Is it possible to kick off an app from another iphone app?

Question

I'd like to start up the App Store from within my iphone app. Is this possible - and how?

Thanks.

By "kick off" you mean launch or start? – Oren Hizkiya Apr 23 '10 at 19:07 — Oren Hizkiya, Apr 23 '10 at 19:07

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 23 '10 at 19:09

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I believe this URL prefix will launch it.

 itms-apps://

Other apps also have URLs you can use to launch them. You can register your own as well.

http://www.mobileorchard.com/apple-approved-iphone-inter-process-communication/

answered Apr 23 '10 at 19:09

Brad Gignac

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:04

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As per this question on stackoverflow, it is not possible.

It may still be possible to communicate with a different app through a URL scheme, if that's what you want to do. Read about that in this answer.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:04

Community

answered Apr 23 '10 at 19:08

Oren Hizkiya

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