I developed an app with ionic library and use paypal integration from ionic framework. I uploaded my app at google play and everything went fine. When I published my app in app store my app was rejected with this reason :
We noticed that your app or its metadata enables the purchase of
content, services, or functionality in the app by means other than the
in-app purchase API, which is not appropriate for the App Store.
Does anyone know if the problem is that I use paypal library or that apple doesn't control my transactions so apple can't take some money?
Other methods are allowed, but only under certain conditions:
3.1.5(a) Goods and Services Outside of the App: If your app enables people to purchase goods or services that will be consumed outside of the app, you must use purchase methods other than in-app purchase to collect those payments, such as Apple Pay or traditional credit card entry.
You can read all the app story review guidelines at https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/#payments
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I want to provide auto or even Manuel renewable subscription in my Flutter App for iOS devices. Users can subscribe for 1 Month or 1 year.
Which one is the best? How to implement? Are these secure?
i tired Square Plugin; but got this response from Apple
Guideline 3.1.1 - Business - Payments - In-App Purchase
We noticed that your app offers a subscription with a mechanism other
than the in-app purchase API.
Specifically, subscription to view digital content within the app.
Next Steps
To resolve this issue, please revise your app to ensure that the
subscription for products used within the app is offered using the
in-app purchase API, with the exception of the content specified in
guideline 3.1.3 of the App Store Review Guidelines.
and
In-App Purchase
It may be appropriate to revise your app to use the in-app purchase
API to provide content purchasing functionality.
In-app purchase provides several benefits, including:
The flexibility to support a variety of business models.
Impacting your app ranking by consolidating your sales to one app rather than distributing them across multiple apps.
An effective marketing vehicle to drive additional sales of new content.
For information on in-app purchase, please refer to the following
documentation:
In-App Purchase for Developers
In-App Purchase Programming Guide
For step-by-step instructions on in-app purchase creation within App
Store Connect, refer to App Store Connect Help.
You can't use Square to sell digital goods in your app. Apple will only allow you to use StoreKit.
You can implement this directly, which may be annoying for flutter especially for subscriptions. You can also use an SDK like RevenueCat's Flutter SDK. (Full disclosure, I'm the CEO of RevenueCat).
Please tell me How to make payment with different amount via In app purchase in iphone sdk?? as i am creating an application in which subscription charges deduced from a website and in the same way i want to make payment using my application and subscription amount change all the time.. as apple don't approve paypal for the same purpose. How to handle this problem??
can we use web services for deduction of charges and get response of success or failure from web services?
For in-app purchases of app content, you're only allowed to use Apple's In-App Purchase system. You're not allowed to use paypal or anything else from in the app.
The only way to set the price of an in-app purchase item is in iTunes Connect. StoreKit (the API you use for in-app purchases) gets product prices from iTunes Connect, and there is no API for overriding the prices from within the app.
There's no public API (as far as I know) for changing the price in iTunes Connect, either. Perhaps you can script the normal web browsing interface, or find code someone else has written that scripts it. But the only way that Apple provides for changing the price of an in-app purchase is to log in to the iTunes Connect web site in a web browser.
I have a requirement in my new iPhone application, where I have to made payment like paisapay (Ebay) does. can I open a web page where user can fill information related to payment and server will handle payment? This Transaction will be in secure manner (In standard way). is it possible? Apple will approve app?
If you are using this means to unlock functionality in the app after payment, it will be rejected else it's okay.
As per app review guidelines
11.1 Apps that unlock or enable additional features or functionality with mechanisms other than the App Store will be rejected
11.2 Apps utilizing a system other than the In App Purchase API (IAP) to purchase content, functionality, or services in an app will be
rejected
11.13 Apps that link to external mechanisms for purchases or subscriptions to be used in the app, such as a “buy” button that goes
to a web site to purchase a digital book, will be rejected
For more reference please read the latest App store review guidelines at https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/
maybe this might help you
http://www.zooz.com/
FYI: In accordance with Apple’s App Store Guidelines, ZooZ can be used without limitation for purchasing physical goods or goods and services used outside of the application.
I've read Apple don't allow you to create your own e-commerce iPhone app and integrate into Paypal, some payment gateway and you should only use/ go through the app store using the storekit. How do other companies such as Amazon do it?
Any links to any extra reading would be great,
Thanks in advance.
You must use storekit if your products are all virtual. But if the products are physical (the case with Amazon) then you must not use in app purchase (storekit) and must process payment on your own. Check In App Purchase Programming Guide for the details.
I am developing a native iPhone app, where end user can purchase calling cards of different rates.
The problem I am facing is that, I don't what can be several options to integrate payment / online purchase feature and they can be integrated.
Few sites I have read that, you can implement this using In App Purchase, but there using In App purchase Apple will take 30% of payment. Also, I need to register each of my product with Apple -> iTunes Connect -> Manage In App Purchase, which is again not a feasible thing to do. As my products would have different rates and they get updated regularly, so every time I have make changes in iTunes Connect.
Another option can be to integrate Paypal for purchases but, here I have open the web interface (either safari browser or UIWebView) from native app when it comes to make payment. Problem here is that, opening the web interface would fine, but I need to come to native app and same point in the app from where I did the payment. Also, I don't have prior experience of integrating Paypal.
Please guide me to find the best suitable option to integrate payment feature in native app.
You definitely need to read the Apple-iOS-Standard-Agreement, to find answers about InAppPurchase:
Attachment-2 to the iOS-Standard-Agreement Feb. 15th 2011, 1.1, 2.1, 2.2:
... this makes clear that you are not allowed to use InAppPurchase for selling calling cards. InAppPurchase is only allowed for content & functionality you provide the user within your app.
AS InAppPurchase is not the way you can go, you may use the Mobile Payments Library for iOS, PayPal release last year. The lib is well documented and ships with sample code:
https://www.x.com/community/ppx/xspaces/mobile/mep