mobile: prompt for app review

[Chris Sheffield]

Colin,

Actually, I was kind of just wondering if anyone had created a library that handled the whole process (present the dialog *and* handle the choice the user makes). But, as it turns out, I was able to roll my own without too much trouble. And opening the url to the app seems to work just fine, so long as I copy the url from the app store, then replace "https" with "itms-apps". Worked like a charm for me. I'm using LiveCode 5.5.3. Although admittedly I only tested under iOS 6. Maybe the older versions of iOS have limitations? I'll have to check that.

Anyway, thanks everyone for the suggestions. I don't think an external is necessary in this case unless, like I said, older versions of iOS have problems opening these urls.

Thanks,
Chris

On Jan 21, 2013, at 6:42 PM, Colin Holgate <coiin at verizon.net> wrote:

> This should be easy, but there's a complication. I'm assuming you know how to show a button to the user, inviting them to write a review, and what you're asking is how do you take the user to your review page? If that's right, the normal url would be this:
> 
> itms-apps://ax.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewContentsUserReviews?type=Purple+Software&id=465317539
> 
> That link would directly take the user to your app's review page, inside the App Store app (if that ID is your One Minute Reader, and not someone else's One Minute Reader). The button script should be this:
> 
> on mouseUp
>   launch url "itms-apps://ax.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewContentsUserReviews?type=Purple+Software&id=465317539"
> end mouseUp
> 
> Unfortunately, LiveCode insists on the URL starting with http, file, or tel, and it won't attempt to send the URL to iOS. For desktop apps that's easily worked around by making the script be this:
> 
> on mouseUp
>   launch url "http://ax.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewContentsUserReviews?type=Purple+Software&id=465317539"
> end mouseUp
> 
> That will open Safari, which then opens iTunes, on the review page of your app. Unfortunately, part 2, that URL doesn't work on iOS. iOS seems to not like any iTunes.apple.com addresses.
> 
> So, either RunRev should let URLs through even if they start with itms-apps, or you may need a tiny external that can take over the job that launch url normally does.
> 
> 
> 
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