How to check if an add-on has purchased that use StoreContext class

Question

I have defined a durable AddOn, and when I used RequestPurchaseAsync() method to check if an add-on has purchased or not, it always shows UI which will be annoying to the user.

In the previous version I used: CurrentApp.LicenseInformation.ProductLicenses[ProductId].IsActive to check if the add-on has purchased. So is there any method in StoreContext to solve the problem?

Answer 1

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In order to check if an add-on has purchased or not, please check the license information using StoreContext Class. To access the licenses for durable add-ons of the current app for which the user has an entitlement to use, use the AddOnLicenses property of the StoreAppLicense object as follows:

public async void GetLicenseInfo()  
{  
    if (context == null)  
    {  
        context = StoreContext.GetDefault();  
    }  
    StoreAppLicense appLicense = await context.GetAppLicenseAsync();  
  
    if (appLicense == null)  
    {  
        textBlock.Text = "An error occurred while retrieving the license.";  
        return;  
    }  
  
    // Access the valid licenses for durable add-ons for this app.  
    foreach (KeyValuePair item in appLicense.AddOnLicenses)  
    {  
        StoreLicense addOnLicense = item.Value;  
        // Use members of the addOnLicense object to access license info  
        // for the add-on.  
    }  
}  

For more information, please refer to this document: Get license info for apps and add-ons.

Thanks