Is there a way to send a rating to the App Store without leaving the App?

Question

Is there a way to send a rating to the app store from within my app without opening iTunes or the AppStore or leaving my app?

This question is not a duplicate of this question: App Store Review Button or its myriad duplicates. I know how to set up an alertView that prompts the user to rate the app and then opens the AppStore to the correct page for the user to give a rating and/or write a review.

What I would prefer to do is to pop up a view with five stars so that when the user selects a star, it and all the stars to its left are highlighted (done that). Then, if the user clicks a button entitled "Submit", the rating will be submitted to the AppStore, but the user will stay in my app. I suppose that Apple will pop up a password request, similar to what happens when updating apps. That's fine, so long as it doesn't cause the user to leave the app.

I realize that this will require an internet connection, and I know how to test for connectivity and the like, so I'm not concerned with that aspect.

Does anyone have a solution for how to achieve this?

Answer 1

You cannot rate an app programmatically, from outside the app store. If it were possible, lots of developers would take advantage of it and would rate their apps with 5 stars without the users noticing which would defeat the purpose of a rating system. Even if a password dialog would pop up, a lot of users would not understand why it pops up and simply enter their passwords.