Re: in-App Reviews

2012-04-24 Thread Andrew Henshaw
Thats pretty much what I use. I can confirm it does not work in the simulator, but works fine on the device. As part of the other discussion as to how annoying it can be, I wrote a routine that counts up how many times the app has been used and the box is never shown unless the user has been

Re: in-App Reviews

2012-04-23 Thread Colin Holgate
My answer no doubt confused everyone! There is someone on a Flash list I'm on that has a similar name to Dan, and I though I was reading that list. The solution still applies, in LiveCode you should be able to do this: launch url "itms-apps://ax.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewCo

Re: in-App Reviews

2012-04-23 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 4/23/12 10:43 AM, Dan Friedman wrote: Greetings! I would like to prompt the user to rate my app. Something like every 10 launches the app throws a dialog asking the user if they want to leave a positive review. I'd think twice about that. At least on Android, people detest it and will deg

Re: in-App Reviews

2012-04-23 Thread Colin Holgate
You can use a shared object to note whether the user has previously clicked on your Write Review button, or perhaps on the Never Ask Me Again button. Here's the code I use to go directly from within my app to the list of reviews for the app in the App Store app: public function toreview() {

Re: in-App Reviews

2012-04-23 Thread Bob Sneidar
Just make sure you give the user a Never Ask Me Again option. An app that keeps asking me to review it or upgrade it is irritating to me. Parallels does that, and they do have a Don't Ask Again checkbox, but it only applies to THAT particular version of Parallels, and when there is a minor updat

in-App Reviews

2012-04-23 Thread Dan Friedman
Greetings! I would like to prompt the user to rate my app. Something like every 10 launches the app throws a dialog asking the user if they want to leave a positive review. If they tap "Yes", note that somewhere so we don't as them again. How do you do this? Several questions come to mind: