Is it possible open mail or phone call with Linking.openURL in react native?

Question

I need to make a call when I click on the button, or open mail in order to send a message, we usually use the a tag with the necessary mail: or tel: attributes for these purposes, but is it possible to do this using Linking.openURL like this?

onPress={() => Linking.openURL('+380775454545455')

If it possible, what should we add in order to do it?

There is already same question and solution [here](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50272908/cannot-open-phone-call-with-linking-openurl) — Alex Shtromberg, Nov 22 '22 at 14:20

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 22 '22 at 14:22

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Mail:

const subject = "Mail Subject";
const message = "Message Body";
Linking.openURL(`mailto:support@domain.com?subject=${subject}&body=${message}`)

Phone call:

const phone = "+380775454545455";
Linking.openURL(`tel:${phone}`)

answered Nov 22 '22 at 14:22

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 22 '22 at 15:40

As referred to in the react-native's documentation you can open your mail or make a phone call using the Linking component.

Phone call:

const phoneNumber = "+123456789";
Linking.openURL(`tel:${phoneNumber}`);

Email:

const email = "support@expo.io";

// if you want to just open the mail app
Linking.openURL(`mailto:${email}`);

// if you want to open the mail app with subject and body
const subject = "Subject";
const body = "Body";

Linking.openURL(`mailto:${email}?subject=${subject}&body=${body}`);

You can also use the component to open a website, send an SMS, or even open other apps through Deep Linking. For further explanation please see the documentation

Is it possible open mail or phone call with Linking.openURL in react native?

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