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/*!
\page qtpurchasing-appstore.html
\title Registering Products in App Store
\brief A short guide to registering in-app products in the iOS App Store.
To take advantage of in-app purchasing functionality on iOS, register your
application and all the available products in
\l{https://appstoreconnect.apple.com/login}{App Store Connect}.
This guide provides a brief introduction on how to register an application
and it's in-app products on App Store.
In-App purchasing can only be tested on the actual hardware for the iOS
platform. For more information refer to the
\l{http://developer.apple.com/in-app-purchase/}{iOS documentation}.
\section1 Register a unique app ID
One of the requirements to support in-app purchases on iOS is to have
a registered unique App ID. This means that it is not possible to use
an App ID that contains a wildcard character. You can check the existing App
IDs and create new ones from the
\l{https://developer.apple.com/account/ios/identifiers/bundle/bundleList.action}{Apple Developer Certificate, Identifiers, and Profiles manager}.
In the \uicontrol{Identifiers} tab of the
\uicontrol{Developer Certificate, Identifiers, and Profiles} manager, click
the \uicontrol{+} button to create a New App ID. This will open up the page
to register a new iOS App ID.
Give your App a relevant ID description and prefix. Your App ID Suffix
should be an Explicit App ID type. Enter a unique App ID in the Bundle ID
field. It is recommended to use the com.mycompany.myappname convention for
App ID. Where, the "com.mycompany" is the Internet domain name of the
publisher.
In the \uicontrol{App Services} area make sure that the
\uicontrol{In-App Purchases} is checked. Click \uicontrol{continue} your to
complete the App ID registration.
\section1 Create a provisioning profile
To be able to use your new App ID, generate a new provision profile that
includes the new ID to sign and run your app. Provisioning Profiles are also
managed through the
\uicontrol{Apple Developer Certificate, Identifiers, and Profiles} manager.
Navigate to the \uicontrol{Provisioning Profiles} tab of the manager and
click the \uicontrol{+} button to create a new Provisioning Profile. Make
sure that the \uicontrol{iOS App Development} is selected and click the
\uicontrol{Continue} button.
You are now given an option to choose the App ID to use for this profile,
which will be the unique App ID you created in the previous section. Once
again make sure that the App ID does not contain any wildcard characters
(“*”) as it is not be possible to use the In-App Purchasing service with
such an App ID.
On the next page you will need to select the certificates that will be
distributed with your Provisioning Profile. You would have needed to uploaded
a certificate on your local development machine to the Apple Developer
Certificate, Identifiers, and Profiles manger previously. Generally you will
want to add any certificates of the members of your team who will need to build
your App.
On the next page you will need to select the devices you will be developing and
testing your app on. You must register your devices to the Apple Developer
Certificate, Identifiers, and Profiles manger previously. The devices you
select here are the only ones capable of running apps signed against this
provisioning profile, so select all the devices you intend use during the
development and testing phase.
Give your Provisioning Profile a descriptive display name, and click
\uicontrol{Generate} to create the actual profile. When this process is
completed you’ll be given a choice to download the Provisioning Profile.
Open the downloaded file in XCode to install. Now the next time you plug in
one of the registered devices, your Provisioning Profile should be installed
to it automatically.
\section1 Register your application
Before you can register new products available to the in-app purchasing service,
you need to register your application in App Store Connect. App Store Connect is the
place where you register an app when you want to submit it to the Apple iOS
App Store.
Start by going to \l{https://appstoreconnect.apple.com/login}{App Store Connect} and
logging in. Once logged in open the \uicontrol{My Apps} link that will take you
to \uicontrol{Apps} page. If you have already registered your app here, you can
skip the registration step, otherwise click the plus button and select
\uicontrol{New App} in the top left corner of the page.
Select iOS App and then proceed to fill out the required information on the
next page. When you get to the \uicontrol{Bundle ID} section select the
unique App ID we created in the previous steps.
It is likely at this point that you do not have all the necessary details to
complete the information required to register your app. For now, just fill
out the forms with stub data as everything except the \uicontrol{SKU} and
\uicontrol{Version} fields are editable later.
\section1 Archive and uploading application
When you build application for iOs device Qt Creator creates XCode project
that will be used for uploading your application to the App Store. Open the
XCode project and go to \c {signing and Capabilities} from your project
properties and make sure that the Apple ID is selected what you use on App
Store Connect. Make Sure that the \c {Bundle Identifier} is the same as that you
created on the \uicontrol{Developer Certificate, Identifiers, and Profiles} page.
Next select \c {Set the active scheme} from the top bar of the XCode window and
select \c {Generic iOS Device}. Afte that select \c Product on the menu bar and
click \c Archive. On the pop-up window select \c {Distribute App} go through the
wizard and the build will show up to the App Store Connect.
\section1 Setting up application testing
From the App Store Connect select your application and go to \TestFlight page.
You should see at least one build of your application in the page. there are two
type of testing groups internal and external. In internal testing group you can
select developer who has access to your application on the App Store Connect. In
external group you can share your application with public link or you can invite
specific people to test your application.
\section1 Register the products
Once your app is registered in App Store Connect you will have additional options
available to manage that App. In the \uicontrol{Apps} page of App Sotre
Connect, click the icon representing your app to manage its details. Within this
menu you can select the \uicontrol{Manage In-App Purchases} from list on the right
to register in-app products you wish to offer.
To register a new product, click the \uicontrol{Plus icon} button in the right
of the "In-App Purchase" header. The first choice you will be given is the type of
in-app purchase you would like to create.
On the next page, you must fill out the details about your product. The
\uicontrol{Reference Name} field refers to how the product will be
displayed in App Store Connect and in sales reports, but not in the
App Store itself. The \uicontrol{Product ID} field is very important
as it is the unique ID that will be used to query for the product from your
app itself. If possible make this the same ID as the corresponding products
in the other platform’s stores, otherwise you will have to conditional logic
in your app for each platform when specifying product identifiers.
Select the pricing and availability details for you product next. For the iOS
App Store, pricing is set via a tier system. Each tier represents a price
level in each iOS App Store region. Your end users will be given the actual
price expected for a product in terms of what region their App Store is in.
In the next section \uicontrol{In-App Purchase Details} you specify the details
for at least one language. When the app requests the product details like
\c title and \c description, they will be provided in the language of their
locale if they are available. Create language details for the regions you
expect to distribute app in.
Finally, you will need to attach a screenshot that will be used for review
purposes. This again can be a stub for now, but your product will need to
pass the review before it can go live to be sold in your published app. Click
\uicontrol{save} to complete the product registration.
*/
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