2 showWebPopup questions (rotation and itunes links)

Solar2D General Questions/Discussion
#1

Trying to put a showWebPopup window that handles ads as well as other possible images. There are 2 questions I have.

  1. Can the webpopup window be rotated? I need it rotated 90 degrees.
  2. I can’t seem to make the links open directly in the apps store on device (ipad). I click the links that normally open web preview then itunes in a browser but they only open preview in the browser and do not open itunes. I tried changing to target=itunes_store and the link now just doesn’t open anywhere.

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#2

  1. No, but you should be able to recreate it after an orientation change? I believe it opens in whatever the current native-UI orientation is. (I realize there’s a newer thread on this now.)

  2. There should be a link format that opens the iTunes store directly, but there are at least 2 or 3 different link formats floating around. The iTunes application suggests links in this format:

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/angry-birds/id343200656?mt=8

Meanwhile, Apple’s developer docs suggest this shorter format:

http://developer.apple.com/iphone/news/archives/2010/january/#driveituneslinks

To send customers to a specific application:
http://itunes.com/apps/appname

To send customers to a list of apps you have on the App Store:
http://itunes.com/apps/developername

To send customers to a specific app with your company name included in the URL:
http://itunes.com/apps/developername/appname

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#3

Also see this thread for another solution, although I’m not sure it’s the only way:

http://developer.anscamobile.com/forum/2010/06/07/link-apps-store [import]uid: 3007 topic_id: 1112 reply_id: 3108[/import]