How to link to apps on the app store

I am creating a free version of my iPhone game. I want to have a button inside the free version that takes people to the paid version in the app store. If I use a standard link

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the iPhone opens Safari first, and then the app store. I have used other apps that open the app store directly, so I know it is possible.

Any ideas? What is the URL Scheme for the app store?

Simply change 'itunes' to 'phobos' in the app link.

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Now it will open the App Store directly

If you want to link to a developer's apps and the developer's name has punctuation or spaces (e.g. Development Company, LLC) form your URL like this:

itms-apps://itunes.com/apps/DevelopmentCompanyLLC

Otherwise it returns "This request cannot be processed" on iOS 4.3.3

This worked for me perfectly using only APP ID:<br>

NSString *urlString = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"http://itunes.apple.com/app/id%@",YOUR_APP_ID];
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:urlString]];

**The number of redirects is ZERO.**

Apple just announced the appstore.com urls.

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>There are three types of App Store Short Links, in two forms, one for iOS apps, another for Mac Apps:
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>##Company Name##
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>iOS:

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; for example,

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>Mac:

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; for example,

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>##App Name##
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>iOS:

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; for example,

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>Mac:

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; for example,

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>##App by Company##
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>iOS:

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; for example,

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>Mac:

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; for example,

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>Most companies and apps have a canonical App Store Short Link. This canonical URL is created by changing or removing certain characters (many of which are illegal or have special meaning in a URL (for example, "&")).
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>##To create an App Store Short Link, apply the following rules to your company or app name:##
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>Remove all whitespace
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>Convert all characters to lower-case
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>Remove all copyright (©), trademark (™) and registered mark (®) symbols
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>Replace ampersands ("&") with "and"
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>Remove most punctuation (See Listing 2 for the set)
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>Replace accented and other "decorated" characters (ü, å, etc.) with their elemental character (u, a, etc.)
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>Leave all other characters as-is.
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>Listing 2 Punctuation characters that must be removed.
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>!¡"#$%'()*+,\-./:;<=>¿?@[\]^_`{|}~
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>Below are some examples to demonstrate the conversion that takes place.
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>##App Store##
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>##Company Name examples##
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>Gameloft =>

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>Activision Publishing, Inc. =>

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>Chen's Photography & Software =>

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>##App Name examples##
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>Ocarina =>

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>Where’s My Perry? =>

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>Brain Challenge™ =>

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Try this way

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app ID here" return json.From this, find key "**trackViewUrl**" and value is the desired url. use this url(just replace `https://` with `itms-apps://`).This works just fine.

For example if your app ID is xyz then go to this link

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Then find the url for key "**trackViewUrl**".This is the url for your app in app store and to use this url in xcode try this

NSString *iTunesLink = @"itms-apps://itunes.apple.com/us/app/Your app name/id Your app ID?mt=8&uo=4";
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:iTunesLink]];
Thanks

This is working and directly linking in ios5

NSString *iTunesLink = @"http://itunes.apple.com/app/baseball-stats-tracker-touch/id490256272?mt=8";
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:iTunesLink]];

You can get a link to a specific item in the app store or iTunes through the link maker at:

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This code generates the App Store link on iOS

NSString *appName = [NSString stringWithString:[[[NSBundle mainBundle] infoDictionary] objectForKey:@"CFBundleName"]];
NSURL *appStoreURL = [NSURL URLWithString:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"itms-apps://itunes.com/app/%@",[appName stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@" " withString:@""]]];

Replace itms-apps with http on Mac:

NSURL *appStoreURL = [NSURL URLWithString:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"http:/itunes.com/app/%@",[appName stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@" " withString:@""]]];



Open URL on iOS:

[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:appStoreURL];

Mac:

[[NSWorkspace sharedWorkspace] openURL:appStoreURL];

I can confirm that if you create an app in iTunes connect you get your app id before you submit it.

Therefore..


itms-apps://itunes.apple.com/app/id123456789

NSURL *appStoreURL = [NSURL URLWithString:@"itms-apps://itunes.apple.com/app/id123456789"];
if ([[UIApplication sharedApplication]canOpenURL:appStoreURL])
[[UIApplication sharedApplication]openURL:appStoreURL];

Works a treat