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    copied!<p>I am trying to dial a phone number in iOS, however I only have the simulator and an iPod Touch to test on.</p> <p>The code uses something along the lines of:</p> <pre><code>window.location.href = 'tel:01234567890'; </code></pre> <p>Working fine with Android, but in iOS it dies with: </p> <blockquote> <p>Failed to load webpage with error: The URL can't be shown</p> </blockquote> <p>Now, I do realise this has been asked before, but the general consensus from some time ago was "It doesn't work, you'll need to use a plugin". There haven't been many questions on this for some time though, and what questions there are seem to suggest it works when doing it programmatically (as above with <code>window.location.href</code>). I have tried the <a href="https://github.com/mchristie/PhoneGap-ios-PhoneDialer/">iOS PhoneDialer</a> and the newer version of the same plugin, but both have errors in XCode (<code>ARC forbids explicit message send of 'release'</code>) - a bit of faffing and I can get this running, but then PhoneGap doesn't find the plugin - it really feels like I'm hitting a brick wall with this method, and I can't believe something as simple as this requires something so over the top.</p> <p>I know you cannot auto-dial/auto-call a number for security reasons, but all I need to do is open the dialer with number pre-populated, which is surely no different to a <code>mailto:info@example.com</code> link opening your email client with the sender pre-populated? </p> <p>So, my questions are: </p> <ul> <li>Has this changed with a recent update to PhoneGap, iOS or XCode?</li> <li>Or, is it a case that I cannot do this on an iPod or Simulator, and it will work fine on an iPhone?</li> <li>How can I fix it? :)</li> </ul>
 

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