native.showPopup("appStore") question

SDL · April 16, 2015, 9:05pm

The documentation for the showPopup API indicates that when calling “appStore” that it shows up in a popup window. However this is not the actual functionality. It closes the current app and opens the App Store, which is definitely not ideal behavior. Is there a way to do an actual in-game popup of the App Store?

Original post [solved]:

I’m trying to use the app store popup in our app, but I keep getting this message in the console:

Error: native.showPopup() does not support appStore popups on this device.

I’ve tried this on the iPad 3 and iPad Air and get the same result.

Is there some plugin I’m missing? I have the Game Network, Popup Activity, and Popup Social plugins installed.

Heres my code

 local service\_name = "appStore" &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; local options = { &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; iOSAppId = 123456789 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; } &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; local is\_available = native.canShowPopup("appStore", options) &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; if is\_available then &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; native.showPopup(service\_name, options) &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; else &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; native.showAlert("App Store is currently unavailable", &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; "Please check your App Store account or network connection.", &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; { "OK" } ) &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; end

Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

rob · April 16, 2015, 11:19pm

The iOS App ID is a string not a number. Try putting “” around the value and make sure the number is valid.

Rob

SDL · April 17, 2015, 4:38pm

Thank you Rob! That was the problem.

One other quick question, this just switches to the App Store app, is there a way to do an actual popup in game?

Thanks

rob · April 17, 2015, 10:36pm

Not with Corona SDK. You might be able to with Corona Enterprise.

Rob

rob · April 16, 2015, 11:19pm

The iOS App ID is a string not a number. Try putting “” around the value and make sure the number is valid.

Rob

SDL · April 17, 2015, 4:38pm

Thank you Rob! That was the problem.

One other quick question, this just switches to the App Store app, is there a way to do an actual popup in game?

Thanks

rob · April 17, 2015, 10:36pm

Not with Corona SDK. You might be able to with Corona Enterprise.

Rob