Why does my Share My Information subscription show the publisher name instead of the application name?

Question

We are building a newsstand app and have added a free in-app purchase subscription. A confirmation confirmation of the subscription is displayed with the name of the application. However, the message "Share information" indicates the following ...

The publisher of [OUR APPOINTMENT OF THE COMPANY] will want your name, email address ...

At first I thought it was just terrible grammar, but I saw it in other applications and should display the name of the application, not the name of the publisher. I tried to run this in both debug and adhoc, but I get the same result.

Will this be due to the fact that the subscription is still in the "Ready to send" state and will it be fixed in the mailing list assembly? I would prefer not to send the application until it is allowed.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

This seems to only happen when using sandbox mode in the App Store. When it is published using assembly builds, it fixes itself. All that stress is for nothing! I am surprised that this error slipped through the Apple network.

Answer 2

This dialog always appears - even now in 2015 - while you are in Sandbox mode ... for example, through the Sandbox IAP tester account or when testing through TestFlight.

There is a manual switch that the application verification team should flip after viewing the application to turn off the dialog. If you still see this after the application is in the store, you need to send a message to the application verification group.

I know this from my own experience with a product application that has auto-renewable subscriptions. I summarized this experience in this conversation , which I gave at the beginning of this year; You can watch it on YouTube.