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UrbanOrangesNew Member
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Determining what plan a customer is downgrading to

In my Flutter app, I have multiple subscription plans, each with a ‘Subscribe’ button in the UI. After a user subscribes to a plan, that plan’s button instead shows ‘Active Plan’ so they can’t attempt to subscribe to their currently active plan again. Users may upgrade or downgrade, when a user downgrades, their current plan runs through until renewal. During this time I wish to display in my UI a plan is being downgraded to, so they have an accurate understanding of their current status and they can’t attempt to subscribe to a plan they are already downgrading to again, as that will just result in a popup saying it is already their current plan.How can I see if and which plan is being downgraded to in the app? I’ve tried using isActive and willRenew fields from getCustomerInfo(), however these fields don’t seem to provide useful information for this case, as multiple plans have ‘willRenew: true’ despite them not being active or renewing to. The index of items in the entitlements field

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sagar-raval-f8e6a7New Member
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Close/Exit Button Not Visible Even After using shouldDisplayDismissButton = true in Kotlin

Hi RevenueCat Community,I'm having an issue with the RevenueCat paywall integration in my Android app. I’m using the PaywallActivityLauncher to display the paywall, and I set the flag shouldDisplayDismissButton = true in the launch options. However, the close (dismiss) button does not appear on the paywall.My implementation looks like this:paywallActivityLauncher.launchIfNeeded( requiredEntitlementIdentifier = Constants.ENTITLEMENT_ID, shouldDisplayDismissButton = true ) Context:I’m using the latest version of the RevenueCat SDK. My paywall template in the RevenueCat Dashboard is set to the default configuration. I’ve also checked for any possible theme or styling issues (e.g., the button not being visible due to color conflicts), but nothing seems to work.What I've Tried:Verifying my SDK version. Confirming that the paywall is being launched as a new Activity (which should display the close button by default). Checking the dashboard settings for any customization that might hide the d

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MrPhysicsNew Member
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Should I store a purchase locally on my app?

I have a simple app which does not require user login (at present). Users can purchase a one-time lifetime ‘subscription’.Until now I have stored the purchase locally within the app local database.In moving to RevenueCat for purchase handling, I now have the question - should I continue to store the purchase locally, or check each time with RC?  Related questions areWhich is the best option regarding the question of risk here (hacking the subscription)? is there an issue with second option if user does not have wifi/connected? Or possibly do both (but possibly overkill!)Thanks for any advice

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LamsNew Member
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Paywall Multi Tier Concept

Hi,so I’m using the multi tier paywall template.However, I’m not satisfied that the currently subscribed tier has no indicator, that the user is already subscribed to that tier. Now I found that there has been a big update for custom paywalls and it looks really nice. But there is no component to build it with for multi tier?  Do I have a design error in my app in general? Also thought about displaying the different tiers on a custom screen and then opening a paywall for each tier when pressed on it. But out of conversion and usability view this just is an extra step for the customer.  What am I missing?  

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judicodesNew Member
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Could not validate subscription API permission

Been getting this error after adding the service account credential JSON, I’ve made sure that I followed the documentation: https://www.revenuecat.com/docs/creating-play-service-credentials but haven’t been able to resolve this.

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Start of Free Trial period without automatic subscription

I am pretty new to Revenuecat. Sorry if this problem is answered a hundred times, but I could not find a solution. Here is my problem:I do have an iOS app and have a paywall view. The user can either subscribe for a monthly or annual payment (I managed to set this up in App Store Connect and Revenuecat and this all works fine), or he can select a free trial for 14 days.I know, that I can set up a free trial in app store connect, but as far as I understand, this automatically will start a chargeable subscription, if he does not cancel before the end of the trial period. So in fact the free trial is part of subscription and the user has to choose a subscription method at the paywall. This seems not very appealing to me.I rather would like to say: “Click here and have a look”. When the user clicks ‘here’ then(!) the free trial period starts (without selecting a subscription method). During the free trial I can present a counter: ‘X days left’. After 14 days the user cannot access the cont

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MirikNew Member
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expiration_at_ms is always 0 ?

