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I have been trying hard to figure out a way to launch dialer app to make phone call from an app developed on meteor platform but did not find a way to do so.

In meteor documentation they have mentioned meteor launches dialer app if its wrapped in <a> tag eg: <a href="tel:+1 xxx xxx xxxx> +1 xxx xxx xxxx </a>. This approach works when I am deploying meteor app on server and opening it through mobile web browser. But if I run it on my android device using command meteor run android-device it does not work. When i click the link nothing happens. Please suggest me a way to make it work as android app.

Thanks in advance.

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  • Have you read the comments in [this answer](http://stackoverflow.com/a/2774342/2104665)? – Peppe L-G Feb 16 '16 at 08:58
  • I have just started coding on meteor platform and havent encountered Manifest.xml by now. I may be missing it, but answer by @Michel solved my issue. Thanks for the help anyway :) – goku Feb 17 '16 at 08:39
  • I meant the comment "This does not work in Android API 19 or prior". I don't know if it's true or not, but if it is, it might be a problem for you. – Peppe L-G Feb 17 '16 at 16:05
  • Thanks for bringing that to notice... I am targeting API 19 + for my prototype so it wont be an issue as of now, but going forward, I will keep this in mind :) – goku Feb 19 '16 at 23:59

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You can have a look on cordova-plugin like call-number : CordovaCallNumberPlugin I have install it in my meteor cordova project. It works fine on Android and iOS.

callSuccess = function(){
  console.log('call done');
  }

callError = function(){
  console.log('Error : verify phone number');
  }

window.plugins.CallNumber.callNumber(callSuccess, callError,'+1123456789',true);
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