I can see why its not as necessary to be able to manage subscriptions. I was thinking that the 'Cancellation Date' field would reflect when a user cancel's (or really just opts out of auto-renewing) their subscription. But I was mistaken this field is only for the times when a user contacts Apple Support and requests to cancel early and receive some sort of a refund, and this is not something that is managed directly by a user.

Upvotes: 2

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