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Can't in-app purchase after upgrade to Windows 8 release version

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Hi,

After upgrading from RP to Win8 Release version, I find that the in-app purchase doesn't work anymore. I checked the Migrating guide doc, but find nothing.

I created a small app to explain this problem. Since my app is not released yet, I test the in-app purchase with "Windows.ApplicationModel.Store.CurrentAppSimulator". :

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <title>TestStore</title>

    <!-- WinJS references -->
    <link href="//Microsoft.WinJS.1.0/css/ui-dark.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="//Microsoft.WinJS.1.0/js/base.js"></script>
    <script src="//Microsoft.WinJS.1.0/js/ui.js"></script>

    <!-- TestStore references -->
    <link href="/css/default.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="/js/default.js"></script>
    <script>
        var currentApp = Windows.ApplicationModel.Store.CurrentAppSimulator;
        var licenseInformation = currentApp.licenseInformation;
                
        function init() {            
            test();
        }
        function pmt(msg) {
            var ul = document.getElementById("pmt");
            ul.innerHTML += "<li>" + msg + "</li>";
        }
        function test() {           
            if (licenseInformation.productLicenses.lookup("testf").isActive) {
                pmt("active");
            }
            else {
                pmt("not active");           
            }
        }
        function buy() {
            if (!licenseInformation.productLicenses.lookup("testf").isActive) {                
                currentApp.requestProductPurchaseAsync("testf", true).then(
                    function () {
                        pmt("purchase ok");
                    },
                    function () {
                        pmt("purchase failed");
                    });
            }
            else {
                pmt("already purchased");      
            }
        }

        
    </script>
</head>
<body onload="init()">
    
    <button onclick="test()">test</button>
    <button onclick="buy()">buy</button>

    <ul id="pmt"></ul>
</body>
</html>

The problem is "licenseInformation.productLicenses.lookup("testf").isActive" always return "false" no matter I purchased the "testf" or not. It worked well in Win8 release preview.

Any idea?

Thank you very much.

cheers

Alex

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Thursday, August 23, 2012 5:45 AM

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Alex,

Have you reviewed the new sample?

http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowsapps/Licensing-API-Sample-19712f1a

-Jeff
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- Proposed as answer by Jeff SandersMicrosoft employee, Moderator Monday, August 27, 2012 7:22 PM
Friday, August 24, 2012 6:53 PM

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Hello Alex,

Are you still having problems with this?

Thanks,

James
Windows Media SDK Technologies - Microsoft Developer Services - http://blogs.msdn.com/mediasdkstuff/

Monday, August 27, 2012 11:25 PM

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Hi James,

Yes, the problem is still there :-(

I downloaded the example from the link Jeff posted, it WORKED well.

I copy my code into the Example project, and it worked as well!

Then I copy the code from the Example project into my project, it didn't work any more.

I thought there might be something wrong with my project file. Again I created a new empty project and copied the code below from Example into the project, it still didn't work. (I tested it by setting the break point. "licenseInformation.productLicenses.lookup("product2XX").isActive" was always false even purchase was successfully finished).

  var currentApp = Windows.ApplicationModel.Store.CurrentAppSimulator;
            var licenseInformation = currentApp.licenseInformation;
            if (!licenseInformation.productLicenses.lookup("product2XX").isActive) {
                    currentApp.requestProductPurchaseAsync("product2XX", false).done(
                    function () {
                        if (licenseInformation.productLicenses.lookup("product2XX").isActive) {
                            WinJS.log && WinJS.log("You bought Product 2.", "sample", "status");
                        } else {
                            WinJS.log && WinJS.log("", "sample", "status");
                        }
                    },
                    function () {
                        WinJS.log && WinJS.log("Unable to buy product 2.", "sample", "error");
                    });
            } else {
                WinJS.log && WinJS.log("You already own Product 2.", "sample", "error");
            }

Do I need to configure anything before I test the Store?

Thank you very much.

