cant get Ti.Platform.openURL('tel: to work

Are you sure the entered telephone number is valid? Your code looks good.

— answered November 2nd 2010 by Peter Griffin
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What do you mean by valid?
Do I need country code etc? Or shouldn't I be able to have which ever number I want?? Just like the example?
For example ('tel:+4631650000') and ('tel:4631650000') does not work.
When I on the same line do ('http://www.google.com') it works so it seams that there is nothing wrong with the button.
Same goes for ('sms:4631650000') does not trigger the SMS function.

Very strange…??

//Pingo

— commented November 2nd 2010 by Stefan Jakobsson

Following is the complete code for my contact.js

//Pingo

// create table view data object
var data = [];

var xhr = Ti.Network.createHTTPClient();
xhr.open("GET","http://dearsupport.se/contacts.xml");

xhr.onload = function()
{
    try
    {
        var doc = this.responseXML.documentElement;
        var items = doc.getElementsByTagName("item");
        var x = 0;
        var doctitle = doc.evaluate("//channel/title/text()").item(0).nodeValue;

        for (var c=0;c<items.length;c++)
        {
            var item = items.item(c);

            var title = item.getElementsByTagName("title").item(0).text;
            var phone = item.getElementsByTagName("phone").item(0).text;
            var email = item.getElementsByTagName("email").item(0).text;
            var row = Ti.UI.createTableViewRow({title:''+title,height:40,hasChild:true});
            row.phone = phone; //item.getElementsByTagName("description").item(0).text;
            row.email = email; 

            data[x++] = row;
        }

        var tableview = Titanium.UI.createTableView({data:data});
        Titanium.UI.currentWindow.add(tableview);
        tableview.addEventListener('click',function(e)
        {
            var w = Ti.UI.createWindow({
                backgroundColor:'#fff'
            });

            // Create CALL button and action
            var l_number = Ti.UI.createLabel({
                text:e.row.phone,
                width:'auto',
                top: 30,
                height:'auto',
                textAlign:'center',
                font:{fontSize:34, fontStyle:'bold'}
            });
            w.add(l_number);
            var b_call = Ti.UI.createButton({
                title:'Call',
                width:150,
                top: 100,
                height:50
            });
            b_call.addEventListener('click',function()
            {
                //Ti.Platform.openURL('tel:'+e.row.phone);
                Ti.Platform.openURL('tel:4631650000');
            });
            w.add(b_call);

            // Create SMS button and action
            var b_sms = Ti.UI.createButton({
                title:'Send SMS',
                width:150,
                top: 170,
                height:50
            });
            b_sms.addEventListener('click',function()
            {
                Ti.Platform.openURL('sms:'+e.row.phone);
            });
            w.add(b_sms);

            // Create Email button and action
            var b_email = Ti.UI.createButton({
                title:'Send E-mail',
                width:150,
                top: 240,
                height:50
            });
            b_email.addEventListener('click',function()
            {
                var emailDialog = Ti.UI.createEmailDialog();
                emailDialog.toRecipients = [e.row.email];
                emailDialog.open();
            });
            w.add(b_email);

            var b_close = Ti.UI.createButton({
                title:'Close',
                width:150,
                top: 310,
                height:50
            });
            b_close.addEventListener('click',function()
            {
                w.close();
            });
            w.add(b_close);

            w.open({
                   modal:true,
                   modalTransitionStyle:Ti.UI.iPhone.MODAL_TRANSITION_STYLE_COVER_VERTICAL,
                   modalStyle:Ti.UI.iPhone.MODAL_PRESENTATION_FULLSCREEN,
                   navBarHidden:true});
            });

    }
    catch(E)
    {
        alert(E);
    }
};
xhr.send();

— commented November 2nd 2010 by Stefan Jakobsson

OK, just want to add that it doesn't work when I have deployed the app to my iPhone4 either.
So it's not just working in the simulator.
Thx
/Pingo

— commented November 1st 2010 by Stefan Jakobsson

This works for me on iphone.
Ti.Platform.openURL("tel:6035551212");
Remember that it won't work on the simulator though; you need to put it on a phone.

— commented September 3rd 2011 by Patty Mapes

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