iRate detecting incorrect Country App. Store

[mibrahim01]

iRate detecting incorrect Country App. Store

[mibrahim01]

2012-4-11 18:57:09 shouldPromptForRating:appStoreCountry=AU
2012-4-11 18:57:09 shouldPromptForRating:appStoreID=502431430
2012-4-11 18:57:09 shouldPromptForRating:ratedThisVersion=NO
2012-4-11 18:57:09 shouldPromptForRating:declinedThisVersion=NO
2012-4-11 18:57:09 shouldPromptForRating:firstUsed=2012-04-10 20:06:14 +0000
2012-4-11 18:57:09 shouldPromptForRating:Date Diff (Current Value=64254.933416, Setting=863.999981)
2012-4-11 18:57:09 shouldPromptForRating:usesCount=26
2012-4-11 18:57:09 shouldPromptForRating:lastReminded=(null)
2012-4-11 18:57:09 checkForConnectivityInBackground:iTunesServiceURL=http://itunes.apple.com/lookup?country=AU&id=502431430
2012-4-11 18:57:09 Segment Count : 2
2012-4-11 18:57:10 Segment Count : 2
2012-4-11 18:57:10 Reachability Flag Status: -R ------- networkStatusForFlags

2012-4-11 18:57:10 token ; 2662eb7f0ce7eb59e314f1a3df8cdc31e6cf4025d92e44f48fc2f5ec8bb9206c
2012-4-11 18:57:10 iRateCouldNotConnectToAppStore: Error
2012-4-11 18:57:10 Error Domain=iRate Code=2 "Service bundleID and applicationBundleID did not match" UserInfo=0x2bce30 {NSLocalizedDescription=Service bundleID and applicationBundleID did not match}

[nicklockwood]

Can you tell me your app's bundle ID and paste the code you are usingo to configure iRate, and I'll try to reproduce this at my end.

[mibrahim01]

Bundle IDcom.gamezebo.wannaplay
Apple ID
502431430

The Application is available in Pakistan, Canada and Indonesia. It's NOT available in US, Australia

[yawarkhan]

FYI,
It is not happening on all our test devices. iRate popup is appeared on few devices.
Actually "http://itunes.apple.com/lookup?country=AU&id=502431430" gives empty set instead of valid JSON response.
It gives empty set because we haven't yet released the application in 'AU' region.
The problem is - why is it picking country 'AU' as aapStoreCountry (which is my local country but not App Store country)?
Here are the configuration settings,

[iRate sharedInstance].appStoreID = 502431430;
[iRate sharedInstance].applicationBundleID = @"com.gamezebo.wannaplay";
[iRate sharedInstance].daysUntilPrompt = 0.01;
[iRate sharedInstance].usesUntilPrompt = 1;
[iRate sharedInstance].eventsUntilPrompt = 0;
[iRate sharedInstance].remindPeriod = 3;

[nicklockwood]

Okay, I understand the issue. I use the device locale for the app store country by default because the vast majority of users use the app in the same country they bought it, and there's no way to find out the actual app store country programmatically.

Your app is not available to buy in Australia, so it's reasonable to assume that the number of users with your app in Australia is essentially zero (other than yourself, obviously, but you're the developer).

I don't really see this as a problem because when the app is released it won't cause a significant number of missed ratings, however if it bothers you, you can set the following code:

[iRate sharedInstance].appStoreCountry = @"PK";

Which will force the app to always check the Pakistan app store.

Nick

[mibrahim01]

Thanks for that Nick!