Store Fixes: Dummy Credit Card to Simulate Purchase

Question

It would be great if there was a dummy credit card one could enable while debugging. This would make a it possible to simulate and test purchase of our app.

By setting a debug flag in VS, user initiation of purchase and hand-off to the Microsoft Store dialog would assume a simulated purchase. To confirm this status the Store Purchase would return with a simulation flag set so the debugged code for appropriate handling.

This would be add a lot of confidence around purchase flow. Can we get this?

Answer 1

Hello,

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Can we get this?

I have to say that there is no such feature for simulating in-app purchases in Windows.Services.Store Namespace. I'd suggest you create free add-ons for testing purpose.

The old Windows.ApplicationModel.Store Namespace does have a feature to test in a simulated version by using a class called CurrentAppSimulator. But you need to note that the Windows.ApplicationModel.Store Namespace has no longer been updated since Windows 10 Anniversary Edition (10.0; Build 14393). It doesn't contain APIs for new store feature like subscription add-on. More information about how to use the old store API here: In-app purchases and trials using the Windows.ApplicationModel.Store namespace

Thank you.

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