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Linking the Developer Page at the appStore from an iPhone App

Hi. So I know how to open an app page on the appStore from within my iPhone app. Is there a way to open my company's page? On iTunes on my mac I can do that, but using that URL in the iPhone I can't (or I'm not doing it right). Thanks in advance. ...

preview iTunes/Last.fm tracks from withing app

Hi Is it possible to allow users to preview music from either Last.fm or iTunes from within my app? Are apple OK with apps streaming preview clips of music in apps? This is a monotouch app. w:// ...

Changing the path to a file in iTunes with AppleScript

I am trying to write an iTunes script that takes the selected tracks, moves the files to a different folder on my hard drive, and then update their location in iTunes. The overall flow will be something like this: Get selection Determine path to selection Move items to destination Update referenced path in iTunes I used the suggesti...

Podcast search API

Is there any podcast directory search API out there apart from the iTunes search API? I have looked around but could not find anything useful. Can I use feedburner for this? Is there a search API for feedburner too? ...

iTunes Music Store purchase parameters

Hi. I'm trying to work out how to generate the parameters for iTunes Music Store (iTMS) and what they are/mean. So far I can do all the other normal stuff like login, view account information, but purchasing looks to have some cryptographic element to it (or simply something I'm not seeing). For example, iTunes 9 when purchasing some ra...

Ad hoc doesn't appear in iTunes

I've updated a 3.x app to sdk4. I have iOS4 installed on my phone. I drop the Ad Hoc version of the app into iTunes. It prompts to replace the provisioning profile and I click yes. Then I don't see the app in iTunes. I do have the iTunesArtwork file in the resources folder. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong? I'm running Xcode 3.2.3 ...

iTunes Song Title Scrolling in Cocoa

I have searched extensively and cannot for the life of me find any information about how to achieve a similar effect to that of the iTunes song title scrolling if the text is too large in Cocoa. I have tried setting the bounds on a NSTextField to no avail. I have tried using NSTextView as well as various attempts at using NSScrollView. ...

Setting up itunes connect for indie developers

When filling in the info for the itunes connect for paid apps there are number of things they want filled in. contact info (which has a lot of different roles. e.g.finance, technical, legal) How should those be filled out for the individual? Are they all necessary or not? ...

How to link to Android Market app

What's the best way to link to an Android Market app without knowing who will get the link (Android user/non-Android user) and from where (desktop/mobile)? For iPhone I use the itunes.apple.com app links. They show a complete description of the app, and if you have iTunes installed, either on the desktop or on your mobile, it allows you...

How to implement iTunes built-in App "File Sharing" feature.

I've noticed that several apps, when an iP* is connected, has a "File Sharing" feature inside of iTunes. Example applications are CloudReaders, Stanza, etc. This interface lets users Add files to the app and Save files from the app to their computers. Right now I've got a HTTP server running inside the app which lets users add files to i...

How to change the "category" of an enterprise-level iPhone app in iTunes from "Unknown Genre" to something more meaningful?

I have an enterprise app (thus not available to the general public in the App Store) that I have developed. When I put it into iTunes, it shows the nice icon (thanks to iTunesArtwork), but it displays "Unknown Genre" underneath it. How do I change this "category" (not sure what exactly to call this) to something else (and is there list...

How i locate itunes media folder location using com.itunes.plist

Hello everyone, I need to access the media folder location of itunes thats set in iTunes-Prferencces-Advanced through com.itunes.plist. Please help me Thanks ...

iTunes app preview player

Hey there, Any ideas where to begin if I'm trying to create a preview player like the one in the iTunes app for the iPhone? Essentially I'm looking to build a circular progression player that uses the AVAudioPlayer. I have no idea where to begin. Thanks, Howie ...

How to link iTunes Store Content to iPhone App

Hello all, in my iPhone App, I want to link to iTunes Store Content, I use this code (from http://developer.apple.com/iphone/library/qa/qa2008/qa1629.html) NSString *iTunesLink = @"http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewTVSeason?i=327727418&id=327379511&s=143442&uo=4"; [[UIApplication sharedApplication] open...

Exclude files from application backup

Is there a way to exclude some of the files in your application bundle from being backed up to the user's computer? I have a photo browsing application that allows you to store photos/videos locally, when a user goes sync their device and the application is backed up its taking a really long time since its backing up all the locally sto...

Cached iTunes Cover Art

Hi, I need to fetch cached cover art from iTunes. Currently I'm working with the scripting bridge, but it only fetches covers that are embedded in the tracks. I've also tried this method here http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1433035/fetch-itunes-album-artwork-without-itunes-running but it seems to be broken (at least in iTunes 9.2)...

Syntax for phpquery scraping

Hello, I need to use a wordpress plugins : http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-web-scrapper WP Web Scraper to extract the link of an audio tracks on a itunes web page. here's the page where i want to extract the link : http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/guero/id52311104 here’s the link I want to extract on this page : http://a1.pho...

Check if user has a song from iTunes in his library

Hi, I am building an iPhone app for music album released on iTunes, client requested that if user purchased the album, the app should allow to play these songs in the app while playing games. I need to find a way how to quicly check if the song is available in the iPod library. I've heard that every song from iTunes has some unique ID b...

when i get to https://itunesconnect.apple.com/WebObjects/iTunesConnect.woa it tells me i cant go any further

I keep trying but it says my account does not have access I am trying to Make a Sandbox account can anyone help ...

Does expiration of iPhone Developer Program put any affect on existing apps on AppStore ?

Hi, My iPhone Developer Program is expired and now i am no logner to access iTunes Portal. And also, one my application on AppSore has started giving the error that "this application is no longer available, ...". I just want to ask that is expiration of the developer account put any affect on existing apps on AppStore or not ? ...