Open dialer with phone number when phone number tapped on mobile

Question

I need to show the dialer on mobile when a user taps a phone number on my website. I want to show the number they tapped on the dialer screen. Is this possible?

Answer 1

To make a link open the dialer with the number you specify, use tel:xxxxxxxxxx as the href of the link, where the x's represent your phone number. For example:

<a href="tel:1234567890">(123) 456-7890</a>

An excellent article on telephone links can be found here: The Current State of Telephone Links.