I need to implement a renewable subscriptions in my mobile application, with different plans, duration and prices (like Netflix is doing), that is valid on mobile but also in my desktop app.
I read many threads and I understood that the only way to know if the subscription is correctly renewed is to check it from the mobile app: this is a problem for me because if I bought a subscription in my mobile app and I stop using it, but I'm still using the desktop application, at the end of the subscription I will not know if the subscription was renewed (because the user never opened the mobile app) and so I'll block the user for log-in in the desktop app.
I also read that it's not possibile to use Stripe or Paypal to manage the payment in mobile app, because the store will block the application that is not using a proprietary purchase system to sell not-physical goods or services.
So, the question is: is there a way to make a recurring subscription and know if it's currently active or not and the total payed without open the mobile app? If not, how can I manage a recurring subscription both in mobile and desktop apps? May be I'll need to create an external web page using a webview and then use Stripe or Paypal?
Thanks.
Matteo
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Renewalbe subscription on mobile
Implement Stripe in Xamarin
EDIT
Our purpose is to manage subscriptions on desktop application but give the mobile user the possibility to buy a plan also on mobile.
Is possible to use a web view or default mobile browser to redirect the user to desktop web page and buy from here, without have any problem when publish app on apple and play store.
