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    <p>I have an app that will display web pages within a UIWebView. The pages it shows may contain links to other iPhone apps on the App Store.</p> <p>In a normal browser on a desktop computer, clicking these App Store links would take me through a number of URL redirects and eventually end up opening iTunes and taking me to the page for that App.</p> <p>Is there a way to ensure that when an App Store link is clicked inside my UIWebView that the App Store app on the iPhone will open and show the app?</p> <p>What I've been seeing in my tests is that there are several types of links that can result in an App Store page, those being:</p> <ul> <li>phobos links - phobos.apple.com/etc etc etc</li> <li>itunes.com/app/appname links</li> <li>referral / affiliate links</li> <li>any that I don't know of</li> </ul> <p>When I open any of these links in a desktop browser they will work and eventually open iTunes. When I open any of these links from within the iPhone the UIWebView goes through a number of redirects and eventually one of two things will happen:</p> <ul> <li>The redirects don't work properly and I end up with a page did fail to load method call</li> <li>The redirects work and the iTunes app is opened, a search for the app name is done, and then I get a message from iTunes explaining it can't connect to the store.</li> </ul> <p>The only time I've been able to get the App Store app to open is by using a direct iTunes link to the app without any referral or redirects.</p> <p>Obviously for referral or affiliate links, I do not want to strip out the referral ID or affiliate ID. I shouldn't deprive them of a referral if it was their link that is clicked.</p> <p>So any help would be greatly appreciated.</p> <p>Thanks.</p>
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