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There aren't any docs yet according to the article, but this is almost definitely an un-standardized meta tag or something. For mobile devs, it removes some (bo

There aren't any docs yet according to the article, but this is almost definitely an un-standardized meta tag or something. For mobile devs, it removes some (boilerplate) code and standardizes the user experience, which is good. My only hope is that they made the syntax open enough that it will support other app stores (so a similar tag can be used if android decides to follow along). If it's <itunes> or something, well, screw them.

pooriaazimi 14y ago
I'm completely speculating (my agent hasn't approved iOS 6 SDK License yet and I can't access the docs), but if I were to implement this feature, I'd bake it into the App Store. Say you created IMDB.app. You can specify (in a plist) which domains your app operates on (imdb.com, imdb.de) and Safari would automatically open up that banner when you visited those domain IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT INSTALLED ALREADY. Something like <itunes='imdb' lang='en/us'> is the worst option I think. AND, would cause confusion. What if all websites decided to include this little tag on behalf of an advertiser to promote an app? That's the nightmare scenario IMO.
- shadesandcolour 14y ago
  This was how I thought it would work too (I haven't seen the docs yet). I figured that you would specify either when you build your app or somewhere in iTunes connect and when the app store itself will tell safari what sites it should show the notification banner for.
  - pooriaazimi 14y ago
    She agreed to the license now, and I took a look at docs. As my parent had mentioned (and I apparently missed it!), there are no docs regarding those Smart Banners yet. And release notes says: In iOS 6 beta 1, Smart App Banners in Safari show App Store information for an app above web content. In this seed, the app launching UI and functionality portion of Smart App Banners is not available. So it seems we have to wait till seed 2. This quora question is about the same thing, but without any answers (yet): http://www.quora.com/iOS-6/How-will-Smart-App-Banners-work http://www.quora.com/iOS-6/How-will-Smart-App-Banners-work

pooriaazimi 14y ago

I'm completely speculating (my agent hasn't approved iOS 6 SDK License yet and I can't access the docs), but if I were to implement this feature, I'd bake it into the App Store. Say you created IMDB.app. You can specify (in a plist) which domains your app operates on (imdb.com, imdb.de) and Safari would automatically open up that banner when you visited those domain IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT INSTALLED ALREADY. Something like <itunes='imdb' lang='en/us'> is the worst option I think. AND, would cause confusion. What if all websites decided to include this little tag on behalf of an advertiser to promote an app? That's the nightmare scenario IMO.

shadesandcolour 14y ago
This was how I thought it would work too (I haven't seen the docs yet). I figured that you would specify either when you build your app or somewhere in iTunes connect and when the app store itself will tell safari what sites it should show the notification banner for.
- pooriaazimi 14y ago
  She agreed to the license now, and I took a look at docs. As my parent had mentioned (and I apparently missed it!), there are no docs regarding those Smart Banners yet. And release notes says: In iOS 6 beta 1, Smart App Banners in Safari show App Store information for an app above web content. In this seed, the app launching UI and functionality portion of Smart App Banners is not available. So it seems we have to wait till seed 2. This quora question is about the same thing, but without any answers (yet): http://www.quora.com/iOS-6/How-will-Smart-App-Banners-work http://www.quora.com/iOS-6/How-will-Smart-App-Banners-work