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On the iPhone, how can you cause a URL to display an entry in the App Store?

How can I open an external download page for an application through an iOS app?

There are duplicates of this question, but the answers don’t really help so here I am asking again.

NOTE: I don’t want to open the “itunes” app, I want to open “App Store”

Answer 1

This is how I get to the “App Store” app to open. Note: this only works on a real device, it does not work on the simulator. iOS intercepts that itunes URL and opens the App Store app instead:

#define APP_STORE_URL @"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id123456789?mt=8"

NSURL* redirectToURL = [NSURL URLWithString:APP_STORE_URL];
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:redirectToURL];

Of course, replace the id number with your app’s id number. I got this from the other question and it does work.