Making a Button Call a Phone Number in iOS

Question

I want to create a button that, when pressed, will call a phone number on the iPhone. I don't know if this is possible, but if it is I'd love for someone to help me with this.
I dont have any code for it, so someone would need to help me from start to finish.

@esqew close enough for me... why ppl cant search is beyond me — Daij-Djan, Mar 17 '13 at 14:45

score 90 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 14 '18 at 22:58

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Try this out in your button action

-(IBAction)callPhone:(id)sender {
    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"tel://1115550123"]];
}

Then in Interface Builder you should connect the TouchUpInside event to the previously declared action (callPhone:) and you are done.

edited Feb 14 '18 at 22:58

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answered May 23 '11 at 18:29

arclight

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What kind of action should my action be though... – Sam May 23 '11 at 18:42
I'll update the answer for you. – arclight May 23 '11 at 18:56
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@arclight And then, when the user finishes the call? the app doesn't return, when you finish the call the phone shows your contacts. how can I do for the app come back after the end of the call? – Mar 15 '13 at 22:48
@GabrielMolter see other answer – Daij-Djan Mar 17 '13 at 14:45
this one works but it is wrong. it is tel:// - not tel: – Daij-Djan Mar 17 '13 at 14:46
For make call I need to add any native delegate? – GR. Sep 28 '13 at 14:29
P.S. Make sure there are no spaces in your number – rharvey Nov 12 '13 at 13:05

score 38 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 17 '13 at 13:41

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You can also go back to your original app when finish the call just by using this one instead:

-(IBAction)callPhone:(id)sender {
    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"telprompt://2135554321"]];
}

Enjoy!

answered Mar 17 '13 at 13:41

ytpm

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For make call I need to add any native delegate? – GR. Sep 28 '13 at 14:28
@Yossi Is it possible to add here some custom message without using UIAlertView written by myself? – andilabs Feb 02 '14 at 01:32
I don't think so, this is iOS default. – ytpm Feb 08 '14 at 14:27
Is there anyway of calling multiple numbers with this? – Supertecnoboff May 15 '15 at 10:11
What do you mean calling multiple numbers? – ytpm May 15 '15 at 10:20
So for example, you can open ```MFMessageComposeViewController``` and send an email to more than one contact at once. So can you pass more than one phone number to the phone app and have a conference call? – Supertecnoboff May 18 '15 at 11:14

Making a Button Call a Phone Number in iOS

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