Using device phone/browser

[fousheezy]

I am trying to make buttons to

1. call a phone number
2. send an email
3. open a web page in the device's browser

However the solutions I have found on Stack Overflow have not worked. The button press results in the app displaying a 'this page cannot be displayed' panel from which there is no escape.

So far I have tried this (each in a respective button handler)

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window.location.href = 'tel:9999999999';
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window.location.href = 'mailto:test@me.com';
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window.location.href = 'http://google.com'
...

Then I tried it without the .href

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window.location = 'tel:9999999999';
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window.location = 'mailto:test@me.com';
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window.location = 'http://google.com'
...

Finally I tried using window.open

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window.open('tel:9999999999');
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window.open('mailto:test@me.com');
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window.open('http://google.com');
...

But all of these produced the same 'page cannot be displayed' result. How are you supposed to send emails, make phone calls and open webpages in Sencha?

[mitchellsimoens]

This is up to the native packager to allow or support. We are doing some work currently with URI schemas for our native packager.

[Farish]

with Cordova (PhoneGap), document.location.href = 'tel:+phoneNumber' works on Android. It might not work on iOS5 but from a little searching, i found that there is a plugin available for it.

[steve1964]

Hi, to open external link in Phonegap use the chidlBrowser plugin (for both iOS and Android):
https://github.com/phonegap/phonegap-plugins
The Phonegap Plugin for iOS to dial a number (works for me):
https://github.com/j-mcnally/PhoneGap-ios-PhoneDialer