iOS In-App purchase works in development but not in production

Question

I've just released my first app with iAP. It always worked fine in development, but in production it crashes when I try to make a purchase.

It seems like the app dosn't download my "product" in production mode. Have anyone else had similar problems, what did you do to fix it?

Answer 1

Recently I had submitted my app and it has a same issue. After spent some time on google I found that sometimes application available on store early and apple's production server takes time in updating products so wait for 24-36 hours. It will be automatically fixed.

Edit
Jagdeep has pointed towards a good point. Check status of your products it should be in "Approved" state. In my case it was in approved status.

• When you have created product you have checked the option "Clear for Sale"?

From Documentation :
Clear for Sale indicates whether your In-App Purchase is cleared for sale or not. If this box is unchecked, your In-App Purchase will not be available for purchase from within the app. Note that if you set Cleared for Sale to No, all settings for the In-App Purchase will still be available to edit in iTunes Connect, and you can change Cleared for Sale to Yes at a later date.

Answer 2

It takes a little time even when everything is approved.

• My binary was approved.
• My In-App Purchase (IAP) was approved.
• My In-App Purchase was Cleared For Sale.
• Testing the purchase in development with a sandbox iTunes Account worked great.
• Purchasing in production with a real or sandbox iTunes Account would fail.

I didn't have to wait long, something like a couple hours and it just started working.

Now, my binary and my In-App Purhcase were approved at the same time and almost immediately after they were both approved, I released the app version to the store.

I'm not positive, but what I probably should have done was wait a couple hours before releasing that new app version and give the In-App Purchase a chance to "register" or "propagate" in the Production App Store.

Just a recommendation for others.

Answer 3

Check your status in itunesConnect site -> Manage your purchase. Make sure your in-app-Purchase has been passed from review.