"Gift App" from inside the app

Question

I noticed that on the latest angry birds update they added a feature to gift your app from inside the app.

Up till now I knew you can gift paid apps from the iTunes itself. Does anybody know what link should I use to access this mechanism from inside the app itself?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Actually, you'll want your URL to start with itms-appss: if you want it to open in the App Store app, where someone would actually gift an app. This feels more natural than Safari popping up.

// example app id for batman arkham city lockdown #define APP_ID 459850726  NSString *GiftAppURL = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"itms-appss://buy.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZFinance.woa/wa/giftSongsWizard?gift=1&salableAdamId=%d&productType=C&pricingParameter=STDQ&mt=8&ign-mscache=1",                                 APP_ID];  [[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:GiftAppURL]]; 

APP_ID should obviously be defined to the Apple ID of your app.

Also worth noting, the URL is case sensitive.