Link to App Store app developer page with iOS 6?

Question

Is there a way, in iOS 6, to link from an app to a specific developer's page on the App Store app? By that I mean a list showing all the apps by the developer.

There are various ways to link to the store (I am using the Appmosys as the example here) that produce various results:

http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/appmosys/id331687329 - The link copied from desktop iTunes, opens up the iTunes app on an iOS 6 device, with the developer's page. If you tap on one of their apps, it goes to that app on the App Store app.

http://itunes.com/apps/appmosys - Opens the iTunes app (via Safari) but presents this error message: "Cannot connect to iTunes store".

itms://itunes.com/apps/appmosys - Goes straight to the iTunes app, but same error as above.

itms-apps://itunes.com/apps/appmosys - Opens the App Store app, but also presents the same error (screenshot here: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/6920023/iphone-screenshot.PNG ).

Is there actually a way to do this in iOS 6?

Bonus points if you can answer the question and know if the link you provide also works with the affiliate program, http://www.apple.com/itunes/affiliates/. I've already looked at the Link Maker on this page, http://www.apple.com/itunes/link/, but can only produce the standard iTunes link.

Part B / even more bonus points

You can link straight to the Reviews tab in the App Store app for an app, but can you also now link straight to the new Related tab?

Answer 1

i have a solution for iOS 5: itms-apps://itunes.com/apps/appmosys/id331687329

and one for iOS 6: itms-apps://itunes.apple.com/artist/appmosys/id331687329

if you use itms-apps:// URLs instead of http:// it will open the app store app on the device, which is less confusing to the user, then going through safari.

Unfortunately i didn't found any single URL that works on iOS 5 and iOS 6. So the Apple Q&A Documentation is not valid anymore for iOS 6 :-(

UPDATE: i just realized that my iOS 5 solution works also on iOS 6 on the iPad, but not on the iPhone with iOS 6. it's getting weirder and weirder....

UPDATE 2:

apple just annonced the appstore.com urls so now you can link to Electronic Arts Developer Page with http://appstore.com/ElectronicArts

i just tested it and it works for iPad from iOS 5.1 to 6.0 and iPhone from 4.3 to 6.0

so now the Apple Q&A Documentation is valid!

Answer 2

I have a universal app and I needed to open up my developer page, and display the correct apps depending whether the user is using an iPhone, iPod or iPad. The only way I could get this to work correctly was by using the iTunes link maker http://itunes.apple.com/linkmaker/ results but replaced https: with itms-apps: