iOS In App Purchase: test a real purchase without submitting to Apple

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Safouane Azzabi picture Safouane Azzabi · Nov 21, 2012 · Viewed 50.2k times · Source

I implemented in app purchase in my iOS app and I want to do a real test (not a sandbox) before submitting this new version to Apple Of course, the current version of the app (in the App Store) was validated with a product So, I archived the app using an Ad Hoc distribution profile and I generated an IPA file for Ad Hoc deployment. But when I installed the app via Testflight on my device, I discovered that the app was in sandbox environment! Is there a way to do a "real" purchase before submitting the app to the App Store ?

Answer

meim picture meim · Nov 22, 2012

You can actually test the in-app purchasing in the sandbox environment, basically you'll need to set up an test user account in your iTunesConnect.

Check the apple documentation here: http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#technotes/tn2259/_index.html

You'll be able to find all the information related to In-App Purchasing, including sandbox testing.

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