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How do I detect availability of tel: uri scheme in a web app?

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I'm looking to use the tel: uri scheme (rfc3966) to make phone numbers linkable on mobile devices in a web application, but I'd prefer to not link them on devices that can't handle the tel: scheme - desktops, or mobile devices without phone functionality (i.e. iPads!)



Is there some way to detect this? I'd prefer to avoid user agent sniffing, if possible.



The iPhone seems to have a canOpenURL function that apps can use to test this, but I'd like to get the same behaviour from Javascript.


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  1. UserMay 9, 2012 at 2:22 AM

    There's no standard way of detecting browser support for the tel URI scheme.

    You can however user-agent sniffing library, such as the excellent WURFL library which can detect this feature.

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  2. UserMay 9, 2012 at 2:23 AM

    The iPhone will automatically pick up whether general text is in phone number format and turn it into a clickable link. No effort required on your side.

    ie If you have text "+61 (0)7 3000 0000" on your site the iPhone will know it's a number and make it a link.

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