Make a phone call programmatically

Solution 1:

To go back to original app you can use telprompt:// instead of tel:// - The tell prompt will prompt the user first, but when the call is finished it will go back to your app:

NSString *phoneNumber = [@"telprompt://" stringByAppendingString:mymobileNO.titleLabel.text];
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:phoneNumber]];

Solution 2:

Probably the mymobileNO.titleLabel.text value doesn't include the scheme //

Your code should look like this:

ObjectiveC

NSString *phoneNumber = [@"tel://" stringByAppendingString:mymobileNO.titleLabel.text];
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:phoneNumber]];

Swift

if let url = URL(string: "tel://\(mymobileNO.titleLabel.text))") {
    UIApplication.shared.open(url)
}

Solution 3:

Merging the answers of @Cristian Radu and @Craig Mellon, and the comment from @joel.d, you should do:

NSURL *urlOption1 = [NSURL URLWithString:[@"telprompt://" stringByAppendingString:phone]];
NSURL *urlOption2 = [NSURL URLWithString:[@"tel://" stringByAppendingString:phone]];
NSURL *targetURL = nil;

if ([UIApplication.sharedApplication canOpenURL:urlOption1]) {
    targetURL = urlOption1;
} else if ([UIApplication.sharedApplication canOpenURL:urlOption2]) {
    targetURL = urlOption2;
}

if (targetURL) {
    if (@available(iOS 10.0, *)) {
        [UIApplication.sharedApplication openURL:targetURL options:@{} completionHandler:nil];
    } else {
#pragma clang diagnostic push
#pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Wdeprecated-declarations"
        [UIApplication.sharedApplication openURL:targetURL];
#pragma clang diagnostic pop
    }
} 

This will first try to use the "telprompt://" URL, and if that fails, it will use the "tel://" URL. If both fails, you're trying to place a phone call on an iPad or iPod Touch.

Swift Version :

let phone = mymobileNO.titleLabel.text
let phoneUrl = URL(string: "telprompt://\(phone)"
let phoneFallbackUrl = URL(string: "tel://\(phone)"
if(phoneUrl != nil && UIApplication.shared.canOpenUrl(phoneUrl!)) {
  UIApplication.shared.open(phoneUrl!, options:[String:Any]()) { (success) in
    if(!success) {
      // Show an error message: Failed opening the url
    }
  }
} else if(phoneFallbackUrl != nil && UIApplication.shared.canOpenUrl(phoneFallbackUrl!)) {
  UIApplication.shared.open(phoneFallbackUrl!, options:[String:Any]()) { (success) in
    if(!success) {
      // Show an error message: Failed opening the url
    }
  }
} else {
    // Show an error message: Your device can not do phone calls.
}

Solution 4:

The answers here are perfectly working. I am just converting Craig Mellon answer to Swift. If someone comes looking for swift answer, this will help them.

 var phoneNumber: String = "telprompt://".stringByAppendingString(titleLabel.text!) // titleLabel.text has the phone number.
        UIApplication.sharedApplication().openURL(NSURL(string:phoneNumber)!)

Solution 5:

If you are using Xamarin to develop an iOS application, here is the C# equivalent to make a phone call within your application:

string phoneNumber = "1231231234";
NSUrl url = new NSUrl(string.Format(@"telprompt://{0}", phoneNumber));
UIApplication.SharedApplication.OpenUrl(url);