How to initiate/send SMS from a HTML5 webpage using devices native functions?

Further to other answers I can confirm that smsto:555:bodytext does not work on an iPhone running iOS5.

What does work (and I've tested it) on Android is the format:

sms:444?body=hello

Example:

<a href="sms:444?body=hello">Tap to say hello!</a>

On iPhone the ?body=hello will prevent it working at all, and you should use just sms:555 instead.

sms:555

Example

<a href="sms:444">Tap to text us!</a>

iphone android html sms protocols

I have tested the below and it works:

Using HTML Anchor tag:

<a href="sms:111?body=SUBSCRIBE">Subscribe</a>

Using JavaScript:

window.open('sms:111?body=SUBSCRIBE', '_self');

iphone android html sms protocols

With Android 3.0 SDK Google has started exposing API in HTML5 for device access. An example is listed here. It may not be enough for what you seek to do.

I dont know enough about iphone to advise either way.

CodeHunter

How to initiate/send SMS from a HTML5 webpage using devices native functions?

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