Adobe AIR Development

[jtegen]

Full 2.0 of the OS still does not let me download a DRAFT app to test purchasing. No feed back from App World after typing 'tst'. From the browser, it goes to App World, but then I get "BlackBerry App World is having trouble connecting to the BlackBerry App World server. Verify your network connections and try again." My network is fine. Able to browse fine and look up apps in App World fine.

[jtegen]

Finally got this to work. You really need to select on the background before you type in 'tst'. Would be nice if App World showed an Alert letting them know they are in TEST mode.

So with update to the test/beta version. Does the user get notified like other updates, or do they have to do the same steps to download an updated beta version?

[jtegen]

Well, getting the app down from App World with using the sandbox was resolved, but I am still getting the error:

"The application must be installed using AppWorld in order to access the payment system."

When calling getExistingPurchases.

Now what should I try?

[gbeukeboom]

Past purchases won't be useful in sandbox mode as all sandbox purchases will not be counted (they aren't full transactions). Are you able to test buying something? What happens when doing this?

I have tested here and have been unable to reproduce this error. It may be worth deleting the app from the PlayBook altogether then loading from sandbox to ensure the correct version of the app is being used.

Regards,

[jtegen]

I have not tested the purchase yet, because I first try to get the purchases to see if they have purchased it yet, before I allow them to purchase it.  If they already purchased it (maybe they had to reinstall the app or something), then I would just download the resource. 

So I guess you are saying that there is not a way to test previous purchases(?).

What is the best process for this then?

Just make the purchase regardless if they have previously purchased it?

Does it go on error if they previously purchased it?

[gbeukeboom]

If the purchases were actually made, outside of the sandbox, then they will be able to be retrieved, otherwise no purchases will be returned. In any case you should not receive the error you are, this indicates that the app was not loaded via App World.

[jtegen]

This copy of the app was downloaded from App World with the sandbox method. I do have sideloaded version as well. Would that confuse it?

[gbeukeboom]

If both apps were created with the same keys and app name then they should not both be able to exist on the same device at the same time. I would suggest, to avoid any potential confusion, that all existing versions be purged then install the App World version using the sandbox method and test only with this version.