Services for iOS

Services for iOS

At the moment, there are two iOS APIs partially implemented, GameCenter and Storekit. Both use the same model of asynchronous calls explained below.

Asynchronous methods

When requesting an asynchronous operation, the method will look like this:

Error purchase(Variant p_params);

The parameter will usually be a Dictionary, with the information necessary to make the request, and the call will have two phases. First, the method will immediately return an Error value. If the Error is not ‘OK’, the call operation is completed, with an error probably caused locally (no internet connection, API incorrectly configured, etc). If the error value is ‘OK’, a response event will be produced and added to the ‘pending events’ queue. Example:

func on_purchase_pressed():
    var result = InAppStore.purchase( { "product_id": "my_product" } )
    if result == OK:
        animation.play("busy") # show the "waiting for response" animation
    else:
        show_error()
# put this on a 1 second timer or something
func check_events():
    while InAppStore.get_pending_event_count() > 0:
        var event = InAppStore.pop_pending_event()
        if event.type == "purchase":
            if event.result == "ok":
                show_success(event.product_id)
            else:
                show_error()

Remember that when a call returns OK, the API will always produce an event through the pending_event interface, even if it’s an error, or a network timeout, etc. You should be able to, for example, safely block the interface waiting for a reply from the server. If any of the APIs don’t behave this way it should be treated as a bug.

The pending event interface consists of two methods:

get_pending_event_count() Returns the number of pending events on the queue.
Variant pop_pending_event() Pops the first event from the queue and returns it.

Store Kit

Implemented in platform/iphone/in_app_store.mm.

The Store Kit API is accessible through the “InAppStore” singleton (will always be available from gdscript). It is initialized automatically. It has three methods for purchasing:

Error purchase(Variant p_params);
Error request_product_info(Variant p_params);
Error restore_purchases();

and the pending_event interface

int get_pending_event_count();
Variant pop_pending_event();

purchase

Purchases a product id through the Store Kit API.

Parameters

Takes a Dictionary as a parameter, with one field, product_id, a string with your product id. Example:

var result = InAppStore.purchase( { "product_id": "my_product" } )

Response event

The response event will be a dictionary with the following fields:

On error:

{
  "type": "purchase",
  "result": "error",
  "product_id": "the product id requested"
}

On success:

{
  "type": "purchase",
  "result": "ok",
  "product_id": "the product id requested"
}

request_product_info

Requests the product info on a list of product IDs.

Parameters

Takes a Dictionary as a parameter, with one field, product_ids, a string array with a list of product ids. Example:

var result = InAppStore.request_product_info( { "product_ids": ["my_product1", "my_product2"] } )

Response event

The response event will be a dictionary with the following fields:

{
  "type": "product_info",
  "result": "ok",
  "invalid_ids": [ list of requested ids that were invalid ],
  "ids": [ list of ids that were valid ],
  "titles": [ list of valid product titles (corresponds with list of valid ids) ],
  "descriptions": [ list of valid product descriptions ] ,
  "prices": [ list of valid product prices ],
  "localized_prices": [ list of valid product localized prices ],
}

restore_purchases

Restores previously made purchases on user’s account. This will create response events for each previously purchased product id.

Response event

The response events will be dictionaries with the following fields:

{
  "type": "restore",
  "result": "ok",
  "product id": "product id of restored purchase"
}

Game Center

Implemented in platform/iphone/game_center.mm.

The Game Center API is available through the “GameCenter” singleton. It has 9 methods:

Error authenticate();
bool is_authenticated();
Error post_score(Variant p_score);
Error award_achievement(Variant p_params);
void reset_achievements();
void request_achievements();
void request_achievement_descriptions();
Error show_game_center(Variant p_params);
Error request_identity_verification_signature();

plus the standard pending event interface.

authenticate

Authenticates a user in Game Center.

Response event

The response event will be a dictionary with the following fields:

On error:

{
  "type": "authentication",
  "result": "error",
  "error_code": the value from NSError::code,
  "error_description": the value from NSError::localizedDescription,
}

On success:

{
  "type": "authentication",
  "result": "ok",
  "player_id": the value from GKLocalPlayer::playerID,
}

post_score

Posts a score to a Game Center leaderboard.

Parameters

Takes a Dictionary as a parameter, with two fields:

score a float number
category a string with the category name

Example:

var result = GameCenter.post_score( { "score": 100, "category": "my_leaderboard", } )

Response event

The response event will be a dictionary with the following fields:

On error:

{
  "type": "post_score",
  "result": "error",
  "error_code": the value from NSError::code,
  "error_description": the value from NSError::localizedDescription,
}

On success:

{
  "type": "post_score",
  "result": "ok",
}

award_achievement

Modifies the progress of a Game Center achievement.

Parameters

Takes a Dictionary as a parameter, with 3 fields:

name (string) the achievement name
progress (float) the achievement progress from 0.0 to 100.0 (passed to GKAchievement::percentComplete)
show_completion_banner (bool) whether Game Center should display an achievement banner at the top of the screen

Example:

var result = award_achievement( { "name": "hard_mode_completed", "progress": 6.1 } )

Response event

The response event will be a dictionary with the following fields:

On error:

{
  "type": "award_achievement",
  "result": "error",
  "error_code": the error code taken from NSError::code,
}

On success:

{
  "type": "award_achievement",
  "result": "ok",
}

reset_achievements

Clears all Game Center achievements. The function takes no parameters.

Response event

The response event will be a dictionary with the following fields:

On error:

{
  "type": "reset_achievements",
  "result": "error",
  "error_code": the value from NSError::code
}

On success:

{
  "type": "reset_achievements",
  "result": "ok",
}

request_achievements

Request all the Game Center achievements the player has made progress on. The function takes no parameters.

Response event

The response event will be a dictionary with the following fields:

On error:

{
  "type": "achievements",
  "result": "error",
  "error_code": the value from NSError::code
}

On success:

{
  "type": "achievements",
  "result": "ok",
  "names": [ list of the name of each achievement ],
  "progress": [ list of the progress made on each achievement ]
}

request_achievement_descriptions

Request the descriptions of all existing Game Center achievements regardless of progress. The function takes no parameters.

Response event

The response event will be a dictionary with the following fields:

On error:

{
  "type": "achievement_descriptions",
  "result": "error",
  "error_code": the value from NSError::code
}

On success:

{
  "type": "achievement_descriptions",
  "result": "ok",
  "names": [ list of the name of each achievement ],
  "titles": [ list of the title of each achievement ]
  "unachieved_descriptions": [ list of the description of each achievement when it is unachieved ]
  "achieved_descriptions": [ list of the description of each achievement when it is achieved ]
  "maximum_points": [ list of the points earned by completing each achievement ]
  "hidden": [ list of booleans indicating whether each achievement is initially visible ]
  "replayable": [ list of booleans indicating whether each achievement can be earned more than once ]
}

show_game_center

Displays the built in Game Center overlay showing leaderboards, achievements, and challenges.

Parameters

Takes a Dictionary as a parameter, with two fields:

view (string) (optional) the name of the view to present. Accepts “default”, “leaderboards”, “achievements”, or “challenges”. Defaults to “default”.
leaderboard_name (string) (optional) the name of the leaderboard to present. Only used when “view” is “leaderboards” (or “default” is configured to show leaderboards). If not specified, Game Center will display the aggregate leaderboard.

Examples:

var result = show_game_center( { "view": "leaderboards", "leaderboard_name": "best_time_leaderboard" } )
var result = show_game_center( { "view": "achievements" } )

Response event

The response event will be a dictionary with the following fields:

On close:

{
  "type": "show_game_center",
  "result": "ok",
}

Multi-platform games

When working on a multi-platform game, you won’t always have the “GameCenter” singleton available (for example when running on PC or Android). Because the gdscript compiler looks up the singletons at compile time, you can’t just query the singletons to see and use what you need inside a conditional block, you need to also define them as valid identifiers (local variable or class member). This is an example of how to work around this in a class:

var GameCenter = null # define it as a class member
func post_score(p_score):
    if GameCenter == null:
        return
    GameCenter.post_score( { "value": p_score, "category": "my_leaderboard" } )
func check_events():
    while GameCenter.get_pending_event_count() > 0:
        # do something with events here
        pass
func _ready():
    # check if the singleton exists
    if Globals.has_singleton("GameCenter"):
        GameCenter = Globals.get_singleton("GameCenter")
        # connect your timer here to the "check_events" function