How to: Link to Windows Phone Marketplace Content
December 15, 2011
The WindowsPhone.com Redirection Service allows you to create links to content that is available through the Windows Phone Marketplace. These links can be used in emails, text messages, and applications to allow users to jump directly to a specified application in the catalog. When you tap on this link on your Windows Phone device, you are brought to the Windows Phone Marketplace client application on your phone. When you click this link on your desktop computer, you are brought to the Windows Phone Marketplace website in your browser.
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To link to Windows Phone Marketplace content programmatically from your application, use the MarketplaceDetailTask. For more information, see How to: Use the Marketplace Detail Task for Windows Phone. |
Links to applications on Windows Phone Marketplace have the format http://windowsphone.com/s?appId={GUID}. The {GUID} placeholder is replaced with the ID of the application to which you want to link. The following is an example link.
http://windowsphone.com/s?appId=c14e93aa-27d7-df11-a844-00237de2db9e
You can find the link to your application on the details section of the application page on App Hub. Copy this link and send it to all users who you want to install and use your application. An example of part of the details page for an application showing the Deep link is shown in the following figure.
