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Making phone calls in iOS apps

It used to be, before iOS 10.3; that we had the choice inside an iOS app on how to perform a phone call. Either using this, in which case the call was executed immediately:

[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"tel://01-2345-6789"]];

Or using this, in which case the call was executed only after waiting for a user confirmation:

[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"telprompt://01-2345-6789"]];

Now even the first option waits for user confirmation. Is there a way to avoid waiting? It would be great to at least give the choice to the user.

Solution

  • Unfortunately, no. Both the tel and telprompt schemes prompt the user before attempting to make a call.