Hi everyone,
We're seeking clarification and assistance regarding the StoreKit External Purchase capability in our iOS app.
🧾 Context
We have applied for and been approved under the Alternative Terms Addendum for Apps Distributed in the European Union. The StoreKit External Purchase capability is now active in our app, but we want it to be limited to the EU region only, and not available in the United States.
Could anyone from Apple (or community members with experience) help confirm:
Whether there's any misconfiguration causing the capability to be active outside the EU?
That our account has EU distribution correctly enabled?
🧪 Technical Issue: canPresent Always Returns false
We are currently implementing StoreKit.externalPurchase in our iOS app, but we’re seeing unexpected behavior during testing.
✅ What We've Done
- Entitlement Added:
com.apple.developer.storekit.external-purchase
- Info.plist Updated:
<key>SKExternalPurchase</key> <array> <string>dk</string> </array>
- Device & Account Setup:
Real iPad used for testing
canMakePayments() returns true
Device signed in with a Sandbox Apple ID set to Denmark
❗️Observed Behavior
canPresent() always returns false
The storefront region reported by the app is "USA", not "Denmark"
We've tried:
Cleaning the project
Reinstalling the app
Verifying provisioning profiles
Restarting the device
Still no success.
Questions
Are there known delays in region propagation for Sandbox Apple IDs?
Are there device or App Store settings that influence canPresent() region logic?
Any help or insights would be appreciated!