How to share app - iphone

Question

I'm developing an app. I'm going to publish to an app store. But client needs to share this app with friends. I have a button to share my app. How to share the app? I read some doc they mentioned, use [[UIApplication SharedApplication] openURL:#" url"]. I don't have my app URL. Because I didn't submit the app. Is it possible to share my app?

Answer 1

If you want to know what the URL of your application will be before it has been submitted/approved, Apple provides a shorthand URL you can use, of the form:
http://itunes.com/apps/appname
For example:
http://itunes.com/apps/AngryBirds
If you want the specific URL with the application ID, you could submit v1.0.0 without the "Share" link, then immediately submit a 1.0.1 update with the link included.

Answer 2

Url can be generated via app id. Its the best way to do it coz if app name changes, url could change. But app id wont change.
You can get your app id on itunesConnect.apple.com or via itunes.
//https://itunes.apple.com/app/id_hereisyourappID
Let see how to do the sharing.
I will show you 4 ways to share your link. Via Facebook, Twitter, Mail and SMS.
For Facebook and Twitter.
Add Accounts and Social framework. And in your header import.
#import <Social/Social.h>
#import <Accounts/Accounts.h>
when you want to share link use the following code
SLComposeViewController *mySLComposerSheet = [[SLComposeViewController alloc] init];
mySLComposerSheet = [SLComposeViewController composeViewControllerForServiceType:SLServiceTypeFacebook];//for twitter use SLServiceTypeTwitter
[mySLComposerSheet addURL:[NSURL URLWithString:#"https://itunes.apple.com/app/id123456789"]];
[self presentViewController:mySLComposerSheet animated:YES completion:nil];
Lets do it with mail add MessageUI framework and import
#import <MessageUI/MessageUI.h>
And the delegate MFMailComposeViewControllerDelegate
in your code
MFMailComposeViewController* mailComposer = [[MFMailComposeViewController alloc] init];
[mailComposer setMailComposeDelegate:self];
[mailComposer setModalPresentationStyle:UIModalPresentationFormSheet];
[mailComposer setMessageBody:#"https://itunes.apple.com/app/id123456789" isHTML:NO];
[self presentViewController:mailComposer animated:YES completion:nil];
And add delegate method
- (void)mailComposeController:(MFMailComposeViewController*)controller didFinishWithResult:(MFMailComposeResult)result error:(NSError*)error
{
[controller dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];
}
You can create html content for mail body.
Lets share it via SMS
Add delegate MFMessageComposeViewControllerDelegate
MFMessageComposeViewController *controller = [[MFMessageComposeViewController alloc] init];
if([MFMessageComposeViewController canSendText])
{
controller.body = #"https://itunes.apple.com/app/id123456789";
controller.messageComposeDelegate = self;
[self presentViewController:controller animated:YES completion:nil];
}
And add delegate method.
-(void)messageComposeViewController:(MFMessageComposeViewController *)controller didFinishWithResult:(MessageComposeResult)result
{
[controller dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];
}
I hope this helps.