How to test In App Purchases through Apple TestFlight?

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Tom picture Tom · Jan 1, 2015 · Viewed 31.6k times · Source

I uploaded my first app to iTunes Connect (iOS 8, iPhone) and it's now available through Apple TestFlight for internal and external testers. I created a Non-Consumable in app purchase for it and would like to test it. How can I add it to my beta app? I'm getting this message in iTunes Connect:

Your first In-App Purchase must be submitted with a new app version. Select it from the In-App Purchase section in Version Details and click Submit.
You do not currently have a iOS Paid Apps contract in effect. If this In-App Purchase was submitted with your app, then your app will not be available on the App Store until your contract goes into effect. Legal, Admin, and Finance users can go to the Agreements, Tax, and Banking module in iTunes Connect to view your contract status.

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Dan Rosenstark picture Dan Rosenstark · May 5, 2016

TestFlight users don't require a sandbox account, but they will test against an automatically created sandbox account.

Sandbox Accounts

The moment a tester opens your application, a sandbox account is created for them. This means it's no longer necessary to create test accounts in iTunes Connect. Testing In-App Purchases was never easier.

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Note that your TestFlight user is a legitimate App Store user. That user will be purchasing, restoring, etc. from the IAP in the Sandbox as opposed to the real IAP.

On iTunes Connect, the IAP can be "Approved" or "Ready to Submit" (or any other status, I think).

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