In my application I need to have one link which is directly conncect to the app store and it is the link of my application on iTunes App Store. Can anyone please let me know how to do it?
When you add the app to iTunes Connect, it gets an Apple ID (a 9 or 10 digit number). You can use a URL of the form http://itunes.apple.com/app/id<your_id> to link to your app in the store, for example http://itunes.apple.com/app/id417817520 if your Apple ID was 417817520.
The link will only work after the app has been approved of course.
You can now use Short Links:
appstore.com/exampleappname
Just strip all white space from the app name. More in this Apple tech note:
https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/qa/qa1633/_index.html
We can generate the app link before the application being submitted to iTunes app store for review.
Here you need to follow the below mentioned steps.
(1) First login to your app store developer account and go to iTunes Connect.
(2) Then go to the option "Manage Your Applications".
(3) Now create new application here and add meta data and all the information about the application like Description, Category, Keywords, Price, etc. which can be edited later. Here you just remaining with the binary submission which you can do after adding the app store link.
(4) After creating your application here from the "Manage Your Application" section, you will get the Application listed. Now you select the app and then in the top menu click on More -> View on App Store.
(5) Now copy the link opened in the browser and that is the link of your application.
https://itunes.apple.com/app/appname/id123456789?ls=1&mt=8
- Where appname = name of the application
- id123456789 = it will be the ID of your App
These are the simplest steps to create APP store link before the app being submitted to app store actually.
Let me know if you need more help.
You can just use http://itunes.com/apps/[your company name]/[your app name].
Both the company name and the app name are without spaces and lowercase.
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I'm developing an iPhone app which uses Facebook sharing. I cannot create the Facebook app because it requires an "iPhone app store ID". I don't have this id because I haven't submitted the app yet. I can't submit the app because it doesn't work yet... because the Facebook integration isn't set up.
It seems that I'm stuck in a paradox! Am I missing something?
You can generate an Apple ID for your app, by logging into iTunesConnect and going through the submission process. Just stop short of clicking the 'Ready to Upload' button. Then your app will have an Apple ID that you can use, and you can still go back and change any of the metadata that Apple asked you to enter (description, keywords, screen shots, etc.).
Once you've finished building your app, log back into iTunesConnect, make the final changes to your App Store details, then upload the binary.
You don't need YOUR Appstore ID, you just need ANY. This ID is used for a link from facebook to your App in the store. As long as you don't care that this link will leed to another app - not yours - i.e. while testing, you can just enter any Appstore ID. That's what I did and it works fine.
Facebook's iOS tutorial says:
iPhone App Store ID - If you have an iPhone app that is listed in the
iTunes App Store enter the ID here, e.g. 123456. If Facebook links out
to your app and finds that the user does not have your app installed,
then it will take the user to your app in the store. The user can then
install your app. If your app is not in the iTunes App Store you can
enter any valid app's ID but be sure to update this when your app is
approved in the App Store.
For testing use 0(Zero),
iPhone Store ID = 0
iPad Store ID = 0
and click on Save Changes.
0 Will be disappeared but your work will be done.
Note:- update this id before going live.
I just released an iPhone app and am updating its support site. I've used the iTunes Link Maker to create a link like below. One time, it opened iTunes, the rest of the times, it has not. I've tried closing iTunes, accessing the link from both Safari and Chrome, but each time I only see the iTunes preview in the browser.
Example:
My App on the App Store
ANSWER: (see discussion below)
Pulling the href from the "View in App Store" link in iTunes Connect:
My App on the App Store
NOTE: Trailing params might be different in your own case.
SEE ALSO:
http://www.apple.com/itunes/affiliates/resources/documentation/linking-to-the-itunes-music-store.html
I usually grab the link from the apps' detail page in iTunes Connect. There's a link named View in App Store that has worked for my so far. Just make sure to replace the locale identifier (defaults to us) in the link if your app is available in multiple stores.
Just use iTunes Link Maker and remove the country code (i.e. "us") out of the link and it would always work open iTunes always and not a browser on the way (if there is iTunes installed on the target system).
You can also remove the app_name you don't really need it (if your app name would be changed nothing happen, actually the name is ignored).
I know how to use Admob in iphone apps infact I have used in many application. But I am completely unaware about how publisher id is generated for iphone apps from website.
Today I have registered a new account with admob.com. Now where I have to go further for publisher id ?
I have just click this link: http://www.admob.com/my_sites/create_site.
Please see below screenshot. There is a field to enter Appstore URL. But how can i put my appstore url in development phase ? My application is still in development phase.
Am I at the wrong place ? Or only publisher id is required from any other place.
Please help.
Login to iTunes Connect. Select Manage Applications and create or select your app in development. Then you can see the AppStore-Link (click View in App Store).
Is there anyway to change the app name in iTunes connect. It took me 3 or 4 goes to try and upload my app the first time and somehow I made a bit of a mess of it.
iTunes Connect is now telling that the app name has been used and cannot be reused. Is there anyway around this ?
The actual app name that appears on the device is correct, I edited this on the info.plist.
Regards,
Stephen
As of right now, no. You can change the App's name when you submit an update, or simply create a new App in iTunes connect. You might want to submit a feature request to Apple at http://bugreport.apple.com.
From the Deleting an App section of Apple's iTunes Connect Guide guide:
If you delete your app, you cannot reuse your SKU or app
name in the same account again, and you cannot restore the app you
have deleted. If you have uploaded a binary or set up this app for the
iAd network, your Bundle ID cannot be reused.
Next they mention this:
If you are selling your app to another developer for their own
distribution and need to remove it from your iTunes Connect account,
we recommend that you use App Delete so that the app’s name will be
freed for their use.
So if you are more attached to your app name than your developer account you could start a new one and get the name back.
In Build and Analyze 93 Marco discusses some reasons and logistics of having 2 developer accounts. As I remember: Apple does not allow 2 accounts with one tax ID but if you have your personal and an LLC for instance you'll be able to setup multiple.
If your application is in Waiting for review mode then you can change your app name inside Viewdetails->Metadata and Uploads->app name
If your application is in live mode then you need to submit new version with new name.
It looks like you can edit it when in an 'editable state', but I have not tried it yet.
http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/LanguagesUtilities/Conceptual/iTunesConnect_Guide/10_ManagingYourApplications/ManagingYourApplications.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/
I am having an app. I am going to submit it to the store. In that app I am having a button that should go to iTunes page of the very same app. I guess there should be a way to do that using app bundle or plist or something..
If I can do it, How I can do it?
Is it possible to get the link of an app in itunes store even before it is submitted to the store?
Thank you..
http://itunes.com/apps/myappname
Where "myappname" is your app name minus spaces and all lowercase.
Working examples:
http://itunes.com/apps/amazon
http://itunes.com/apps/thevoid
http://itunes.com/apps/huluplus
The iTunes store URL is something like this.
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=your_app_id&mt=8
You can get the your_app_id after creating the app in iTunes. That means you just need to create the app to get the URL. No need to submit the app just to get the ID.
After getting the ID, open that URL from the button handler.
You could use the easy-to-read link feature as outlined in this Technical Q&A. Just be aware that this link takes a few minutes to become active after your application has changed state to "Available For Sale".
I answered this two years ago, here: How can I link to my app in the App Store (iTunes)?