In-App Purchases Question

[CBSection31]

Hello,

I have read elsewhere that we need to store the information of whether a user purchased in-app content locally, through an INI file or other means.

My question is, what happens if a user wipes their phone and re-downloads the application? Does Apple keep track of in-app purchases on their end, thus allowing them to retain their purchases, or is it all lost?

I am trying to decide whether to create an online database to keep track of purchased content. This would require users to create a username and password, though, and would be overkill if Apple keeps track of this information on their end.

Thanks.

[MJK]

I have yet to implement in-app purchase myself, but where did you read about the need of involving INI? I'm quite sure that all purchases are being stored by Apple under the user's Apple account and will be automatically retrieved from Apple's servers.

[BHGames]

> I'm quite sure that all purchases are being stored by Apple under the user's Apple account and will be automatically retrieved from Apple's servers.

Yes, but only non-consumables and subscriptions. For the rest, you will need to store an INI somewhere (iOS 5 cloud storage is not yet implemented on the MMF runtime afaik).