Cheers

Alex

woodhead is as woodhead does

Thursday, August 30, 2012 4:35 AM

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The short answer is yes! You do need to do something besides just paste in this code. You also have to set up the response etc...

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/windows/apps/Hh694065

See this section:

Step 5: Test the features using simulated calls to the License API

Now, test your app using simulated calls to the license server. In JavaScript, C#, Visual Basic, or Visual C++, replace references to CurrentApp with CurrentAppSimulator in the app's initialization code.

CurrentAppSimulator gets test-specific licensing info from an XML file called "WindowsStoreProxy.xml", located in <installation_folder>\Microsoft\Windows Store\ApiData. If this path and file don't exist, you must create them, either during installation or at run-time. If you try to access the CurrentAppSimulator.LicenseInformation property without WindowsStoreProxy.xml present in that specific location, you will get an error.

Did you do all of this?

-Jeff
Jeff Sanders (MSFT)

Thursday, August 30, 2012 1:41 PM

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Hi Jeff,

Thanks for your answer. I checked my application folder, there is a XML file called "WindowsStoreProxy.xml", but it is located in <installation_folder>\LocalState\Microsoft\Windows Store\ApiData. There is a same file in the same folder of the Example project's application folder, I compare the content and find they are identical. The XML below the copied from that file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16" ?>
<CurrentApp>
    <ListingInformation>
        <App>
            <AppId>00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000</AppId>
            <LinkUri>http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000</LinkUri>
            <CurrentMarket>en-US</CurrentMarket>
            <AgeRating>3</AgeRating>
            <MarketData xml:lang="en-us">
                <Name>AppName</Name>
                <Description>AppDescription</Description>
                <Price>1.00</Price>
                <CurrencySymbol>$</CurrencySymbol>
                <CurrencyCode>USD</CurrencyCode>
            </MarketData>
        </App>
        <Product ProductId="1" LicenseDuration="0">
            <MarketData xml:lang="en-us">
                <Name>Product1Name</Name>
                <Price>1.00</Price>
                <CurrencySymbol>$</CurrencySymbol>
                <CurrencyCode>USD</CurrencyCode>
            </MarketData>
        </Product>
    </ListingInformation>
    <LicenseInformation>
        <App>
            <IsActive>true</IsActive>
            <IsTrial>true</IsTrial>
        </App>
        <Product ProductId="1">
            <IsActive>true</IsActive>
        </Product>
    </LicenseInformation>
</CurrentApp>

My project did work well before upgrade to Windows RTM. And now, I'm really confused.

Thanks you very much.

cheers

Alex

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Monday, September 03, 2012 12:05 AM

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The only other thing I can suggest is:

1. Build the Store purchase sample and see if that works fine for you.

2. Compare your code to the sample and look for differences.

-Jeff
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Tuesday, September 04, 2012 3:20 PM

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Hi Jeff,

Thanks for your reply. I was busy with implementing the other features of my App, so I left this problem for a few days. Sorry for replying lately.

This problem has been fixed by adding these lines when initialize:

var that = this; Windows.ApplicationModel.Package.current.installedLocation.getFolderAsync("resource").done( function (folder) { folder.getFileAsync("test-in-app-purchase.xml").done(function (file) { that._currentApp.reloadSimulatorAsync(file); }); });

"test-in-app-purchase.xml" is the "WindowsStoreProxy.xml" I posted before, without modifying a single character (of course my product id is not "1").

I assume this is a bug of AppStore Simulator, because I've found nowhere mentioned about that I must call "reloadSimulatorAsync" first, and my code had worked before upgraded to Windows8 RTM. Do I understand correctly?

cheers

Alex
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Monday, September 10, 2012 10:27 AM

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You are not using the default name for your file so you have to load it this way.

-Jeff
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- Proposed as answer by Jeff SandersMicrosoft employee, Moderator Tuesday, September 25, 2012 2:31 PM
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Step 5: Test the features using simulated calls to the License API