IONIC/cordova, make phone call in IOS

Question

I have found a thread in ionic on this topic: http://forum.ionicframework.com/t/making-phone-call-from-app-href-tel-123/1968/11.

It mentions the whitelist plugin: https:

Answer 1

I try it in a tag it worked on android:

First add cordova-plugin-whitelist

cordova add plugin cordova-plugin-whitelist

Then add following lines in config.xml

<access origin="tel:*" launch-external="yes" />
<allow-intent href="tel:*" />

Finally in a tag use line below

<a href="tel:555 555 5555" target="_blank">
    <i class="fa fa-phone"></i>
</a>

Answer 2

I have resolved this issue. In my environment(ionic version: 1.4.3 cordova version: 5.0.0), I don't need to add any Plugin or revising the configuration file as ozhanli mentioned. The directive can work as expected. So why I ask this problem? Because I test my program in the simulator, which doesn't support the phone call, message and so on. After deploying my program to a physical device, the directive works.

So if you want to make a phone call in IONIC(ionic version: 1.4.3 cordova version: 5.0.0) , just add this code to make it work:

<a href="tel: 110">call</a>

Notice: Test it in physical device, not in simulator.