system.openURL("tel:") Doesn't Work on Android

Solar2D Android
#1

Hi,

I’m having a problem with my application. I assign an event listener to an image, and when the user taps the image, it is supposed to open up a telephone number. Unfortunately, tel: doesn’t work and wont open up the dialer on Android. Anyone know why?

[lua]system.openURL(“tel:408-555-5555”)[/lua]

Regards,
Jordan Schuetz
Ninja Pig Studios [import]uid: 29181 topic_id: 19874 reply_id: 319874[/import]

#2

Just a quick way to get around the Corona issue. Instead, make the tel: link a TinyURL and call the TinyURL instead of the tel: command straight from Corona. [import]uid: 29181 topic_id: 19874 reply_id: 77196[/import]

#3

Remove the dashes from the phone number. That should make it work. [import]uid: 32256 topic_id: 19874 reply_id: 77445[/import]

#4

Actually Josh, that doesn’t work. I thought the same thing you did, but when I tried it, it was unsuccessful.

Regards,
Jordan Schuetz
Ninja Pig Studios [import]uid: 29181 topic_id: 19874 reply_id: 77449[/import]

#5

Did you give your app permission to make a phone call? You can do so via the build.settings file as follows…

[lua]settings =
{
androidPermissions =
{
“android.permission.CALL_PHONE”,
},
}[/lua] [import]uid: 32256 topic_id: 19874 reply_id: 77472[/import]

#6

No I did not. I guess that was the issue. Whoops! The application is already published so I’ll have to add that in a future update.

Heres the link: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.ninjapigstudios.weirdstuff

Regards,
Jordan Schuetz
Ninja Pig Studios [import]uid: 29181 topic_id: 19874 reply_id: 77482[/import]