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platypus
platypus

Reputation: 1205

iOS URI link to an app in App Store (itms-apps)

I can only find secondary sources of information about itms-apps scheme from Stackoverflow and HandleOpenUrl.

Is there any official documentation saying how to use itms-apps or who maintains it?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 14005

Answers (4)

Oriol Gual
Oriol Gual

Reputation: 424

I just tried this and it works on iOS9:

itms-apps://itunes.apple.com/app/idID_OF_YOUR_APP and it will open the app directly in the store.

Upvotes: 2

Ethan Fang
Ethan Fang

Reputation: 1269

This link has the answer from apple Technical Q&A. Creating easy-to-read short links to the App Store for your apps and company and Launching the App Store from an iPhone application

The second link comes from the page of the first link. I think it completes your request.

In a nutshell,

NSString *iTunesLink = @"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id{your app id}?mt=8";

[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:iTunesLink]];

Upvotes: 0

Aziz Shaikh
Aziz Shaikh

Reputation: 16524

handleOpenURL has been deprecated. Use the application:openURL:sourceApplication:annotation: method instead. Reference: https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/uikit/reference/UIApplicationDelegate_Protocol/Reference/Reference.html

Then this following link tells about how to launch the App Store from an iPhone application: Launching the App Store from an iPhone application

Upvotes: 0

mluisbrown
mluisbrown

Reputation: 14918

From the source from Nick Lockwood's iRate project:

iOS6 (and earlier):

itms-apps://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewContentsUserReviews?type=Purple+Software&id=

iOS7:

itms-apps://itunes.apple.com/app/id

You have to just append the app ID to the strings above to complete the URL.

AFAIK there is no official source of this information, it has probably been reverse engineered.

Upvotes: 9

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