For those of you who are following me on Twitter, you’ve no doubt heard me bitching and moaning about the App Store’s “broken” reviews system.
I’m going to file a bug report on this and if you have a developer account, I would suggest that you do the same. I’ll post the radar number here once I’ve done so.
[UPDATE: radar numbers are listed next to the problem names below]
To sum up my Twitter rantings, I have two main gripes with how user-feedback is implemented on the store:
I recently gave a talk entitled “7 App Store Tips” at the Dublin Web Summit.
One of the tips I discussed was the use of an in-app alert, which reminds users to rate/review your app on the App Store.
I’ve since tidied up my code a little and uploaded the class for re-use within your own apps.
Usage:
VCReviewPopup* popup = [VCReviewPopup sharedPopup];
popup.appStoreURL = [NSURL URLWithString:@”http://itunes.apple.com/ie/app/eirtext/id286099297?mt=8”];
popup.numberOfDaysBeforeShowingPopup = 14; // Show alert after two weeks
[popup showAlertReminderAfterDaysHaveElapsed];
