Calling a phone number in swift

Question

I'm trying to call a number not using specific numbers but a number that is being called in a variable or at least tell it to pull up the number in your phone. This number that is being called in a variable is a number that I retrieved by using a parser or grabbing from a website sql. I made a button trying to call the phone number stored in the variable with a function but to no avail. Anything will help thanks!

    func callSellerPressed (sender: UIButton!){
 //(This is calls a specific number)UIApplication.sharedApplication().openURL(NSURL(string: "tel://######")!)

 // This is the code I'm using but its not working      
 UIApplication.sharedApplication().openURL(NSURL(scheme: NSString(), host: "tel://", path: busPhone)!)

        }

Answer 1

Just try:

if let url = NSURL(string: "tel://\(busPhone)") where UIApplication.sharedApplication().canOpenURL(url) {
  UIApplication.sharedApplication().openURL(url)
}

assuming that the phone number is in busPhone.

NSURL's init(string:) returns an Optional, so by using if let we make sure that url is a NSURL (and not a NSURL? as returned by the init).

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For Swift 3:

if let url = URL(string: "tel://\(busPhone)"), UIApplication.shared.canOpenURL(url) {
    if #available(iOS 10, *) {
        UIApplication.shared.open(url)
    } else {
        UIApplication.shared.openURL(url)
    }
}

We need to check whether we're on iOS 10 or later because:

'openURL' was deprecated in iOS 10.0

Answer 2

A self contained solution in iOS 10, Swift 3 :

private func callNumber(phoneNumber:String) {

  if let phoneCallURL = URL(string: "tel://\(phoneNumber)") {

    let application:UIApplication = UIApplication.shared
    if (application.canOpenURL(phoneCallURL)) {
        application.open(phoneCallURL, options: [:], completionHandler: nil)
    }
  }
}

You should be able to use callNumber("7178881234") to make a call.

Answer 3

Swift 4,

private func callNumber(phoneNumber:String) {

    if let phoneCallURL = URL(string: "telprompt://\(phoneNumber)") {

        let application:UIApplication = UIApplication.shared
        if (application.canOpenURL(phoneCallURL)) {
            if #available(iOS 10.0, *) {
                application.open(phoneCallURL, options: [:], completionHandler: nil)
            } else {
                // Fallback on earlier versions
                 application.openURL(phoneCallURL as URL)

            }
        }
    }
}

Answer 4

Swift 5: iOS >= 10.0

This solution is nil save.

Only works on physical device.

private func callNumber(phoneNumber: String) {
    guard let url = URL(string: "telprompt://\(phoneNumber)"),
        UIApplication.shared.canOpenURL(url) else {
        return
    }
    UIApplication.shared.open(url, options: [:], completionHandler: nil)
}