UIWebView email hyperlink is not working on device

Question

I am displaying a HTML page in my iPhone app. The HTML page has few Email addresses. In Mac desktop browser, if the same HTML page is opened and if i click on email address, MAC machines mailbox is opened to compose a new email. Whereas in iPhone, on clicking the email address it is trying to load the webView thinking it as a link.

How come it is working on MAC browser and not in iPhone app.

Source in HTML is :

<a href="mailto:customerinfo@mycompany.com">customerinfo@mycompany.com</a>

If i try to handle using MFMailControlViewController, it works. But my real question is, how come MAC desktop launching mail box and iPhone doesn't.

Thanks Jithen

Answer 1

Go to interface builder to Web View settings. You need to enable Addresses and Links detection.

or

in the code:

webView.dataDetectorTypes = UIDataDetectorTypeAll;