Wednesday, 22 June 2016

html - How to trigger a phone call when clicking a link in a web page on mobile phone



I need to build a web page for mobile devices. There's only one thing I still haven't figured out: how can I trigger a phone call through the click of text?



Is there a special URL I could enter like the mailto: tag for emails?



Device specific solution are not preferred.




I know iPhone automatically recognizes phone numbers and creates a link for this, but it would be great if this could be done for images too... and also for most mobile devices.


Answer



Most modern devices support the tel: scheme. So use 555-555-5555 and you should be good to go.



If you want to use it for an image, the tag can handle the placed in it just like other normal situations with :


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