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Re: Chrome for iOS

#21

Post by AlexMuir » Thu, Jun 28, 2012, 9:46 PM UTC

"the item you tried to buy is no longer available."

That was brief.

Re: Chrome for iOS

#22

Post by melvinmt » Thu, Jun 28, 2012, 9:49 PM UTC

srik wrote: post #2

Thanks. Chrome doesn't show up on Appstore search. The Appstore could really use an overhaul in my opinion.

Just navigate to this page on iOS and click on the iTunes link. It will open up the App Store and redirect you to the app.

Re: Chrome for iOS

#23

Post by abcd_f » Thu, Jun 28, 2012, 9:57 PM UTC

Can't imagine the amount of arm twisting that was involved in getting this into the App Store. Must've really come down to the ultimate "No Google for you" argument.

Re: Chrome for iOS

#24

Post by acidblue » Thu, Jun 28, 2012, 10:02 PM UTC

dewiz wrote: post #16

just tried to install and it looks like the app has been removed? anyone that could confirm?

It has not been removed. I just installed it.

Use an actual link for the store, try this:

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/chrome/id535886823

Re: Chrome for iOS

#25

Post by webwright » Thu, Jun 28, 2012, 10:05 PM UTC

The bummer here for Google (and anyone else who'd like to provide an alternative to Apple's apps on the iOS platform) is that there's no way to set your default browser. Or email client. Or calendar. It'll be hard to use chrome if Safari opens up every time I click a link in email or any other app.

Re: Chrome for iOS

#26

Post by cmelbye » Thu, Jun 28, 2012, 10:07 PM UTC

srik wrote: post #2

Thanks. Chrome doesn't show up on Appstore search. The Appstore could really use an overhaul in my opinion.

Luckily, it does get an overhaul in iOS 6.

Re: Chrome for iOS

#27

Post by cloudwalking » Thu, Jun 28, 2012, 10:08 PM UTC

webwright wrote: post #25

The bummer here for Google (and anyone else who'd like to provide an alternative to Apple's apps on the iOS platform) is that there's no way to set your default browser. Or email client. Or calendar. It'll be hard to use chrome if Safari opens up every time I click a link in email or any other app.

It is a bummer you can't make Chrome your default browser. However, if you move Safari to a folder and put Chrome in your launch bar, Safari being default won't bother you too much.

Re: Chrome for iOS

#28

Post by cmelbye » Thu, Jun 28, 2012, 10:08 PM UTC

dewiz wrote: post #16

just tried to install and it looks like the app has been removed? anyone that could confirm?

Took me a few tries. For me, it said that the app couldn't be downloaded a couple times. I just hit "Retry".

Re: Chrome for iOS

#29

Post by jimeh » Thu, Jun 28, 2012, 10:09 PM UTC

dewiz wrote: post #16

just tried to install and it looks like the app has been removed? anyone that could confirm?

Same issue here too.

Re: Chrome for iOS

#30

Post by objclxt » Thu, Jun 28, 2012, 10:21 PM UTC

dewiz wrote: post #16

just tried to install and it looks like the app has been removed? anyone that could confirm?

Unlike on Android, where pushing an app live is almost instantaneous, on iTunes it takes 24 hours for apps to propagate through all the various content distribution nodes.

It's much more likely it's this, since knowing Apple's review teams I would strongly suspect when they saw the "Google Chrome" app in the review queue they raised it up the management chain.

There is no rhyme or reason to this, it's just how it goes in the crazy world of iTunes Connect and the app store.