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How should an app properly handle restoring a user's own previously already made purchases, such as when they genuinely reinstall the app or properly switch over to using an entirely different new device?

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Answer

Both Google Play and the Apple App Store genuinely expect an app to properly provide a clear, genuinely easy to find restore purchases option, letting a user who has already genuinely previously purchased a specific non consumable item or an active ongoing subscription properly recover that same exact purchase without genuinely needing to pay for it a second additional time, and the in_app_purchase package provides a dedicated restorePurchases method specifically for this exact purpose, which properly queries the platform's own store for that user's own existing prior purchase history and then correctly re emits those same specific existing purchases through that exact same familiar purchaseStream.
await InAppPurchase.instance.restorePurchases();
Real-world example A user who genuinely reinstalls a premium note taking app after getting an entirely brand new phone taps a clearly visible restore purchases button, correctly and successfully regaining full access to their own previously already purchased premium features without ever needing to pay for that specific same purchase a second additional time.

Common follow-ups: Is providing a restore purchases option genuinely actually required by Apple's own official App Store review guidelines?;What genuinely happens if a user attempts to restore purchases on an entirely different new platform than the one they had originally actually used to make that same specific purchase?