tel: link causes error "Failed to load webpage with error: The URL can’t be shown"

[robl]

I am using PhoneGap 1.1.0 on iPhone / iOS 5.0.

I am trying to initiate a phone call with:

           window.open('tel:9995551212','_blank');

but when invoked, it displays this error message:

"Failed to load webpage with error: The URL can’t be shown"

How do I get this to work?????

[Lyle Pratt]

I'm having this same issue on iOS 5.0. Did you ever find a solution?
Wrapping my item in an anchor tag is simply not an option for me. I
need to be able to programmatically initiate the call.

[StuVille]

This is causing me grief as well. :(

Stu

[Phonegap]

any solution yet?

> > > "Failedtoloadwebpagewith error: The URL can’t be shown"

[Phonegap]

same issue here

[Todd Blanchard]

you could try document.location.href='tel:9995551212';

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[FidoX]

Using phonegap 1.2 I've tested the

document.location.href='tel:9995551212'; but it doesn't work. Any
other idea?

[JC Elu]

Hi all,

Same problem here :(
No solutions found yet?

Thanks for the help
JC

[Shazron]

Try this: https://gist.github.com/1725083
pass the function the tel url

[Anton]

Hi Shazron,

This solution didn't work for me (though the project is still on v1.1, this could be the problem), so I instead opted to change the href attribute value of the existing link: if the user presses the link, it works fine.

Best regards,

Anton

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[Anton]

No, this doesn't work, but the project is still on 1.1.0, so that may be the problem. I had to modify the href attribute of an existing link, and when the user presses it it works fine.

Best regards,

Anton

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[Nate Hamilton]

I'm having the same problem here. I've noticed that my tel links work fine as long as I don't have FastClick (script that gets rid of 300ms delay) installed. I don't want to get rid of fastclick so I tried a javascript work around for the tel links but everything I've tried doesn't work. Any new thoughts on this issue?

[Matthew Field]

> How do I get this to work?????

add this function

function callNumber(number)
{
var anchor = document.createElement('a');
anchor.setAttribute('href', 'tel:'+number);
anchor.setAttribute('target', '_self');

var dispatch = document.createEvent('HTMLEvents')
dispatch.initEvent('click', true, true);

anchor.dispatchEvent(dispatch);
}

and then call your number with callNumber('9995551212')