iOS How to get the App ID before submitting app?

[Danneman101]

I'm using the App ID to instantly open the review section of the app in App Store. To implement this on an old app was no problem since I could just copy the ID from my developers account > handle apps.

But what about when you make a new app? Since I haven't uploaded it yet it does not have an ID, so I'm kinda caught in a catch 22-situation here.

Do you instantly get an App ID as soon as you create a new app? If so I could postpone the actual upload until I hardcoded it into the app.

Or is there an automatic way to get hold of it from the code?

 

[forum user]

openURL to:

itms-apps://itunes.com/app/<name-of-app>

Don't think this will work before app is approved, but it will open the Appstore once the app is available


- Olaf

 

[Danneman101]

Yes, I used to use that solution, but the following method opens the review-screen directly instead of the app page:

        int n_APP_ID = 123456789;
        // Set:     URL to open Review instantly
        NSString *templateReviewURL = @"itms-apps://ax.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewContentsUserReviews?type=Purple+Software&id=APP_ID";
        ...
        // Open:    iTunes app store > instantly opens reviews
        NSUserDefaults *userDefaults = [NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults];
        NSString *reviewURL = [templateReviewURL stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"APP_ID" withString:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%d", n_APP_ID]];
        [userDefaults synchronize];
        [[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:reviewURL]];

Thanks anyway

 

[dejo]

Once you've added your app in iTunes Connect, before you've uploaded the binary for it, you can look at the app information and see what the Apple ID for it is.

 

[Danneman101]

Once you've added your app in iTunes Connect, before you've uploaded the binary for it, you can look at the app information and see what the Apple ID for it is.

Great, I wasn't sure that the ID was generated before the upload of the binary, but since that is the case my problems are solved

Thanks