Hi there, i am newbie and it is my first time when i do putchase based stuff, please excuse me if i ask dummy questions, so i testing webhooks and i dont understand why expiration_at_ms is always todays date ? It should not be the final day of expiration date ( in this case 12 march ) ? Products has 1 month duration.  And why my purchased_at_ms also shows 1 day before, actually i purchased 3-4 days ago. Is it all because SANDBOX env. or i do something wrong ? I am getting this response ( ss attached ) on my backend and related to this values i do some stuff.    

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oscar-e8135dNew Member
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Can I get the time of purchase of an App with RevenueCat?

I’m new to RevenueCat and this might just be impossible to do, so I figured I’d ask.I have an app published in iOS and Android.I have a situation in which I need to see when a given user bought my app in their respective platforms.This is not about an In-App purchase, but rather, the App itself.Can RevenueCat do that? It seems like the answer is no, since this seems to only handle InApp purchases and subscriptions, but I wanted to make sure.Can I, by using RevenueCat in my App, get the exact date and time when a user actually bought (or acquired) the App (not InApp/subscriptions) for the first time in the AppStore/PlayStore?It seems to me like this is just not possible on android, regardless of the framework or library that I use. On iOS It seems possible.Thanks

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a_watkins_123New Member
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IAP but no paywall?

Hi all, I have configured all products/offerings within RevCat. Tested my Thunkable app in testflight mode with Sandbox and developer mode enabled. However no RevCat paywall is displayed. I am getting ‘New Customers’ within the RevCat overview page so something is happening, just unsure what, as the paywall is not visible upon a purchase. Anyone have any ideas? I have reached out to Thunkable and Apple. Many thanks :) 

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Zachary ShakkedNew Member
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How to handle web subscriptions sync?

We are using Paddle for web subscriptions and aren’t sure how to link userIDs and sync status with RevenueCat. Is there a way we can post userIDs and subscription status to RevenueCat so that when the user logs in on iOS we know if they are subscribed or not. The reason I want to do it this way is because otherwise we’ll have to create a new layer on our backend that tracks subscription status for all users and we will need to check that instead of the RevenueCat SDK which kind of defeats the purpose.  Otherwise, we could first check if they are RevenueCat subscribed then check our backend too - which would work I think. But isn’t there some web sdk for subscriptions?

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MickyNew Member
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Is there a place in RevenueCat dashboard to see errors during purchase flow?

Hi,I have an app using RevenueCat SDK for Capacitor. I try to simulate different errors when calling the purchasePackage function. I succeed to get some errors - see the image for the error when the package is not found. FYI: For each user, I pass the userID from my app when I call the configure function. My questions are:in this situation, does RC log the error somewhere in the dashboard or this should be done in my side? if we have the data in RC, can I get it using the REST API?

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Payment to RevenueCat, Inc. was unsuccessful again

Hi,Is there a way to manually trigger RevenueCat to charge my debit card immediately?For security reasons, I keep my debit card balance near zero. If I top it up but have to wait an uncertain number of days for RevenueCat to process the charge, other transactions might bring the balance back to zero before the charge goes through.I’d appreciate any guidance on how to ensure the charge happens right away.Thanks!

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AlexKrycekNew Member
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How do you handle In App Purchases with an PWA / Google Store ?

How do you handle In App Purchases with an PWA / Google Store ? I have integrated RevenueCat with my Android app, which is built using Angular and Capacitor. The same codebase is used for both the Android app and the web app. However, In-App Subscriptions do not work on the web version.From my understanding of Google Play Console policies, it’s not allowed to mention or link to external websites (like RevenueCat) where users can also purchase subscriptions, as this could potentially result in the app being banned from the store.How do others typically resolve this issue, especially when using RevenueCat for subscriptions in an app that also has a web version?

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Artem10919New Member
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Would RevCat delegate fire after purchase on Paywall v2?

