Apple / Google / InApp Purchase Download - where is this stored

Games
#1

I am very close to completing my app and we have a bunch of InApp Purchases

I am trying to decide if I want to house our InApp Items or Apple / Google.

I know that if I download the add-on’s manually the items are stored in the documents folder.

But if Apple / Google download the add-on’s where does the add-ons get stored?

I am thinking in the Apps resources but I don’t know.

Thanks

Larry

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#3

Hi Larry,

Neither Apple nor Google will actually host your IAP content. They only provide the payment/transaction service, but you will have to actually deliver the content to the end user.

So essentially you app will talk to Apple/Google to charge the user, and then assuming that the transaction goes through, you then need to retrieve the purchased content (as you would any other kind of remote files).

What kind of content do you need to deliver to your users? What kind of IAP are you using?

Hope that helps.

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#4

The content is just data telling the app how to display some information on the screen.

We need to host, this is what I originally thought, but when creating an IN-App purchase - I saw an question asking weather or not Apple will be hosting / delivering my content.

Really I did. Maybe this is new.

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#5

It sounds like you could probably just include all the IAP content in your game, and simply use the IAP to unlock that feature/functionality.

One downside of doing it this way though would be that if you wanted to add some new IAP products, you’d have to do it via an app update.

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