Customize iPhone Dialer

Question

Hi All,

Is there a way to customize the calling dialer interface of iphone to make calls and everything as that the iphone dialer supports by using a public API reference. If there is a way then can anyone please direct me to a proper link where I can read about it. I know

[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"tel://8005551212"]];

this helps to make a call but I want to not open the default interface which I don't want to open. I will appreciate if anyone can help me with this.

Regards, Ankur

Answer 1

No, there's no public interface for that. If you really need that feature you can try to send bug report to Apple with a request for it.

Answer 2

As @Vladimir says, this is not built in, so you'll need to build your own.

To do so is pretty easy:

1. Create a xib file with a set of UIButtons (for #s 1-9), a UILabel to show the currently entered number, and a "Call" button.
   • Hook up the presses on the number UIButtons and add the digit to a local variable NSString on your ViewController. Update the UILabel with this number.
   • When the call UIButton is pressed, take the locally stored # and place the aforementioned method call with it.

Originally from my answer here.