You need the tel protocol. This will launch the native phone dialer. Use it as
<a href="tel:555-123-4567">
Matt Lacey
2010-09-07 13:33:45
+1
A:
Thanks for your reply,it is exactly what I want. and just for curiousity,how do you know this? I have googled for a long time,but found nothing.
DiveInto
2010-09-08 03:59:43
@DiveInto I've been doing mobile web stuff for a long time. That's how I know.
Matt Lacey
2010-09-08 08:13:26
@Matt Lacey a new problem,in android I used webview to load my website ,and in this webview when I click the tel link:<a href="tel:555-123-4567">,it doesn't operate as the default browser,instead it simply shows 'no page can be found', you know how to set the webview to make it work as the default browser does ? (hope you develop on android ^_^)
DiveInto
2010-10-14 07:40:36
@DiveInto I don't develop for Android but it looks like you need to override `shouldOverrideUrlLoading()` http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/thread/ddc289d7701f944e
Matt Lacey
2010-10-14 08:07:18
@Matt Lacey Thank you,you are right !
DiveInto
2010-10-15 08:53:04
A:
Wouldnt this represent a MAJOR security hole?
i.e. craft a URL that forces the phone to dial a premium rate number that I own....
Visage
2010-09-07 13:41:18
I also doubt about that,but in this case,it will just open the telephone app and won't make the call until the user decide to,so I think it is OK.
DiveInto
2010-09-08 04:02:01
Yes, @DiveInto is correct. I am not aware of any platform which actually starts the call this way. Rather it opens the app with the numer prepopulated so it's a single click to start the call. Most browsers will also prevent urls to protocols such as this from being launched programatically.
Matt Lacey
2010-09-08 08:12:40