UIApplication openURL does not point to the correct destination in iOS7

Question

I have an application that after a button click sends the client to the AppStore in order to download an new app. This is done with the following code:

[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"itms-apps://ax.itunes.apple.com/app/yyy-mobile/id4xxxxx89"]];

This line of code worked fine until iOS6, but after the latest v7 iOS SDK the code broke.

How do we resolve the issue? Do we need an if/else logic checking if the device has iOS 7 installed? For example:

if( iOS < 7 ) { // keep old logic 
     [[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"itms-apps://ax.itunes.apple.com/app/yyy-mobile/id4xxxxx89"]]; } 
else // new logic for iOS 7  
     //TBD 
}

Or it would be better to replace the old line with new code that does the job for iOS7 and iOS6 (ie, a new method that is backwards compatible)?

Maybe this helps: http://stackoverflow.com/a/18906304/1515075 — Mert Buran, Nov 11 '13 at 11:57

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 11 '13 at 12:26

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I can recommend using the iOS 6+ SKStoreProductViewController as seen in the Appirater project: https://github.com/arashpayan/appirater/blob/master/Appirater.m#L485 (+rateApp)

It will show the app store window right inside your app, which is much faster than the old solution using -openURL

answered Nov 11 '13 at 12:26

KrauseFx

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Thank you, but I don't want this solution. I want the AppStore to be opened in a separate app – cateof Nov 11 '13 at 12:29
Have you tried the URL used in Appirater for iOS 7? NSString *templateReviewURLiOS7 = @"itms-apps://itunes.apple.com/app/idAPP_ID"; – KrauseFx Nov 11 '13 at 13:20
I have tried it with iOS6 and it worked. If this works with iOS7 I will use this string, since I don't need an if/else snippet – cateof Nov 11 '13 at 13:32

UIApplication openURL does not point to the correct destination in iOS7

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