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taus-iDeveloper
taus-iDeveloper

Reputation: 701

Open Skype or Gtalk in iPhone

I want to open Skype or Gtalk in iPhone's webview by just using a URL. Similar to something like the URL Scheme's provided by Apple for opening Apple Mail mailTo:// , messaging API sms://, telephone tel:// and so on.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1923

Answers (5)

Zaporozhchenko Oleksandr
Zaporozhchenko Oleksandr

Reputation: 4918

NSString *URLString = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"skype:%@?call",userSkype];
NSURL *URL          = [NSURL URLWithString:URLString];

URL will be nil if your userSkype is not valid - extra spaces, etc.

Upvotes: 1

Gusev Andrey
Gusev Andrey

Reputation: 456

There is lists of openURL:

http://applookup.com/2010/09/iphone-apps-with-special-url-shortcuts/ http://wiki.akosma.com/IPhone_URL_Schemes

Upvotes: 1

Richard J. Ross III
Richard J. Ross III

Reputation: 55563

Skyle URLs are relatively easy, in the format:

skype:username?call

For google talk, according to this link, it should be something like:

gtalk:[email protected]

Upvotes: 1

A-Live
A-Live

Reputation: 8944

For the Skype use an official links generator (the url itself might be found in the Copy & paste this code below)

Unoficial Skype and Gtalk url schemes might be found here

Upvotes: 1

Will Pragnell
Will Pragnell

Reputation: 3123

You simply need to create a link using a predefined URL scheme for the app in question.

A reasonably comprehensive database of URL schemes can be found on the Akosma wiki page.

The page above assumes linking from Cocoa-Touch controls. To link from within a UIWebView (i.e. from an html link) simply use the scheme they define in the stringWithURL: line.

EDIT: Just checked the above linked page and sadly they don't list schemes for Skype of Gtalk. Hopefully the link should give you some idea of what you're looking for though, and then you may be able to find the specific schemes you require after a bit of searching.

Upvotes: 1

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