How can I open the Settings app when the user presses a button?

Question

From what I understand by using code like this:

NSURL* appUrl = [NSURL URLWithString: @\"URL\"];
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:appUrl];
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Answer 1

As per @bnduati's answer, in iOS 8 you can use the following code to open your app's settings in the settings app:

[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:UIApplicationOpenSettingsURLString]];

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Old answer:

From iOS 5.1 through iOS 7, it was not possible to open the settings app from another application.

You might want to investigate this framework for providing in-app settings.

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