Disable iOS call prompt on selecting number

Question

Is there a way to disable the native "Call" prompt? Ex: this prompt occurs sometimes when you tap on a number (typically a phone number, on the web for example).

I have a calendar widget which is inadvertently triggering the call prompt so a quick fix would be to disable that type of prompt from occurring from within my app entirely.

possible duplicate of [How to disable phone number linking in Mobile Safari?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/226131/how-to-disable-phone-number-linking-in-mobile-safari) — Black Frog, Apr 19 '15 at 17:28
Can you add an image of the calendar widget and what is happening? — Black Frog, Apr 19 '15 at 17:29
@BlackFrog no worries, there is an accepted answer. Weird bug though - using https://github.com/mozbrick/brick-calendar the call prompt would only get triggered after tapping a date, but only if another native overlay (ie- list picker) was triggered before that. — Derrick, Apr 20 '15 at 15:35

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 19 '15 at 19:25

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For hybrid apps you can use a meta tag to prevent iOS from adding a hyperlink around numbers.

<meta name="format-detection" content="telephone=no">

answered Apr 19 '15 at 19:25

Tarabass

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Thanks, that did the trick. If you're using PhoneGap Build for good measure I found you can also add to config.xml – Derrick Apr 20 '15 at 15:30
Didn't knew about that one. Thanks for sharing. – Tarabass Apr 21 '15 at 16:03

Disable iOS call prompt on selecting number

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