Can I make a phone call from HTML on Android?

Question

To make a phone call via HTML on an iPhone I create an <A/> tag with an href formatted as: <a href='tel:123-555-1212'>Dial Me</a>.

Is there an equivelant for HTML on Android?

CLARIFICATION - using the format href='tele:123-555-1212' does indeed work on on android. I was testing the app within a native Java wrapper on the device. It does not appear as if we can make a call from a web application hosted in a Native Wrapper.

Answer 1

Yes you can; it works on Android too:

tel: phone_number
Calls the entered phone number. Valid telephone numbers as defined in the IETF RFC 3966 are accepted. Valid examples include the following:

* tel:2125551212 * tel: (212) 555 1212 

The Android browser uses the Phone app to handle the “tel” scheme, as defined by RFC 3966.
Clicking a link like:

<a href="tel:2125551212">2125551212</a> 

on Android will bring up the Phone app and pre-enter the digits for 2125551212 without autodialing.

Have a look to RFC3966

Answer 2

I have just written an app which can make a call from a web page - I don't know if this is any use to you, but I include anyway:

in your onCreate you'll need to use a webview and assign a WebViewClient, as below:

browser = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webkit); browser.setWebViewClient(new InternalWebViewClient()); 

then handle the click on a phone number like this:

private class InternalWebViewClient extends WebViewClient {      @Override     public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) {          if (url.indexOf("tel:") > -1) {             startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_DIAL, Uri.parse(url)));             return true;         } else {             return false;         }     } } 

Let me know if you need more pointers.