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Harsh RaghuvanshiNew Member
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Promo codes in android , implementation and validation

I have created around 5 promo codes for my in app product which is a one time purchase on Google Play console, and I want to redeem it through my app but I am not able to do that, as my app does not provide more options by which I can redeem it through, like the purchase dialogue comes to the screen and it only allows me to select the test card option for the purchases( as of now my app is in development stage), so my questions are :Is I have to create/ put some more code in my app to able to use promo code. Right now I am using react native IAP library to do so. If yes, than is there any specific link/ document which I have to follow to implement the promo codes. Can I redeem code outside my app, by putting it directly on play Store app ( in redeem & gift card section)for in app purchases(subscription and one time purchase) ,if yes ,so what all are the scenarios which I have to follow to validate the purchase, or whom can I give that redeem purchase through play store directly. Th

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sundeep
RevenueCat Staff
6 months ago
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Marianna AlpatovaHelper
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[Unity] [iOS] GetOfferings has no errors, but return empty dictionary on call

Hello! I have an issue with fetching current offerings: callback object is always null2021-10-28 09:32:32.072780+0300 MagicKids[2441:2439627] json = {"offerings":{"all":{}}}However, on app launch (specifically 2 seconds BEFORE GetOfferings() call) I can see normal json with my product in logs (I’m not sure what function is calling this):2021-10-28 09:32:30.328012+0300 MagicKids[2441:2439627] json = {"products":[{"description":"Full access to our app for a 3 month","introPrice":{"periodNumberOfUnits":1,"periodUnit":"WEEK","priceString":"0,00 RUB","price":0,"period":"P1W","cycles":1},"price_string":"2 650,00 RUB","intro_price_period_unit":"WEEK","currency_code":"RUB","title":"3 Month Subscription","price":2650,"identifier":"com.MagicKids.Go.tier5","intro_price":0,"intro_price_period_number_of_units":1,"intro_price_period":"P1W","intro_price_string":"0,00 RUB","discounts":[],"intro_price_cycles":1}]}Also: I’ve checked API key I’ve checked product ID I’ve checked there are no any pending a

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cody
RevenueCat Staff
5 months ago
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Gokula KrishnaHelper
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Best way to confirm the payments?

Hi there, I have a question regarding the payment confirmation. I followed the QuickStart for flutter and I have implemented the IAP. I have 3 lifetime products to purchase coins and I have to verify with RevenueCat if my purchase was legit. What would be the best method?  I am following the docs and implement the following logic:if (rcPurchaseSuccess) {  RestAPI.addCoins();}  I’m afraid if a malicious actor calls RestAPI.addCoins(); without any purchases or if something goes wrong with the app connection to my server. It will be problematic scenario. How do I solve that? Is webhooks a good method for confirmation? Or is there a better way? I’m a bit confused since the docs are not clear. Thanks

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5 months ago
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Tsuruoka HidekiHelper
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Webhooks document shows `id` but return `app_id` in fact

Here is `Common Fields`.https://docs.revenuecat.com/docs/webhooks#common-fieldsshows below.id: Unique identifier of the event.But, Webhooks's request body returns `app_id` instead of `id`.`id` is wrong and `app_id` is correct, right?Thanks.

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6 months ago
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Andres DuarteNew Member
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For a Platform offer with two type of users and Apps, how many RevenueCat account do I need?

We are launching a platform with two types of users PRO and NORMAL.  The WebSite serves both the PRO and the NORMAL user, but for the apps we would like to have one App for NORMAL user and one App for PROQuestionsHow many revenuCat accounts do I need? Do I need to service accounts in the google Play platform? Thanks

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sundeep
RevenueCat Staff
6 months ago
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MarcosNew Member
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What's the proper way to disable existing Subscriptions?

