How could I fetch application icon and application details from iTunes store if I have app id?
How could I fetch application icon and application details from iTunes store if I
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How could I fetch application icon and application details from iTunes store if I have app id?
I believe there is a way to retrieve at least some icons via one of the many App Store RSS feeds, perhaps more easily via a custom feed. I’ve not tried this method, but I know that at least some apps and websites use them that way.
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You can retrieve it all by requesting XML information from the App Store. Dan Grigsby wrote about it about a year ago:
App Store Data Mining Techniques Revealed – Part 1
App Store Data Mining Techniques Revealed – Part 2: Scripting App Store XML Downloads
Part 2 explains how to send a query for a specific app using the app ID. The article doesn’t provide code for doing it in iOS, but it’s very straightforward once you know what to ask for.