Link to review page in a Cordova app

Question

I'm attempting to set up a leave a review button for my Cordova application. I have a function calling when the button is tapped but I get no response. (Using TwoDots as a test)

function leaveAReview () {
    window.open('https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/twodots/id880178264?mt=8&uo=4', 'itunes_store');   
}

How can I get this working? Also, how can I set up the button to go to the review page for my app before the app has been released?

Why do you need to open a window programmatically? Why not just have a link? — AstroCB, Feb 09 '15 at 03:34
I tried a link too, copy and pasted straight from apple's link maker site and it didn't work for me either. — CountingStacks, Feb 09 '15 at 03:36
So your problem is getting it to open directly on the review page (not just opening the page in general)? — AstroCB, Feb 09 '15 at 03:39
There's no response at all when I tap the button, it doesn't leave the app. I know it's calling the function though, I tested it with an alert. — CountingStacks, Feb 09 '15 at 03:42
I apologize I should have been more specific with that. I'm calling this from an app. — CountingStacks, Feb 09 '15 at 03:47
Let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/70535/discussion-between-astrocb-and-countingstacks). — AstroCB, Feb 09 '15 at 03:47
For iOS is possible to review the app from the app by a popUp using the next plugin https://github.com/omaxlive/com.omarben.inappreview — benLIVE, Apr 06 '17 at 09:20

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:46

To link to the app, you can use this URL form:

itms-apps://itunes.apple.com/app/id{APP_ID}

It uses the itms-apps protocol to link directly to an app on the App Store and avoid redirects.

If you want to link directly to the review page, it appears that the only way is to use a URL in this form:

itms-apps://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewContentsUserReviews?id={APP_ID}&pageNumber=0&sortOrdering=2&type=Purple+Software&mt=8

_Example

The bit about type=Purple+Software is literal (not the name of your company); it appears to be a codename for iOS apps.

The {APP_ID} for your application can be found in two places on iTunes Connect (even before you release your application or submit it for review).

The first is in the URL of the application in the "My Apps" section, which is in the form

https://itunesconnect.apple.com/WebObjects/iTunesConnect.woa/ra/ng/app/{APP_ID}

You can also find it on that page in the "General App Information" section right under your App Icon:

Example App ID

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 13 '17 at 12:43

I'm aware that this is an old question but it's worth updating with awesome new possibility on iOS 10.3

Since iOS 10.3 you can make use of the awesome InAppReview from Apple. I can attest to the fact that this new way of reviewing apps has been very fruitful for our apps in terms of the number of reviews. You can read an even more compelling case study here of how Instagram doubled their reviews.

The cordova plugin, which is very easy to use and implement is here: https://github.com/omaxlive/com.omarben.inappreview.

For brevity, and in case that StackOverflow seize to exist (unlikely), here are the steps to use it:

Install the plugin: cordova plugins add com.omarben.inappreview

Call it in the code like this:

var requestReview = function(){
    try{
        var success = function() {
            console.log("Success");
        }
        var failure = function() {
            console.log("Error calling plugin");
        }

        inappreview.requestReview(success, failure);
    }catch(e){
        console.log("catch: "+e);
    }
};

Hope this helps someone...

Link to review page in a Cordova app

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