I’m curious, will the delegate fire after purchase on Paywall featurePurchases.shared.delegatefunc purchases(_ purchases: Purchases, receivedUpdated customerInfo: CustomerInfo) {// }func showPaywall() { let controller = PaywallViewController() controller.modalPresentationStyle = .fullScreen controller.delegate = self present(controller, animated: true, completion: nil)}extension ViewController: PaywallViewControllerDelegate { public func paywallViewController(_ controller: PaywallViewController, didFinishPurchasingWith customerInfo: CustomerInfo) { print("test") }} 

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Majed_92New Member
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Implementing Discount Codes for Advertisers in Subscription-Based Apps

Hello, I have an app now, and the subscription integration is working well on both Android and iOS. I want to implement discount codes for users because I plan to provide advertisers with codes so they can earn a percentage of the subscription fee.

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amirl-95bb14New Member
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Best Practices for Managing Consumable Tokens with RevenueCat

Hi,I have two options in my mobile app: a subscription that includes access to all features and also grants an amount of tokens, and consumable tokens that only provide tokens.I understand that it’s best to manage the token balance in my backend. However, I want to ensure that if a user makes a restore, I can link them to the token balance I store in my backend and restore the correct amount of tokens (for example, if a user reinstalls the app or performs a factory reset, they get a new user ID, and I want the restore process to link them back to their old ID and token balance).I don’t have an authentication system, so I can’t rely on user login to track purchases.Alternatively, can I update the user’s token balance as they purchase and spend tokens using RevenueCat’s customer attributes? Then, when they restore purchases, can I retrieve this balance and update their token count accordingly?So what is the best practice to implement my case, and how should I structure it?Thanks!

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🚨 RevenueCat Support Ignoring Critical Issue for 3+ Weeks – Losing Customers

Hey everyone,I’m experiencing a serious issue with RevenueCat that has been affecting my app's users and revenue. I submitted a support ticket over three weeks ago, got one generic response that repeated what I had already answered, and after clarifying, I’ve been completely ignored.Since then, I opened a second ticket after two weeks of silence, but that one has also been ignored for another week. I’ve been nothing but polite and professional, in the second ticket I admit, bit frustrated, yet I’m getting zero support for a major problem that is actively losing me customers.The issue:🚨 Anonymous IDs are overwriting user IDs, causing incomplete anonymous webhook data sent to backend and lost purchases.🚨 This means users never recieve Premiums because I can’t pair it with their accountsThis is obviously a critical bug, and I have provided full details, code snippets, and even possible reasons in my tickets, yet I am still not getting any help.I’m incredibly frustrated. Has anyone else

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joan-cardona
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Kolekto
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[Android] "The product is not available for purchase"

Sorry for asking this question here, but we haven’t had much luck over the SDK forum. We are still getting the “The product is not available for purchase” when attempting to subscribe on Android when using the React Native package. Initially I suspected there may be some kind of latency associated with the setup, but that doesn’t appear to be the case. Here’s a list of what we’ve checked and the current set up:The app is publicly rolled out on a production track The package name in RevenueCat matches that in our Gradle build The product identifiers match those in Google Play Console The subscriptions are active in Google Play ConsoleSet up on the Google side of things seems to be fine, as the Play Store listing is correctly pulling in our subscription packages. Here are screenshots to confirm the above:Subscriptions in GPC showing as activeApp is available and rolled out in productionPlay Store listing clearly recognises IAPsIdentifiers in RevenueCat match those in the Play ConsolePack

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zoliNew Member
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How to properly introduce new subscriptions

Hi all,My iOS apps are getting rejected more and more often because of “Guideline 2.1 - Performance - App Completeness” where they claim they do not find the submitted new subscription in the submitted binary.This is an interesting take because:I cannot put the new subscription in my RevenueCat default offering because it is not approved yet - so anybody who downloads the app now would not see it.But if I dont put the new subscription in my default offering obviously the App Review team will not see it  during review. What would be the best practice to introduce new subscriptions, so it does not mess up the paywall for the existing users but also the App Review team sees it in the app. How you usually do it? (Depending on the paywall and the products in the default offering, you cannot really put the new subscription there before it got approved. For example if I have only 1 subscription product in my default offering, etc)(Also sometimes you just want to submit a new subscription to b

