itunes-store

Is it possible to create URLs to items on the Apple iTunes store programmatically?

Is it possible to create URLs direct to items on the Apple iTunes store programmatically? I have noticed that last.fm and similar sites have links which take the user directly to a part of the iTunes store, such as an album page. The URL for the link is created by last.fm. Here's an example of such an URL: http://www.last.fm/affiliate_...

iPhone app Submission under company name

My team and I have been contracted by a company to develop our first iPhone Application. I am wondering how this contractor relationship is best handled. Does the $99 SDK/Dev connection account need to be established under the contractor's name, so that when the application is approved it isn't listed by our company's name, but by thei...

How to link to the iTunes store from iPhone app?

Hi, I am trying to set up an application in which users will be able to stream music. When the user is streaming a MP3, I'd like to set up a link to the iTunes store to buy the MP3. How can I do that? I feel like there should be some simple way of doing so using the song title and artist name, am I mistaking? Thanks ...

Automatic checking of iTunes store

Hi, I have got a couple of applications on the app store and I am checking daily all available countries to check out if someone left a review on my application and at what place it is in the top-paid rating. It became really boring to spend time watching over iTunes. But the information I get is very helpful. Is there a way to automa...

512x512 image for the iPhone app

I am about to submit my first app to the iTunes App Store. The docs say that the application needs to be submitted with a "512x512 px, 72ppi, RGB, flattened, no transparency JPEG image". I have a couple of questions: RGB - what exactly does it mean in this context. Flattened - does it mean that if I am creating the image in Photoshop...

Non-flattened icon in an iPhone app

I submitted my app to the iTunes App Store for approval a little while ago. Today I realized that the application icon was not flattened, as required (suggested?) in the Apple guidelines. As I understand it, a flattened icon has no transparencies, but mine does. My dilemma is this. If I flatten the icon and resubmit the app, I lose a...

Creediting points to an iTunes account?

A potential customer of mine wants to build an app for the iPhone, which will effectively "reward" the user with points to buy songs at the iTunes Store. Does anyone know if this is possible? If so, could you point out where I might look for how to do so? Thanks... ...

iTunes online store architecture

Hi, These are days when many major websites are sharing details about their internal architecture. I am curious if anyone has some idea about the architecture of the iTunes online store. Is there any published material,video or folklore about the architecture of the iTunes online store? In particular I would love to know what Apple us...

iTunes Connect Timezone?

Hey, Our iPhone Application is set to the United States review store. Does anyone know what time period apple users for this review store (or any of them) for a full day? e.g. is it from 2400-2359 of the same day or 0600 of the 1st - 0600 of the 2nd? Any ideas? Cheers, James ...

iTunes Gift - do they have an API we can use?

Hi Is there an API which lets me create iTunes Gift cards and send them in emails? The iTunes FB app has this option so there must be a programming interface, but couldn't find any references anywhere. Any ideas where I can get a head start or is there no such API? Thanks. ...

iPhone application Info.plist language property

Which property should I change on Info.plist in order to configure the list of languages shown in itunes store under my submitted application? EDIT: My application will be in Greek and I want to see Greek as the only language under Languages in the App Store. How do I do that? ...

How to detect the active iTunes store on the iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad?

I'd like to be able to determine which store the user connects to from inside my app, so that I can direct them to some appropriate content for their device AND store. Does anyone know how to get this information? Basically, if the user is in the UK, and connects to the UK store, I want my function/method to return GB, if in Korea, I w...

does itunes have an api to upload music through remote site?

i have a client who wants a his music artists to upload their music through the website. does itunes have an api that will alow these customers to upload their music to itunes through the website then have the music sold through the website, so that they dont have to go through itunes? ...

iTunes Music Store Link Maker — how to search from within my app?

I'm writing a music reference app and for each album (pulled from last.fm) would like to link to the ITMS (if the album is in the store). iTunes link maker web tool http://apple.com/itunes/linkmaker/ is great for getting links for a known album but I need to access it programatically from within my app. This NSLog blogpost which is fro...

Is it possible to buy content from itunes store via iPhone app?

Is it possible to buy content from itunes store via iPhone app? Does apple allows to purchase stuff from iTunes using iTunes API? And is there an ability in the API to do that? Thanks ...

iphone app submission process.

I am done with my first iphone app (SO helps a lot..thanks). Now i want to submit my app to app store for review. I can use itunes connect to submit my app. I have few questions. 1) I dont know how to create a build for release. What i mean is i dont know what profile it requires. There are help videos but they all guide to do developme...

UIButton to "view all our apps"

We are trying to add a UIButton to out iPhone app that will direct users to the iStore to show a list of all our apps. We got the button to display an NSLog() so we are almost there. Is there a "search by company name" link we can redirect users to? (Automatically opening the user's iStore app.) What would that code look like? Thanks...

how to get a song's daily sale data from iTunes

Is it possible to get a song's daily sale from iTunes (is iTunes actually providing this data through an API call)? I'm looking for a way to get the download count of a/any specific song, basically track its download rate through time. (And yes, download may include free and/or purchased songs, doesn't have to be just sales but rather h...

Direct "rate in iTunes" link in my app?

I've seen posts here on Stackoverflow that describe how to allow users to be directed to apps on the app store. Is there a way to link directly to the rating and comments form in the App Store? ...

Will a Safari-based app for iPhone be accepted to the iTunes store?

I'm about to begin development of an iPhone app. The app itself is fairly basic, and I want a speedy turnaround time. I'm a web developer myself, specialising in traditional web technologies such as PHP/MySQL; I have no experience in Objective-C. My plan was to create a very basic iPhone app that is just a Safari service that passes s...