tel - iOS: How to launch call applications like native phone app, skype, lin phone etc from my application -
i have explored tel:// pattern establish call. in ipad mini have wi-fi support. uri fails. want know if there nay way write code such application ask user choose among calling feature supporting application. i tried callto: pattern no luck. on this? to make calls via skype can use url scheme, source skype docs bool installed = [[uiapplication sharedapplication] canopenurl:[nsurl urlwithstring:@"skype:"]]; if(installed) { [[uiapplication sharedapplication] openurl:[nsurl urlwithstring:@"skype:echo123?call"]]; } else { [[uiapplication sharedapplication] openurl:[nsurl urlwithstring:@"http://itunes.com/apps/skype/skype"]]; } to make calls via facetime can use use similar url scheme nsurl *url = [nsurl urlwithstring:@"facetime://+123456789"]; [[uiapplication sharedapplication] openurl:url]; hope helps , there no such feature aware of give list of calling apps , can manually show selection option , let user select of...