"Gift application" from the application

Question

I noticed that in the last updated update of the birds, they added the ability to present your application from the inside.

Until now, I knew that you can donate paid apps from iTunes itself. Does anyone know which link I should use to access this mechanism from the application itself?

Thank!

Answer 1

If you look at what happens when you click this button, you can see that it initially makes a request to redirect the script to www.angrybirds.com:

http://www.angrybirds.com/redirect.php?device=iphone&product=angrybirds&type=purchasegift

From there, you are redirected to the secure URL of the form:

https://buy.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZFinance.woa/wa/giftSongsWizard?gift=1&salableAdamId=343200656&productType=C&pricingParameter=STDQ

343200656 is the AppleID for Angry Birds.

Answer 2

In fact, you need your URL to start with itms-appss: if you want to open it in the App Store app, where someone will really give the app. It seems more natural than Safari appears.

 // 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 must be defined with the Apple ID of your application.

It's also worth noting that the URL is case sensitive .

Answer 3

I have a few step-by-step instructions for adding the “Give this app” button to your app:

• Add a button to your XIB and add an action to it.

• In your .m add action brackets, for example:

   -(IBAction)actionName { } 

• add this code and replace APP_ID with the number in the link to the application web page, for example. itunes.apple.com/au/app/[APPNAME]/id**APP_ID**?mt=8

  this is code, for example:

   - (IBAction)actionName { [[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"https://buy.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZFinance.woa/wa/giftSongsWizard?gift=1&salableAdamId=**[APP_ID]**&productType=C&pricingParameter=STDQ"]]; } 

Hope this helps!