In-app purchase actions

The workflow events in this section only apply to native mobile apps.

Initiate subscription purchase

Starts a native in-app purchase flow for a selected billing variant.

Key behaviors:

• Opens the Apple or Google payment sheet

• Handles receipt validation automatically

• Updates the Subscription Purchases table when the purchase completes

You can select a billing variant directly or pass one dynamically, such as from a repeating group.

A typical flow looks like this:

• The user taps an Upgrade or Subscribe button

• The workflow runs Initiate subscription purchase

• Bubble hands off to Apple or Google

• The subscription state updates automatically

Important: A User must be logged into an account on your app in order to initiate a purchase as a Subscription Purchase record must be linked to a User. Hide all billing actions until a user has logged in.

Manage subscription

Redirects the user to the platform-native subscription management screen.

Use this action to allow users to:

• Cancel a subscription

• Change billing frequency

• Upgrade or downgrade within a subscription group

Apple and Google control the management UI. Bubble provides the entry point, not the management controls themselves.

Note: Users can also upgrade or downgrade by initiating a purchase on a different plan for upgrades, downgrades, and cross-grades.