Hi, We run an A/B/C pricing experiment test during the last four months in which we created 6 different subscription options mixing 3 prices and 2 durations.We now have the results and want to reduce all the subscriptions options to the winner. It seems that what I have to do is to remove the subscription availability from the App Store BUT:- If I remove the subscriptions for selling, all the users will not automatically renew at the end of the period => We'll lose existing subscribers revenue.  - If I do not remove the sub availability, anyone can buy the new subscription and change to the old one via App Store Settings.  Is there any solution to leave existing subscribers forever in their current subscription AND do not let anyone new buy the old subscriptions? 

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tina
RevenueCat Staff
6 months ago
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Alvaro ValenzuelaNew Member
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transferring app to another Google play account

Hi I already tanfered my App to another Google play account…  I updated the new credentials on the RevenueCat app settings page as well, and new purchased are working well but when people try to restore old purchases it does not work…. any idea how to solve it?

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sundeep
RevenueCat Staff
6 months ago
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Andres DuarteNew Member
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Can I direct users from Apple and Android Stores to subscribe in Web/Stripe?

I understood that in the past you can't direct customers to your website in order to get them subscribe, using Stripe for example, instead of having them use the Apple and Android Store and their astronomically high fees.But resent lawsuits let me to believe that in certain cases is alright to direct App clients to Stripe to get their subscription.In what cases is it alright to direct clients to Stripe? How will we manage that change in RevenueCat, do they have to cancel their subscription in the IOs App store and them create a new one in Stripe?  In Android I understand that we can send a cancel request to Android on behalf the user and then proceed to create the Stripe subscription?Thanks

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Jacob Eiting
RevenueCat Staff
6 months ago
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Andres DuarteNew Member
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Is my App a Reader App?

I understand that in IOs and Android if your App is consider a reader App you can direct user outside the App store to get a subscription?Do this reader classification exists? What characteristics do reader Apps have to have? Taking into account the terms from the Apple and Android store, can I take this users from an 'Reader App' and direct them to a Stripe base payment? Thank you, 

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6 months ago
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Andres DuarteNew Member
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How to manage Enterprise level accounts with Stripe and RevenueCat?

In the available subscriptions we have, we have enterprise level subscription options, where a Company can subscribe currently using Stripe and then all employees can access the Website or App and the price is define case by case. Questions: Do I need to include those enterprise level subscriptions in ReveneCat?  Will the revenue that comes from those stand alone subscription type count toward RevenueCat fee?  How to treat someone that is upgrading their subscription to an Enterprise level from an individual one (that is offer in Android, IOS, Stripe and synch using RevenueCat)? How to treat someone that is downgrading from an Enterprise level to an individual type of account?Thanks

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6 months ago
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Tsuruoka HidekiHelper
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Why is difference Google Play Console setting price and WebHooks's `price_in_purchased_currency`!?

I selected purchase price ￥550/JPY in Google Play Console, but RevenueCat Webhooks return ￥600/JPY as `price_in_purchased_currency`, I expected ￥550/JPY.Why does the issue occur? Please tell me RevenueCat console setting if exists.it's too serious, since Apple/Goolge requires difference price in same product.Thank you. 

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6 months ago
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Jared
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Is there a way to know if a user previously had a free trial on iOS?

If a user subscribes to a free trial, cancels that free trial, and then later attempts to initiate a free trial again for the same product, they are immediately (and unexpectedly) charged by Apple. Our app has language around free trials, and we’d love to find a way to dynamically update this language to no longer mention the free trial once the user is no longer eligible under these conditions. Is there any way for us to know whether a user is, according to Apple, eligible for a free trial?

