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How to use an html link to open the sms app with a pre-filled body?
Everything I have read seems to indicate that sms:18005555555?body=bodyTextHere
Should work, but on the iPhone, this doesn't work. If I take out the ?body=bodyTextHere, and just use sms:phonenumber, it works.
I have seen several instances where QR codes do this through a safari link. How are they able to pre-populate the body text?
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The short answer is, adding hyperlinks into SMS text messages isn't possible. Hyperlinks can only be used in emails and on your business website.
SMS does not support HTML. Do not use href tags in the link address. For example, <a href="www.example.com">link text</a> is not supported.
Approach: Using <a> href attribute: Enter the phone number in place of the URL and add sms: before it to make an SMS link. Add the text between the tags that will appear as the clickable link.
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It turns out this is 100% possible, though a little hacky.
If you want it to work on Android you need to use this format:
<a href="sms:/* phone number here */?body=/* body text here */">Link</a>
If you want it to work on iOS, you need this:
<a href="sms:/* phone number here */;body=/* body text here */">Link</a>
Live demo here: http://bradorego.com/test/sms.html (note the "Phone and ?body" and "Phone and ;body" should autofill both the to: field and the body text. View the source for more info)
UPDATE:
Apparently iOS8 had to go and change things on us, so thanks to some of the other commenters/responders, there's a new style for iOS:
<a href="sms:/* phone number here */&body=/* body text here */">Link</a>
(phone number is optional)
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I know this is an old thread but stumbled upon it and found that some parts are no longer relevant.
I've found that if you want to just per-populate the text without adding a phone number, you can do the following:
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