Question

OK, so I have the full version of my application up and running on the App-Store. Now I’m working on the lite version; I placed a button in it that supposes to direct the user to the App-Store to the application FULL Version page.

I’m using the [[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@”itms://itunes.com/apps/AppName”]] command.

several issues I would very much appreciate assistance with:

1. Is there a better command line for this action? currently it goes (automatically) through several pages till it reaches the relevant page on App-Store. Is there a command line that goes directly to the page I’m directing it to?
2. My application’s name is combined out of 2 strings (for example “App Name”); currently, when I test it on a device, it doesn’t find it while being directed to the App Store and instead it goes to a page where I have a “Search” button and if I click this button it does find the App on the App Store (the command line itself works perfectly; if I enter “Shazam” or any other familiar application’s name instead of my AppName it goes to the right page). How should I write it in the command line? “App Name” or “App_Name”? maybe something else?

any assistance would be very much appreciated…

Answer 1

I have used the following – link changed to obscure customer 😉

NSString *iTunesLink = @"http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/wired-news-uk/id435728870?mt=8";
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:iTunesLink]];

All I do is grab the link via iTunes itself. Of course that means the app you wish to link to already has to exist in iTunes. However I understand it is possible to anticipate a link after creating the app in iTunesConnect – though I haven’t had the need to do this yet.