Make a phone call programmatically

Question

How can I make a phone call programmatically on iPhone? I tried the following code but nothing happened:

NSString *phoneNumber = mymobileNO.titleLabel.text;
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:phoneNumber]];

Answer 1

The Java RoboVM equivalent:

public void dial(String number)
{
  NSURL url = new NSURL("tel://" + number);
  UIApplication.getSharedApplication().openURL(url);
}

Answer 2

'openURL:' is deprecated: first deprecated in iOS 10.0 - Please use openURL:options:completionHandler: instead

in Objective-c iOS 10+ use :

NSString *phoneNumber = [@"tel://" stringByAppendingString:mymobileNO.titleLabel.text];
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:phoneNumber] options:@{} completionHandler:nil];

Answer 3

Probably the mymobileNO.titleLabel.text value doesn't include the scheme tel://

Your code should look like this:

NSString *phoneNumber = [@"tel://" stringByAppendingString:mymobileNO.titleLabel.text];
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:phoneNumber]];

Answer 4

let phone = "tel://\("1234567890")";
let url:NSURL = NSURL(string:phone)!;
UIApplication.sharedApplication().openURL(url);

Answer 5

To go back to original app you can use telprompt:// instead of tel:// - The tell prompt will prompt the user first, but when the call is finished it will go back to your app:

NSString *phoneNumber = [@"telprompt://" stringByAppendingString:mymobileNO.titleLabel.text];
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:phoneNumber]];