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elprl
elprl

Reputation: 1960

openUrl / URI to a Skype For Business account

There have been questions about Skype For Business URIs (Skype for business URI instead of Skype) but I can't find a solution that covers our business needs for both webpage links and iOS / Android openUrl / intent situations. (Note: this is not about normal skype URIs as per https://msdn.microsoft.com/EN-US/library/office/dn745882.aspx).

I would like a public user with an unopened (normal) Skype desktop client or Skype app to be able to launch a chat to a reception of a business via a website or iOS link. That business has a 'Skype For Business' account, which as far as I can see doesn't have a Skype ID.

This didn't work for me: [[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"sip:[email protected]"]]; Nor: <a href="sip:[email protected]">Chat</a>

Is our only solution for the website to give instructions like:

  1. Open Skype
  2. Add contact
  3. Search for [email protected]
  4. Then message us

Can a Skype For Business account be messaged without adding the contact first?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1078

Answers (1)

Yuri Natividade
Yuri Natividade

Reputation: 354

I belive that is missing the 2-slashes for url schemes in iOS, try:

[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"sip://[email protected]"]]

I found your question because I was looking for the SilentPhone url scheme "sip://" or "silenphone://", that use the same as this Skype for Business

Upvotes: 0

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