Opening appstore from within app without having 2 or 3 screenflashes/popups/popunders

Question

Hi,I would like to link from within my application to another application on the apple appstore.Here on the forum I found the following codenavigateToURL(new URLRequest(http://itunes.com/apps/appname));This works nicely, but when you execute it, you get some window onscreen and that switches a couple of times before you get to the actual appstore screen.On the net I found also that you could eliminate that flickering/redirecting/whatever... by not using http:// , but itms:// or itms-apps://Like belownavigateToURL(new URLRequest("itms://itunes.com/apps/appname"));navigateToURL(new URLRequest("itms-apps://itunes.com/apps/appname"));But if I use any of the 2 lines below, then there happens absolutely nothing.Does anyone know a solution for this ?Kind regards,Bart

Colin Holgate · Accepted Answer

You can go straight to the product page with a url like this one:

itms-apps://ax.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=406162881

and you can take someone straight to writing a review with this kind of link:

itms-apps://ax.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewContentsUserReviews?type=Purple+Software&id=406162881

The ID would be the app store ID for the product. I think you won't get through to the review page unless the app in question is installed on that device.

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