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ugursnrNew Member
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PurchaseInvalidError - Android

Hello,I am testing in app subscriptions in my app. Actually it’s been working really fine till today. I cancel and restart muy subscription many times to test the features. Today when i try to subscribe to app i have this message below;PurchasesError(code=PurchaseInvalidError, underlyingErrorMessage=Error updating purchases. DebugMessage: Expired Product details. Please fetch product details again and use it to retry the call.. ErrorCode: DEVELOPER_ERROR., message='One or more of the arguments provided are invalid.') I am fetching product informations correctly (like price ...etc). What should i do?

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JackWNew Member
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How should i use my staging app with revenue cat (bundle id mismatch)

Hey I have 2 builds of my app (different bundle id’s), production and staging. In appstore connect, I only have the production app, so ive made my IAP’s there and when i use revenuecat with the bundle id set to production, it works with the production build app, all good!However, when I want to develop on staging, with the staging app, i use the staging instance of revenue cat (different project with the other bundle id)...but this one cant pull data from appstoreconnect...because the bundle id’s are different.How am i meant to pull IAP’s into my staging app? can i use my production app IAP’s in appstore connect with my staging app? do i need to make a staging app in appstore connect with its own IAP’s? what are the implications of this if so?Thanks for some help on how to handle this setup!

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FreshFlameNew Member
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How does RevenueCat register subscription status and period types?

I'm finishing my FlutterFlow app and want to protect content based on user subscriptions. I'll handle the protection with Supabase since there are certain situations where blocked content doesn't depend on whether the user is paying or not.To do this, I'll use webhooks to send RevenueCat changes to Supabase. The only thing I need to know is how RevenueCat registers users. Researching online, I found the following:Status: Active / period_type: Normal, Promotional, Intro, TrialStatus: Expired / period_type: Normal, Promotional, Intro, TrialStatus: Non-subscriptionI also need to know if these words are registered with the first letter capitalized or not.I'm asking this because in test environments I can't see how a real user behaves.Thanks

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william_OMember
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"Transfer if no active subscriptions" still transfers active subscription when an anonymous user id restores purchase

I’m using “Transfer if no active subscriptions”, however, I’ve noticed if an anonymous user id calls `restorePurchase`, the anonymous can always transfer the subscriptions, no matter the subscription is active or not.Here’s the complete flow where the transfer happens even if there are active subscriptions:On device 1, user logs in and purchase subscription On device 2 with the same Google Play account signed in, anonymous user is not logged in, but taps the “restore purchase” button The subscription is now transferred to anonymous user However, in the following flow the “Transfer if no active subscriptions” works as expected:On device 1, user A logs in and purchase subscription On device 2 with the same Google Play account signed in, user B logs in and tap “restore purchase” button The restore failed due to `ReceiptAlreadyInUseError`In case anyone’s curious, the reason why we have a `restorePurchase` button even if user is signed out is that we support consumables.

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sebastian-3f8086New Member
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API V2 endpoint `projects/{project_id}/customers` not returning attributes nor active_entitlements

I'm trying to sync customers in RevenueCat with our database.Requesting projects/{project_id}/customers does not return active_entitlements as mentioned in the documentation. Fetching customers one by one takes too long and results in hitting rate limits.I noticed a similar question, but it was closed without a response or comment: So, is this a bug, or is there missing documentation (e.g., missing expand parameters)?Is there any workaround, such as an endpoint that allows retrieving only customers with active entitlements?Thanks in advance, Sebastian

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Cha229hecNew Member
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RevenueCat and Stripe

Hello,I have connected RevenueCat and Stripe, and I have added the following events:    •    customer.subscription.updated    •    customer.subscription.deleted    •    charge.refunded    •    invoice.updated    •    customer.subscription.created    •    checkout.session.completedI have also configured the Stripe Webhook Secret, and the connection is working properly. However, I’m facing an issue: the Product IDs remain in “No Status” and do not connect.

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jeffrey_bunn
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