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Soragim
Soragim

Reputation: 337

Initiate immediate phone call with react native on expo

I'm trying to initiate an immediate phone call without the middleware dialog. I've used the Linking.openUrl() but it didn't work.

react-native-immediate-phone-call does that but it requires linking which isn't possible with expo. What can I do?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 9790

Answers (7)

poise-paul
poise-paul

Reputation: 11

Try Connecting to your real device it's not responding because you're using a simulator ... hope this helps

Upvotes: 1

Kayode Emmanuel Akinwumi
Kayode Emmanuel Akinwumi

Reputation: 21

 import {Linking, Platform } from 'react-native'

const onCallMobilePhone = async (phoneNumber: number) => {
    
    if(Platform.OS === 'android') {
      Linking.openURL(`tel:${phoneNumber}`);
      return;
    }
    
    if(Platform.OS === 'ios') {
      Linking.openURL(`telprompt:${phoneNumber}`)
      return;
    }
  }

Upvotes: 0

ArchAngel
ArchAngel

Reputation: 121

You can use Linking. Import that by import * as Linking from "expo-linking".

Then use openURL function where you use as argument tel instead http.

Similar like:

Linking.openURL('tel:+12 XXX XXX XXX') where X is any digit.

Hope that was helpful ;)

Upvotes: 12

Moses tenai
Moses tenai

Reputation: 41

use react native phone call which can be installed from npm,,visit https://snack.expo.dev/@aboutreact/example-to-call-from-app-in-react-native on how to use the library

Upvotes: 0

Sehrish Waheed
Sehrish Waheed

Reputation: 1555

import * as Linking from "expo-linking";

Then you can directly link to phone call like

 Linking.openURL(`tel:${phoneNumber}`);

There are other schemes also mentioned in the docs like mailto etc

https://docs.expo.io/guides/linking/?redirected

Upvotes: 3

warrenbuffering
warrenbuffering

Reputation: 242

Haven't ever felt the need to use expo, but Linking is mentioned in their docs and should work just fine.

You will probably need to test on a real device though, as I don't believe it will work in the iOS emulator. I do think it works on Android simulators, but I can't remember for sure.

Upvotes: -1

Starbody
Starbody

Reputation: 153

You will have to use a react native project without expo or eject expo to use this module, as it is a native module and expo in my opinion is basically for learning.

So you will have to use it in a react native project created without expo

Upvotes: -5

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