Cannot retrieve products from Google Play store with Fovea purchase plugin

Question

I'm using the Fovea.cc purchase plugin for an Android Cordova app. The plugin initializes, but cannot find my in-app purchase products - I get the same "Product could not be found" error I would if the product didn't exist or if the app was not published. I'm looking for more troubleshooting steps.

Here's the relevant code, which is called on app launch:

store.register({
    id: "com.ineptech.wn.unlockgame",
    alias: "unlockgame",
    type: store.NON_CONSUMABLE
});
store.ready(function() {
    console.log("\\o/ STORE READY \\o/");  // This does get called
});
store.when("unlockgame").approved(function (order) {
    UnlockContent();
    order.finish();
});
store.refresh();
var p = store.get("unlockgame");
popup("Title = " + p.title);  
// this displays "Title = null"

And here's the code for the purchase button:

store.order("unlockgame");
// Results in "The item you were attempting to purchase 
//    could not be found" error from Play Store

Here's what a purchase attempt displays in logcat:

I/ActivityManager(424): Displayed com.android.vending/com.google.android.finsky.billing.lightpurchase.IabV3Activity: +80ms
E/Volley(22062): [1009] BasicNetwork.performRequest: Unexpected response code 500 for https://android.clients.google.com/fdfe/preparePurchase

And here's what I've already double-checked:

• "unlockgame" is the correct product ID
• The product is defined in the Play console and is Active
• The app is published and active
• The app is built in release mode and running on a real device
• The device can reach the Play store okay
• My app's license key is stored in res/values/billing_key.xml

What else might be keeping the plugin from getting the products?

Answer 1

The issue is most probably with your configuration, but first I see is that you're trying to access the product title right after doing store.refresh()

store.refresh();
var p = store.get("unlockgame");

However, store.refresh() method is asynchronous and will just trigger a request to the server. You can monitor changes to your product this way:

store.when("unlockgame").updated(function(p) {
    alert("product is " + p.state + ", title is " + p.title);
});

Then call:

store.refresh();

Also check that the product ID on the play console is com.ineptech.wn.unlockgame, not just unlockgame, and that it's of type Managed.