The sequence of steps leading to a successful credit card charge looks like this: If, on the other hand, you want to sell official t-shirts inside the app, then you have to handle your own credit card payments with a service like Stripe. If you want to offer more levels for 99 cents a pop, you have to use an In-App Purchase. If you are dealing with a physical good or service, not only should you not try to use an In-App Purchase, you must not. In-App Purchases can only be used to sell digital goods that are going to be consumed within the app. :]īut Wait A Second, You Might Be Wondering… What About In-App Purchases?Ĭredit card payments are not to be confused with In-App Purchases. Your primary task is to integrate the logic to collect and send the payment to your simple back-end app that will talk to Stripe. You can add and remove any number of puppies to and from your cart and all the changes will be reflected automatically in the third tab, which contains your order information. The checkout cart is implemented as a singleton called CheckoutCart. For simplicity, the ten puppies on display, including the featured puppy, are all read from a local file named puppies.json. Real-world e-commerce apps typically get their inventory data from a remote server. Build and run RWPuppies to give it a whirl, and notice that the UI and most of the functionality is already in place. You can download the starter project here. You don’t want to waste your time setting up table views or dragging out buttons in Interface Builder when you’re here to learn about Stripe so you’ll be happy to hear this tutorial provides you with a starter project that has everything unrelated to Stripe already implemented for you. Tapping on Continue takes you to a view controller where you can enter your credit card information and complete your purchase. Checkout: Shows all the puppies that are currently in your cart, along with a running total for your order.Tapping on any cell takes you to that pup’s details page, which looks very similar to the featured puppy page. Inventory: Displays the entire list of puppies on sale in table format.There’s even an Add to Cart button right there on the view controller if you decide to buy the featured pup on a whim. This tab contains the puppy’s detailed information like name, breed and price. Featured Puppy: Displays the puppy of the day.The app consists of the following three tabs: Full disclosure: This app will not ship puppies right to your door. Your project for this tutorial is RWPuppies, a fully-functional mobile storefront that sells and ships puppies right to your door and accepts payments using credit cards. If your keys ever become compromised, you can reset them using the dotted icons to their right. Note: Whenever you need your API keys, remember this is where you’ll find them. For the purposes of this tutorial, and whenever you’re just developing, you want to use the test secret and test publishable keys.
You won’t be able to use your live keys until you verify your account with Stripe. To find your keys, click on API on the dashboard’s left menu.Īs shown below, Stripe generates a pair of test secret/publishable API keys for your account. If you chose not to do so now, click Skip. You will be greeted with a dialog to add a mobile recovery number. Insert your details (don’t forget to check the Captcha box) and click Create your Stripe account. It does not require to have your business details handy since we are going to use test data. So far, so good!Īt this point, you are going to create a full-fledged Stripe account. Notice the phrase The new standard in online payments is stamped right on the homepage. Head over to and click on the green button that says CREATE ACCOUNT. The first step is to get your API keys from Stripe. All you need to do is to switch out your test API keys with live ones, and that’s it! Getting Started: Creating Your Stripe Account You can start accepting credit cards with Stripe’s API after signing up using the test environment. Also, it allows you to set up a developer account without verifying any business information. First of all, it avoids all the bureaucracy of creating a merchant account while still ensuring transaction safety. There are two main features provided by the Stripe service. Stripe is an easy way to accept online and mobile app payments from both individuals and businesses. You will walk through the whole process, from creating your Stripe account to accepting customer payments. In this tutorial, you are going to learn how to accept credit cards in an iOS app using an amazing service called Stripe. The original tutorial was written by Pietro Rea. Update note: This tutorial was updated to iOS 11, Xcode 9, and Swift 4 by Lorenzo Boaro.
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