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How to test Smart App Banner Urls on in Dev environment

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I'm wondering if it's possible to test iOS 6's smart app banners' app-argument URL parameter on dev builds of an iOS app. It appears the Open option in the banner only appears if the application is downloaded from the App Store.

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Andy McSherry Avatar asked Oct 25 '12 22:10

Andy McSherry


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What worked for me was to download my application from the appstore, and then overwrite it using a build from XCode. This worked and allowed me to debug the smart banner feature using my current build. This won't work from the simulator, you need to use a device.

Just to be clear, you must overwrite it. You can't delete the appstore version, and then build from XCode.

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benathon Avatar answered Sep 20 '22 05:09

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