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14 days ago
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Hussain BarakatNew Member
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Monthly and Annual subscription in two buttons - Swift

I use swift code with storyboard , and I have in my code subscription button  , but this button show only Annual subscription , I have monthly and yearly product Id in my entitlement , but it’s always show yearly price after I press that button . I want make two or more buttons one for Monthly , Yearly and also Lifetime if possible . But I don’t know how .. This my code , and the : fullappaccess is the Identifier for my entitlement in revenuecat Swift Code :@objc func goPremiumButtonTapped(sender:UIButton) {                    let package = self.packagesAvailableForPurchase[sender.tag]                Purchases.shared.purchasePackage(package) { (transaction, purchaserInfo, error, userCancelled) in                      if purchaserInfo?.entitlements.all["fullappaccess"]?.isActive == true {                self.dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)            }        }        hapticFeedback()    }     

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tina
RevenueCat Staff
6 months ago
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Ken JonesNew Member
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Getting 429 - TooManyRequests on Get Subscriber

Getting a 429 on the https://api.revenuecat.com/v1/subscribers/app_user_id request. The response body has this:    {"code":7638,"message":"There is another request in flight trying to perform the same action."}The requests are made from backend webhook code where two webhook events for the same user get load balanced to two completely different servers. So, I do have 2 outstanding requests for the same user. I'm wondering if there is a way around this since the amount of work to coordinate a single outstanding request per user isn't trivial.Thanks,Ken    

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6 months ago
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DimaNew Member
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Apple Search Ads ad group and campaign data outside of Charts view

Hello,Is it possible to get Apple Search Ads campaign and ad group name/id data other than in Charts view? I see that in Charts view I can segment by both ad group name and campaign name. But the same data is not available in Customers view and I also don't see it in "Exports". If you don't provide this data directly due to some reason please let me know which of integrations/webhooks will.

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6 months ago
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UgurHelper
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Description and title in Offerings are empty

Hi,When I first used the code it was OK, but suddenly the offering stopped to bring description and title information. I am using Flutter and iOS. On the revenuecat page I can see the description, it only does not fetch it to my app. The same result in iOS 12 and 15, on real device and simulator. I can get the identifier, price, priceString, currencyCode but description, and title are empty.

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ryan
RevenueCat Staff
6 months ago
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jln19Helper
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Fatal Issue - Offerings are no longer being returned from RevenueCat

Our iOS app stopped receiving responses from RevenueCat sometime in the past week. No code was changed on our end and our live app is no longer displaying any subscription options.This call is simply not returning successfully, nor is the failure block called. It doesn't matter what "offering" is - I’ve tried several of our offerings that are registered with RC and that have worked before. Any ideas what could have broken? This has completely broken in-app purchases for us. subscriptions?.fetchPackages(for: offering, onSuccess: { [weak self] (packages) in            let sortedPackages = packages.sorted(by: { $0.product.price.compare($1.product.price) == .orderedDescending })             ...             //this block is not called                                }, onFailure: { (error) in            //this block is not called         })The only thing I see logged in the console is “DEBUG: Vending Offerings from cache”I’ve verified that all of our In-App Purchases are still in the “Approv

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3 months ago
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DEEHelper
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Wrong currency showing up in debug console

{20 Persons: Offering{identifier: 20 Persons, serverDescription: Unlock records of up to 20 people, availablePackages: [Package{identifier: $rc_annual, packageType: PackageType.annual, product: Product{identifier: 20_Annual, description: Up to 20 people in a team can update records., title: For 20 people (Paid Annually), price: 11.489999771118164, priceString: $11.49, currencyCode: USD, introductoryPrice: null}, offeringIdentifier: 20 Persons}], lifetime: null, annual: Package{identifier: $rc_annual, packageType: PackageType.annual, product: Product{identifier: 20_Annual, description: Up to 20 people in a team can update records., title: For 20 people (Paid Annually), price: 11.489999771118164, priceString: $11.49, currencyCode: USD, introductoryPrice: null}, offeringIdentifier: 20 Persons}, sixMonth: null, threeMonth: null, twoMonth: null, monthly: null, weekly: null}, 50 Annual: Offering{identifier: 50 Annual, serverDescription: Unlock records of up to 50 people,…… I have the above c

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jazmine
RevenueCat Staff
6 months ago
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James NHelper
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Creating purchase with same purchase token not creating alias

