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  • Tested on an Xcode iPhone 15 simulator with the same result.

    Then tested (as a debug APK) on the BlueStacks emulator on Windows) - this seems to work - I get four alerts (2 request permission alerts and 2 permission granted alerts) although I didn't get an alert from the OS like I do on iOS. Also, if I tap the screen again, I get the alerts again confirming that the app is still responding to inputs unlike on iOS.

  • As controller support on mobile isn't working at the moment, I thought I'd try controlling my game with the mobile's sensors and built a quick test harness:

    drive.google.com/file/d/15uTTQvS-RgYV_vkC-Jpw5DXbnhiEDun6/view

    Exported to Xcode and tested on my iPhone

    Essentially, when the screen is touched, it requests both Motion and Orientation permissions.

    This iOS alert then pops up:

    I select Allow, but nothing happens.

    The project should pop up an alert after each permission is requested and if either permission is granted or denied, and if the former, should start displaying readouts from all the sensors on the screen. But none of these alerts are displayed and nothing happens if I tap the screen again - it's almost as if it hangs as soon as permission is requested.

    Am I doing something wrong?

  • Tested an IAP in TestFlight last night but it didn’t work. A quick Google suggested it was because I’d not provided my tax and banking details to Apple which I then did. Checked this morning to confirm they’d been accepted then tried the IAP again and it worked. Deleted and reinstalled the app, tried the IAP again and it said I already own it and asked if I wanted to apply it again. That also worked. Reinstalled again but this time tried to restore the purchase - that also worked. There’s a delay of a few seconds when purchasing so just want to animate the IAP button to reassure the user that something’s happening. Also just want to check all the alerts are triggering at the right time and with the right text. So I’m fairly close to start opening it up for beta testing. Now need to do similar for the Google Play store.

  • There's this open issue which sounds related. I would hazard a guess that this is a bug in iOS and WKWebView isn't using gamepad input, but we need to finish reproducing/investigating it first, which is just taking a little longer as it's a hardware-dependent issue.

    Ok, thanks. Let me know if I can help in any way.

  • A couple of months ago I did a quick test of gamepad support on my iPad after an Xcode export and it worked (using a Bluetooth connected Switch Joy Con).

    Today I got hold of another Joy Con and wanted to test whether two controllers worked. But my game didn't respond. The Joy Cons are both connected and detected as controllers in iOS' settings and work with other games.

    They also work on my iPad using remote preview. But exports to either Xcode directly or via Cordova don't.

    I've built this test app to confirm.

    drive.google.com/file/d/12SgKQLV1oJdNBmAQLhH3N6u8TGbaNOhR/view

    Again, it works fine in local preview (on a Windows laptop with a USB controller) and in remote preview (iPad with Joy Con) but not in either an Xcode or Cordova export.

    I've also gone back to find a previous version of my game that does work with an export, but can't, so I'm wondering whether there's some regression bug in C3 or in the export pipeline?

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  • I went down this route:

    Click "Restore Purchases" button - call "Restore purchases"

    Wait for 2 seconds (might need to increase this)

    I then check "is product owned"

    It's now working in Xcode using a Local StoreKit Configuration file

    Next step is to upload a new version to TestFlight and test it there

    (I'm skipping testing it in the Sandbox - not think that's necessary - mine is a very simple case with just one non-consumable IAP).

    This guide on testing IAPs on iOS was invaluable:

    medium.com/@Sergey.Zhuravel/in-app-purchases-in-ios-part-3-testing-purchases-in-testflight-sandbox-and-locally-in-xcode-3dec999986e1

  • Can I ask how you connect the Arduinos to Construct?

  • Just looked at how some other games handle "Restore Purchase" when there's nothing to restore:

    1 of them did absolutely nothing

    4 of them do nothin except animate the "Restore Purchase" button to give some confirmation that it's been tapped.

    2 of them said "Restore successful" even though nothing was restored

    1 of them actually reported "Nothing to restore"

    I wondering whether that last one just waits for a few seconds before checking whether the product is owned?

  • Quick update to this:

    I looks like MobileIAP.Restore purchases causes "On product owned" to trigger.

    So the issue I have now is how to detect when the user clicks on "Restore purchases" but doesn't have the IAP (I only have one IAP)?

    Current flow:

    1. User clicks "Restore purchases"
    2. MobileIAP.Restore Purchases called
    3. If "Has product xxx" = true, then set global variable "IAPPurchased" = TRUE & alert user "Restore successful"
    4. If "Has product xxx" = false, alert user "Nothing to restore"
    5. "On product xxx owned", then set global variable "IAPPurchased" = TRUE & alert user "Purchase successful"

    The problem is that steps 1 to 4 all happen BEFORE "On product xxx owned" so that step 3 is never TRUE and "Nothing to restore" is always displayed.

    ("On product xxx owned" triggers either after a purchase or restore.)

    Another minor issue is distinguishing in step 4 whether the user has just purchased or restored the IAP. I can either change "Purchase successful" to just "Success" or store in a variable whether the last button pressed was "Purchase IAP" or "Restore Purchases" then set the message to be either "Purchase successful" or "Restore successful" accordingly.

  • > Am I doing something wrong or is this a bug?

    It's a mistake in your events. The "Else" means "is not on Android". So your logic will only ever show "Android" or "OtherPlatform".

    Thank you - can't believe I was so dumb. Can confirm it's working now - both in the Xcode simulator and on a real iPhone.

    Now just need to figure out how to test IAPs in TestFlight...

  • I've not tried this myself, but would guess:

    1. Make the canvas global (not certain this is needed)
    2. Save snapshot
    3. Change layout
    4. Load snapshot

    construct.net/en/make-games/manuals/construct-3/plugin-reference/drawing-canvas

  • That brings back pre-iPhone memories!

    I’d start by seeing what the Keyboard object returns when a key is pressed (just numbers I’d guess). Then see what happens when you type into a Text Input object.

  • It turns out to be fraud, you have made a button to restore the purchase but put another action on it.

    When publishing goods in App store you attach a screenshot with the button to restore purchases and the moderator necessarily clicks on it, and if he does not see the necessary action in the console, he will reject your application.

    You don't have to reinvent the wheel. Just put a restore purchases action on the button and if you have one-time purchases apple will restore them.

    Makes sense - thank you - will add that and hopefully submit later today.

  • In iPhones this button should restore non consumable account purchases after reinstalling the game.

    But what does the restore purchase action actually do? When a purchase is made, On Product Owned triggers so I know to unlock features or whatever. But it's not clear if anything triggers when Restore Purchase is made. Currently I'm just checking Product Owned when the restore purchase button is clicked and not using Restore Purchase. I'm fairly close to submitting to TestFlight where IAPs can be tested, so I'll know for sure whether my method works or if I do need to call Restore Purchases.

  • Hey - thanks for reproducing and good to know I could leave the button in Android builds.

    Also, on the subject of restore purchases, do you know what the mobileIAP's restore purchases action actually does? I assumed it would be sufficient to simply check whether the product was owned. Discussed in another thread here.

    Could you explain what you mean by this:

    By the way in my archive for Xcode in the folder "pods" were not all the files had to make "pod install".

    I see a pods problem after exporting as Xcode (easily fixed - see point 2. in that post.). But I noticed that if I export as Cordova first (needed to solve another issue described in my third post in that same thread), I don't that pods issue.