Apple Pay Bottom Sheet – Incorrect Failure Design Handling After Backend Call Using Apple Pay Token

[MohamedElgamal93]

Dear All
Kindly Inform You
We are facing an issue with Apple Pay payment flow when handling async order creation.

Current flow:

1. User opens Apple Pay bottom sheet.
2. Payment token is generated automatically by Apple Pay.
3. User confirms payment via Face ID / double click.
4. We call our backend createOrder API after authorization.
5. We need to wait for the API response before dismissing the Apple Pay sheet.
   to handle Bottom Sheet Message "Done" or "Payment Failed" the Current situation now it return All the time as "Done" but we need if the backend replay to us as Payment Failed show this "Payment Failed" to the user

Expected behavior:

• If the API succeeds → show payment success.
• If the API fails → keep the sheet open and show “Payment Failed”.

Issue:
Apple Pay requires PKPaymentAuthorizationResult to be returned immediately, but our order creation is async. There is no clear way to keep the Apple Pay bottom sheet active until the backend response is received, and then emit success or failure properly.

Currently, even when the backend fails, the sheet dismisses before we can show an error.

Question:
What is the recommended way to:

• Delay completion of didAuthorizePayment
• Wait for backend response
• Return .success or .failure dynamically
• Display “Payment Failed” without dismissing the Apple Pay sheet prematurely?

Please find below the payment configuration I'm using:

ApplePayButton(
paymentConfiguration: PaymentConfiguration.fromJsonString(
'''{
"provider": "apple_pay",
"data": {
"merchantIdentifier": "$merchantId",
"displayName": "App Name",
"merchantCapabilities": ["3DS", "debit", "credit"],
"supportedNetworks": ["amex", "visa", "discover", "masterCard","Visa","mada"],
"countryCode": "SA",
"currencyCode": "SAR",
"requiredBillingContactFields": [],
"requiredShippingContactFields": [],
"shippingMethods": []
}
}''',
),
paymentItems: [
PaymentItem(
label: 'App Name',
amount: amount,
status: PaymentItemStatus.final_price,
),
],
style: ApplePayButtonStyle.black,
type: ApplePayButtonType.inStore,
width: double.infinity,
height: 50,
onPaymentResult: onPressed,
onPressed: onClick,
loadingIndicator: Center(child: CircularProgressIndicator()),
)

and this is the code that we use it in native IOS swift App

func paymentAuthorizationController(
_ controller: PKPaymentAuthorizationController,
didAuthorizePayment payment: PKPayment,
handler completion: @escaping (PKPaymentAuthorizationResult) -> Void
) {

createOrder(paymentToken: payment.token) { result in
    switch result {
    case .success:
        completion(
            PKPaymentAuthorizationResult(status: .success)
        )

    case .failure:
        completion(
            PKPaymentAuthorizationResult(
                status: .failure,
                errors: [NSError(
                    domain: PKPaymentErrorDomain,
                    code: PKPaymentError.Code.unknownError.rawValue,
                    userInfo: [NSLocalizedDescriptionKey: "Payment Failed"]
                )]
            )
        )
    }
}

}

Beast Regards
Mohamed Elgammal

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