Question Windows Store IAP

So Windows Store IAP is no longer working it does not init, I read a post where JeffUnity3d pretty much said
it has less than 2% market share and we are looking to support others like steam UWP is old topic case closed

So can Unity confirm that they are no longer supporting IAP for Windows Store so developers can take steps

 

I'm using Unity IAP for two UWP games and am not seeing any init issues (on Win 10)

That said, Unity Purchasing is using an old version of the MS Store API which can present problems.

For example, it doesn't support private audiences (only public). Using private audiences (from what I remember) throws an exception on init, so maybe that's what you're seeing?

Regardless of market share, I see a decent number of developers supporting UWP. So I really wish Unity would take it seriously and update to the latest MS Store API. They actively support UWP as a platform, so why not the IAP side of things.

There is a package on the Unity Asset store that supports the latest MS Store API, so you may want to look into that as an alternative.

 

Using Windows 11 updated to latest Unity IAP version

 

Jeff that is not a response is Unity not supporting Windows IAP anymore,?

 

Windows 11 latest IAP 4.4.1 does not initialize fail or success callbacks not firing, published Apps that were working fine with a slightly older IAP version are no longer working, which is why I tried updating to latest but to no success
see this thread
https://forum.unity.com/threads/uwp-unity-iap-initialize-failed-without-any-callback.1181431/

creat327 says
"The best solution is to not use Unity IAP in UWP. They keep breaking it and they ignore requests to fix it."

Jeff you respond with
"Agreed, Microsoft changed the API. Also, the market share for UWP is now less that 2%. We are looking to support other stores on the Windows platform like Steam. Closing this thread, UWP is an old topic."

So my question is Unity planning on continued support for IAP on UWP

 

Hi Jeff,

Have you tried Unity IAP on Win 11 by any chance? I don't have access to it, so haven't tried personally.

I can live with the limitations of Unity IAP on Win 10, as I'm sure most could. But if it turns out that it doesn't work on Win 11, I honestly think Unity need to consider changing their approach here. Win 11 has a large enough market share for this to be a bigger issue now.

Unity is supporting UWP (as a platform) and even UCB is supposed to be adding UWP support (last I heard, Q4 this year)

So to officially 'support' a product that is partly broken on Win 10 and (potentially) completely broken on Win 11 seems out of step (regardless of the argument on market share)

I think it's time for Unity to either update it's IAP support for UWP, or officially mark it as deprecated\unsupported and move on.

It helps nobody (Unity or devs) in having a product that is (for all intents and purposes) 'supported' but ultimately broken.

My games are available on Windows, Android & iOS and I would like that to continue. As it stands, supporting IAP on Windows looks like it means supporting multi IAP providers, which is just not ideal.

 

Well seems like there is a market for UWP IAP plugin in the asset store

 

Anyone have a good UWP IAP solution? as many mention IAP is broken with private UWP, which make it hard to do testing.

If not will look to develop a store extension... So sad that there is no good support for UnityADs and IAP for Windows

 

Simple IAP is interesting but it use Unity IAP to work, so it have the same limitation

 

Cmon Jeff ..

 

Hi, can you explain some thing. We have an app at Windows Store with Unity IAP 4.1.2 and it works well.
Now we update to Unity IAP 4.4.1 for GP/iOS, and UWP build now can't initialize products even with mock system enabled:

Code (CSharp):

1. var purchasingModule = StandardPurchasingModule.Instance();
2. var builder = ConfigurationBuilder.Instance(purchasingModule);
3. builder.Configure<IMicrosoftConfiguration>().useMockBillingSystem = true;

At log we receive

Unity Purchasing: UnityIAPWin8:PollForProducts() Exception (persistent = true, delay = 10000, retry = 10), exception: access denied

Is it correct, that problem is with Unity IAP and we can't no longer use it with UWP?
Is there are any requirements for build settings? D3D or XAML? Minimum platform version?

P.S.: Unity 2020.3.24f

 

yeah pretty much all my published Apps IAP stopped working in Aug I think and updating to latest does not solve problem as Jeff as implied they are no longer interested in UWP instead they prefer to not say anything and string out developers for torture, sometime I wonder why I pay $35 a month just to avoid a Unity splash screen

 

What Unity and IAP versions in your published apps? Purchases in our published app still works, but in new builds are not.

 

I use 4.4.1 with Windows Store and it work well, if your product is "public" (can be non searchable) however