Good day all.
I have a simple link on a webpage, in where the user can call an USSD number:
<a href="tel:*111*2#" class="phoneCallButtonLink">*CLICK HERE AND CALL *111*2#</a>
this is pretty straight forward; now, if I test it on desktop browser, it popups an alert asking me if I want to call (with skype) the number *111*2#, and thats ok.
with my Android phone (S Note 3), when testing this page, the phone (or something) stripped out the last "#" (only the last) from the link, resulting in a call to *111*2.
does anyone has experienced this? or knows how to prevent this?
Use URL encoding for special character in a URL. For example #
equals %23
This worked for me:
<a ng-href="tel:%23 224">#224</a>
As you can see:
You need to use Uri.encode("#")
For example String number = "tel:*111*2" + Uri.encode("#");
Try this way,hope this will help you to solve your problem.
webview = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webview);
webview.loadData("<a href=\"tel:*111*2#\" class=\"phoneCallButtonLink\">*CLICK HERE AND CALL *111*2#</a>","text/html", "utf-16");
webview.setWebViewClient(new CustomWebViewClient());
private class CustomWebViewClient extends WebViewClient {
@Override
public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView wv, String url) {
if(url.startsWith("tel:")) {
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_DIAL);
intent.setData(Uri.parse(url.replace("#","%23")));
startActivity(intent);
return true;
}
return false;
}
}
You can use below way to display the USSD in dialer
<a href="tel:*111*2%23" class="phoneCallButtonLink">*CLICK HERE AND CALL *111*2#</a>