Link to an app in the App Store before approved?

From what I understand, you have to use the appname when linking which is the slug that apple generates. So, for an app like like 'Guns and Weapons Encyclopedia' the slug will be 'guns-and-weapons-encyclopedia' or开发者_C百科 it can be 'guns-weapons-encyclopedia'

So one doesn't know in advance what the name will be -- only after Apple approves and processes the app for the store.

Is there a way to generate a reliable link before the app is approved?

Thanks

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Yes, there is. You can use the app ID to generate the link. You get the ID when you register an app in the iTunes portal.

You want a link like this:

http://itunes.apple.com/app/idAAAAAAAAA

Where, AAAAAAAAA is your app id.

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There is also one other way:

Use "appstore.com" scheme.

Your app name is "Houston, we have an issue!" you can transform it into:

(iOS) http://www.appstore.com/houstonwehaveanissue

(Mac) http://www.appstore.com/mac/houstonwehaveanissue

Rules:

1. lower case characters

2. strip whitespaces

3. "!¡"#$%'()*+,-./:;<=>¿?@[]^_`{|}~" characters that have to be removed

More detailed description can be found at: https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/qa/qa1633/_index.html (Creating easy-to-read short links to the App Store for your apps and company)