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Prometheus
Prometheus

Reputation: 33655

Xcode simulator, link is invalid sending SMS in HTML webpage, why?

I'm not familiar with xCode, I'm using the iPhone 6 simulator to view a simple site in Safari. The webpage has a link which should open up the simulators SMS messenger:

   <a href="sms:12345678?body=Hello my friend">Send SMS</a>

However, in the simulator when I click on this link I get following alert:

"Safari cannot open this page because the address appears to be invalid"

My question is, do I get this message because I'm missing some services of files for the simulator, or I'm I doing something else wrong?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 687

Answers (2)

mitesh
mitesh

Reputation: 136

If you see XCode Simulator apps then you will realize that there is no Messages app. So in simulator there is no app which can handle URL of type sms: and that is the reason you are getting an alert from Safari.

Upvotes: 1

Tekaya Marouene
Tekaya Marouene

Reputation: 620

You can't open SMS application with simulator. you should use a real device.

Upvotes: 2

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