Resolved UWP subscription

Jeff, please, clarify are subscriptions for Windows Store (ILL2CPP, Win 10 minimum) supported?
Thanks!

1.22.0, other products work fine

 

Yes - warning in log: "Unavailable product %product_id%"

Add-on has correct status in dashboard: "In the Microsoft Store",
product added to ConfigurationBuilder as "Subscription"

 

Here is console log without any %%, all other product types work fine.
Log was taken from build that downloaded from store.

 

Jeff - that's the full log. 2 line:
- first about Unity IAP version
- second that comes from Unity IAP (on screenshot)

All product have the same format - lots of characters with lots of dots...
I can confirm, that all consumable products work, but subscriptions still not...

If you did not make tests with UWP subscriptions - I think that's the reason)))

 

I have the same issue here. Is there any update? All products work except for UWP subscriptions.

 

oh boy, that sounded like "you'll see Unity 2022.3 before we fix UWP subscriptions". Specially since this was first reported on September.
This is an urgent issue, half of my game income is from subscriptions. I've just moved from android/ios to UWP and the button is there for mere decoration purposes.

 

Well, it's getting about 4000 new a day, as I said I've just moved to UWP that game so it doesn't make sense to compare the userbase to existing ios/android which counts a few million downloads right now.
I just expected that the same code would work since i'm using unity IAP and to my surprise, anyone trying to subscribe on UWP can't do so.

 

The test system seems ok. I didn't get any error. And after release, every IAP works on UWP. It's only the subscription system that it's failing. Everything else seems ok.

 

Yes, on test mode it returns a fake "ok". It's only when you build a release that fails. Using 2019.3b11 btw.

 

No, there it never works on UWP.

 

Ok, I've spent a few hours to write my own system. It wasn't that hard, I've just wish that Unity subscription worked so I don't have to fill my code with #if defs

Most of the source I've got from
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/wi...ion-add-ons-for-your-app#manage-subscriptions

 

With Microsoft cancelling its ad service, I would also like to get subscriptions working. 30K+ daily users and now no way to monetize. Will this work in Unity soon?

 

Conclusion: write your own. Unity IAP for some unknown reason doesn't support subscriptions only on UWP. And I mean truly unknown reason because it took one evening to implement on my side and on unity side it would be a piece of cake (a few hours at most?) because they already have the whole system for regular in-apps and it's exactly the same code.

Go figure... one of those mysteries at Unity.

 

IAP is a separate package from Unity. They could even open-source it and we could fix it in no time. I honestly think all that it's required, in this case, is a few lines of code because everything for subscriptions is already written on the IAP package.

 

Really? I just found out this thread. This is VERY IMPORTANT.

 

Are we supposed to natively implement the IAP system for UWP ourselves to get subscriptions?

Sorry, I have to ask: what is stopping the Unity team from allocating more resources to the IAP system? Not UWP, but in general. Is this not a priority at all? Few users using the sytem? Are users implementing things natively for all platforms?

There are no scripting docs online (reported more than a year ago), there's a bug causing some assemblies to see IAPs enabled/disabled differently (reported more than a year ago, constantly causing problems in our build pipeline), there are no subscriptions on UWP (I thought the module was as close to cross platform as possible), etc.

I don't know what to say anymore. I regret not having implemented our own system for all platforms, which is kind of a sad thing since the Unity Purchasing package mostly works, but then fails in things that seem essential as well.

 

Thanks for replying, Jeff. That is indeed great news!

I'm 100% sure that you have larger problems and a much larger user base on Android/iOS, but I was hoping UWP subscriptions were part of the package. It's unfortunate and will cost us some time to implement and test. But hopefully not too bad...

 

can you please share the code of the system that we can use to enable subscription and check if this subscription is not expired for windows store.

thank you

 

And now its almost 2022 as predicted. Lol
I mean, Unity went IPO and so much money they can write this with a breeze (I did it in an aftertoon). Conclusion: they don´t give a damn.

Subscriptions in UWP and receipt validations for it, are still failing. So you can't check if someone bought an automatic subscription from the store and if they have renewed it.

Usual dev timeframe = one evening.
Unity loaded with money to buy speedtree and other stuff = needs 2 to 3 years dev time. Awesome!

 

Then why don't you just remove UWP altogether? I mean, I understand demand can be low, but the reason demand is low is because the IAP unity system is crap on UWP so we don't want to use it. Like myself, who had to implement my own system.

Also, you said TWO years ago that Unity would work on it. I even sounded like a jerk making fun of that comment and now it looks, again, like I was right. Unity has proven to me time after time that the lower I set my expectations with releases, the better. This is just one more. You guys really need to put some work on customer satisfaction.

Seriously, this is one evening work for any serious developer out there. You can't tell me Unity is not capable, doesn't have the resources, or got more important things to do for TWO years in something that requires one evening.

Why I don't copy and paste my code here and make every user happy? Because it's literally a copy and paste from the url I posted 2 years ago with minimum changes. And there is a difference between helping other forum readers and doing Unity's work. Oh, and I was WISHING to be proven wrong so badly and have Unity actually release a fix for this in a decent amount of time.

 

"Windows Store subscriptions are not available yet. It is on our roadmap for this year however."
JeffDUnity3D, Apr 4, 2018

Maybe year 2022 is finally the year !

 

Keep dreaming. It took them 7 years to add holes to the terrain. So calculate...

 

Hi Jeff, is there any news in that regard?

 

Just open-source the IAP package and allow us to add it. 2 years ago you posted that you guys had hired some devs who would be working on this. Not sure if that was a joke.
In any case, as I suggested years ago, if you open-source this package the community would fix it and add it in a heartbeat.

 

which one? use other IAP resources in the store? Because there are many and none free, and who knows which one works with UWP subscription. Can you be more specific?

 

I've checked over 10 and their descriptions don't mention UWP subscriptions. So telling us to get one of the IAP available, it's like asking us to find a diamond in a dark mine. Not much help. If you were to point us to at least one or two assets on the store that handles UWP subscriptions it would be helpful. As far as I know, nothing in the asset store handles UWP subscriptions.

 

Any news on this? I would like to add UWP as a platform and need subscription support for that. Q2 has passed already and from Release Notes I don't seen UWP subscriptions mentioned. Should I wait for Unity IAP support in near future or should I start implementing it myself?

 

You need to implement them yourself. It's been years and Unity doesn't seem to have much interest in adding proper support for UWP. Fortunately, it's not hard, it's just annoying that we need to add a custom case for this in code.
You can find most of the code in Enable subscription add-ons for your app - Microsoft Store | Microsoft Docs

 

I can't believe this isn't fixed yet what a joke, how is it not a priority when it directly affects income? @creat327 Thanks for pointing me in the right direction! Like you said, an hour+ work. 3+ years and nobody at Unity could spare a couple of hours? Wow