How Can I Launch The Appstore App Directly from my Application

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Marco · Answer 1 · 2008-10-22 20:07:17Z

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Ben Gottlieb is right, but there's a faster way to get the URL: You can right-click on any application icon in iTunes and select "Copy iTunes Store URL".

Then call UIApplication openURL on it.

answered Oct 22 '08 at 20:07

Marco
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matt · Answer 2 · 2009-01-13 01:56:05Z

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Make sure it says "phobos.apple.com" and not "itunes.apple.com"

The former opens the App Store directly, while the latter will open MobileSafari first, then the App Store.

answered Jan 13 '09 at 1:56

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epatel · Answer 3 · 2009-09-03 17:18:35Z

I figured out how to get straight into the review page for an app in the AppStore.

Basically it's done like below, feel free to read my blog post about it.

- (IBAction)gotoReviews:(id)sender 
{ 
    NSString *str = @"itms-apps://ax.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa"; 
    str = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@/wa/viewContentsUserReviews?", str];  
    str = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@type=Purple+Software&id=", str]; 
 
    // Here is the app id from itunesconnect 
    str = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@289382458", str];  
 
    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:str]]; 
}

Jamey McElveen · Answer 4 · 2008-11-05 21:07:15Z

If you do not want to get the link for iTunes you can do this.

select your app in AppStore
click the Tell A Friend button in the top right.
email the link to yourself

I have had this work at time the iTunes link would not.

Annette · Answer 5 · 2010-08-03 04:25:55Z

If you are just releasing your app... you won't have an "app ID #" yet... so none of those methods will work.

I had to insert a "non-working link" in my v1.0... and then later in my v1.1 update... added the actual link and app ID #.