On the iPhone, how can you cause a URL to display an entry in the App Store?

Question

For instance, if someone views a URL for an app on the iPhone, we would like the URL to open the App Store and display the entry related to that app. The idea is to allow d

Answer 1

App Store uses the following url format for apps:

http://itunes.com/app/your-app-name

so you can use the following code to open the url:

- (void) buyButtonPressed{
    NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:@"http://itunes.com/app/your-app-name"];
    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:url];    
}