Linking to app store with a "space" in app name

Question

I want to link from my app directly to the app store.

I am using this code:

   var url  = NSURL(string: "itms-apps://itunes.com/apps/companyname/appname")
            if UIApplication.sharedApplication().canOpenURL(url!) == true  {
                UIApplication.sharedApplication().openURL(url!)
            }

When the name of the app has no space in it, it works fine. But is there is a space in the app name, It does not link to the app itself, but it links to the page with all my apps. How come?

Example: if app name = bobbie , I use:

var url  = NSURL(string: "itms-apps://itunes.com/apps/mycompany/bobbie")
            if UIApplication.sharedApplication().canOpenURL(url!) == true  {
                UIApplication.sharedApplication().openURL(url!)
            }

(works prefectly)

But it app name = bob bie , I use:

var url  = NSURL(string: "itms-apps://itunes.com/apps/mycompany/bob-bie")
            if UIApplication.sharedApplication().canOpenURL(url!) == true  {
                UIApplication.sharedApplication().openURL(url!)
            }

But this doesn't link to the app...

possible duplicate of [Launching App Store from App in Swift](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25940109/launching-app-store-from-app-in-swift) — sangony, May 20 '15 at 13:18

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 20 '15 at 12:25

0

Use the link provided in iTunes connect for your app.

Open iTunes Connect
Log in
Click "My apps"
Select your app
Click "More"
Copy link for "Show in App Store"

answered May 20 '15 at 12:25

Quentin Hayot

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered May 20 '15 at 13:30

You just need to replace the space by %20 using stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:

let link = "itms-apps://itunes.com/apps/mycompany/bob bie"
if let linkWithPercentEscape = link.stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding(NSUTF8StringEncoding) {
    println(linkWithPercentEscape)
    if let url  = NSURL(string: linkWithPercentEscape) {
        println(url)
        if UIApplication.sharedApplication().canOpenURL(url)  {
            UIApplication.sharedApplication().openURL(url)

        }
    }
}

Linking to app store with a "space" in app name

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