Simple And Safe In-App Purchase Using Parse
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Simple And Safe In-App Purchase Using Parse
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#2Is anyone familiar with how this would compare to using iOS 6's IAP content-hosting feature?
Re: Simple And Safe In-App Purchase Using Parse
#3If this is an App store gold rush, then Parse is truly positioning themselves to sell the shovels
Re: Simple And Safe In-App Purchase Using Parse
#4Is anyone familiar with how this would compare to using iOS 6's IAP content-hosting feature?
Officially we should not be commenting on iOS 6 given the non-disclosure nature of the preview. Maybe I can discuss what Parse offers that would be difficult for anyone else (Apple/Google/Amazon) to match:
1. iOS 4, iOS 5 compatibility. Today, the most common iOS development target platform is still iOS 4. Using Parse your in-app purchase will be able to work for the customers who are not on the newest iOS platform.
2. Attaching metadata for products. At Parse a lot of our customers want to attach metadata information to products (categories, authors, genres, the publishing date, actors, etc) and to query products based on this information. You can imagine this is a very handy feature for an app that sells comic books. This is very natural to do on Parse because Parse offers a query-able, key-value data store. In fact, anyone, with or without technical background, would be able to use the data browser to add the metadata to the Product class.
3. Hosting content on Parse requires no App Store review, thus introducing no delay/resubmission via iTunes Connect.
4. Hosting content on Parse has no limit on the number of files/total size of files.
5. Cross app-store in-app purchase hosting. At Parse we see a lot of developers making the same app for Android and iOS. By hosting the content on Parse, you can use Parse for both your iOS and Android app. Parse would know how to validate the purchase receipt against iTunes Connect, Google Play, Amazon AppStore, and other App Stores. Currently Parse does not offer Android support, but we would be able to do this if there is sufficient demand.
Just some of my thoughts...Hope it helps.
Re: Simple And Safe In-App Purchase Using Parse
#5If this is an App store gold rush, then Parse is truly positioning themselves to sell the shovels
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Re: Simple And Safe In-App Purchase Using Parse
#6Is anyone familiar with how this would compare to using iOS 6's IAP content-hosting feature?
Officially we should not be commenting on iOS 6 given the non-disclosure nature of the preview. Maybe I can discuss what Parse offers that would be difficult for anyone else (Apple/Google/Amazon) to match: 1. iOS 4, iOS 5 compatibility. Today, the most common iOS development target platform is still iOS 4. Using Parse your in-app purchase will be able to work for the customers who are not on the newest iOS platform.…
Does Parse support Newsstand yet? I mean in an easy-to-set-up-we-already-did-everything-for-you way, not just in a "yeah, you can use Newsstand with Parse" sort of way.
Re: Simple And Safe In-App Purchase Using Parse
#7If this is an App store gold rush, then Parse is truly positioning themselves to sell the shovels
By spamming HN.
Re: Simple And Safe In-App Purchase Using Parse
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
Officially we should not be commenting on iOS 6 given the non-disclosure nature of the preview. Maybe I can discuss what Parse offers that would be difficult for anyone else (Apple/Google/Amazon) to match: 1. iOS 4, iOS 5 compatibility. Today, the most common iOS development target platform is still iOS 4. Using Parse your in-app purchase will be able to work for the customers who are not on the newest iOS platform.…
Does Parse support Newsstand yet? I mean in an easy-to-set-up-we-already-did-everything-for-you way, not just in a "yeah, you can use Newsstand with Parse" sort of way.
Can you tell me what exactly you need for Newsstand? We support Newsstand pushes; what do you need on top of the newly added in-app purchases?
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Does Parse support Newsstand yet? I mean in an easy-to-set-up-we-already-did-everything-for-you way, not just in a "yeah, you can use Newsstand with Parse" sort of way.
Can you tell me what exactly you need for Newsstand? We support Newsstand pushes; what do you need on top of the newly added in-app purchases?
Newsstand also includes background downloading, issue management and an issues list. Some sort of library is also needed, so users can see what they have downloaded and what is on the device. Most indie developers I know struggle with these things if they don't use a pre-packaged publishing suite, like Adobe Digital Publishing or Magster.
Re: Simple And Safe In-App Purchase Using Parse
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Can you tell me what exactly you need for Newsstand? We support Newsstand pushes; what do you need on top of the newly added in-app purchases?
Newsstand also includes background downloading, issue management and an issues list. Some sort of library is also needed, so users can see what they have downloaded and what is on the device. Most indie developers I know struggle with these things if they don't use a pre-packaged publishing suite, like Adobe Digital Publishing or Magster.
Thank you for the thoughtful response. I guess no, we don't have the support for these.
To satisfy my curiosity, are there a lot of indy newsstand developers? Wouldn't most newsstand apps be made by larger media companies?