About Appstore DevTest for IAP

With Appstore DevTest for In-App Purchasing (IAP), you can locally test the IAP flow in your app end-to-end, before submitting your app to Live App Testing (LAT) or publishing it on the Amazon Appstore. You can choose up to 50 testers to access DevTest for IAP on your app. The testers you choose must have access to one of these options:

Signed binary

or the following:

App source code
Certificate and private key

After you set up your environment and complete integration, you can test in-app purchases with Amazon Appstore production services.

Differences from Live App Testing

DevTest for IAP is not the same as , which is also offered by the Amazon Appstore. Although both features allow you to test in-app purchasing in your app, there are differences. DevTest for IAP allows the following:

Local testing of in-app purchases with Appstore production services

DevTest for IAP doesn’t currently allow:

Submitting or distributing binaries to testers
Publishing metadata for the app
Testing locally configured in-app purchases that aren’t live in the Developer Console

For detailed differences about required inputs and supported features, see the sections that follow.

Input data differences

The following table compares the data or action required to create a test in LAT and the data required to register for DevTest for IAP.

Data or action	LAT	Appstore DevTest for IAP
Upload app binary file	Required	Not required
Target supported devices	Required	Not required
App icon	Required	Not required
Text metadata (App title, category, language support)	Required	Not required
Content rating	Required	Not required
Tester information (such as email address)	Required	Required
Certificate	Not required	Required

Supported features

The following table compares features supported by LAT and those supported by DevTest for IAP.

Feature	LAT	Appstore DevTest for IAP
Send email invitation to testers	Yes	No
Distribute binary file to testers	Yes	No
Test local changes to app	No	Yes
Test IAP against production services	Yes	Yes
Test IAP consumables	Yes	Yes
Test IAP entitlements	Yes	Yes
Test basic IAP subscriptions	Yes	Yes

DevTest for IAP workflow

The following diagram shows the workflow for DevTest for IAP from registration to testing. See detailed description

Detailed description

Register your app for DevTest for IAP using a certificate.
On the Manage Testers page, add yourself or other developers and testers to grant them access to DevTest for IAP.
Make code changes and build the VPKG file.
Test the IAP flow on a device.

​Differences from Live App Testing

​Input data differences

​Supported features

​DevTest for IAP workflow

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Differences from Live App Testing

Input data differences

Supported features

DevTest for IAP workflow

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