I'm experiencing an issue with automatic aliasing for user ids.  I have migrated some user purchases from Stripe and Android but in my upload script I used a capitalised UUID instead of lower case (which is what my mobile app uses).  I didnt release RevenueCat uses case sensitive user ids.When I try to submit the purchase again with lower case UUID using the same purchase token, a new customer is created (as expected) and the purchase is transferred to the new customer (not expected).  I thought based on your documentation these two user ids would be aliased and they would share the purchase, but it seems they aren't.  I've made sure to add the "is_restore": "true" flag when uploading via your /receipt REST endpoint. Can you advise why this isnt working as expected and what I can do to fix?

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7 months ago
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Geoffrey KimaniNew Member
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Php google and apple sdks

I want to connect a user on the web application verison of my application to the google play or apple app store accounts so that to check if they are subscribed so that i dont ask the customer to subscribe again. Subscriptions made on ios and those made on web application are taken to mean the user has subscribed and are both valid. Do i need to login the user in my web application first say using Auth0 or how does revenue cat connect the mobile and the web applications?  

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cody
RevenueCat Staff
6 months ago
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FeatherwebsNew Member
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Subscription product updates not reflecting in revenuecat.

Due to client requirement, I have to change the subscription price of a product and introduce introductory offer to the  subscription product. I changed subscription product’s price and added introductory price in google play console and apple developer console as well. But revenue-cat is not propagating the changes when I fetched offer.  I am doing this in flutter. 

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6 months ago
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JasonGNew Member
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What is the best way to deal with multiple aliased users after moving away from legacy restore behavior?

Hi, we use a combination of the Rest API and Xamarin Forms wrapper around the RevenueCat SDK to integrate with RevenueCat. When we first went live our account was still set to the Legacy restore behavior. This has created issues for us because users who share phones and or have multiple accounts have been aliased together. We would like to fix all multiple aliased user in RevenueCat so we have two questions if you could help please:How can we find all users in RevenueCat where multiple users/user ids have been aliased together? How can we remove the additional user id aliases and create distinct customers with those user ids? (Preferably without losing history)

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7 months ago
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ejgNew Member
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How does Promotional Access work when there is a paid subscription active.

If I grant promotional access to an active customer how does that work with their active subscription? Will it be applied straight away or once the subscription is expired.e.g. If I grant 6 months promotional accesss to the users membership, and their subscription expires a year later, will the 6 months be added after the membership has finished (18 months) or will it be running at the same time as the subscription (effectively cancelling it out). Ideally I would like a way to ‘add; 6 months free to someones membership Thanks in advance!

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tina
RevenueCat Staff
7 months ago
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AirHelper
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Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions have changed.

When I test the subscription in the sandbox, it prompts：Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions have changed.Finally, "Coming Soon!" appears and it is over, there is no response.Please see the screenshot below to help me see if any steps are missing.thank you all.  

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Air
2 months ago
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gasNew Member
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Why was a subscription charged 3 days later?

Hi, I’ve observed some strange behaviour.A customer supposedly started a subscription on October 15 (3 days ago), and today they were charged for it. Since there’s no free trial period, what explains this 3-day float between subscription and payment?I dug into the user’s timeline in Mixpanel, and here’s what I found:Oct 15: signs up and attempts purchase 3 times, and cancelled each time by the user Oct 18: user opens app and restores purchase (note: MP has no record of purchase events for this user) Oct 18: RC reports new revenue for subscription started on Oct 15 (my question: why did this revenue take 3 days?)Some possible explanations I can think of:Maybe the customer started a subscription from the App Store subscription page on Oct 15 and didn’t open the app until Oct 18, which is when RC was able to detect the purchase. Maybe there’s a reporting/customer history bug in RC? Maybe Apple has some arcane/obscure deferred payment plan that I’m not familiar with.Does anyone know what c

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jazmine
RevenueCat Staff
6 months ago

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