iOS Question How to initiate phone call and text message in IOS

[DickD]

I'm porting my android app to ios. I can start phone calls and text messages in android but trying to reuse the same code, shown below, in ios results in error messages. How do I do this in IOS?

Sub CallButton_Click
Dim p As PhoneCalls
StartActivity(p.Call(PNumber))
End Sub

Sub SendMsgBtn_Click
Pstring = "From user " & ScreenName & ": " & PhoneMessageTxt.Text
Sms.Send(PNumber,Pstring)
LoadLayout
End Sub

 

[JanPRO]

Hi,

Phone calls:
https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/perform-a-call-from-the-app-b4i.47896/#content

SMS:
https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/how-to-send-sms-push-button.82206/



Jan

 

[DickD]

Hi,

Phone calls:
https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/perform-a-call-from-the-app-b4i.47896/#content

SMS:
https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/how-to-send-sms-push-button.82206/



Jan

OK so I've created a sub which sets the phone number and message text. How do I actually send the message? In Android it was the .send command but there is no equivalent in ios.

Dim Message as MessageCompoter

Sub [B]SendMsgBtn_Click[/B]
Message.SetRecipients(Array("123456789"))
Message.body = "Hello JanPRO"
 ... so now what?
End Sub

 

[JanPRO]

Hi,

you need to do the following:

Message.Show(Page1)

You can't send the message directly in iOS, the MessageComposer allows you only to display the standard message interface inside your app.

Jan

 

[DickD]

Hi,

Phone calls:
https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/perform-a-call-from-the-app-b4i.47896/#content

SMS:
https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/how-to-send-sms-push-button.82206/



Jan

Thanks. SMS works but when I copy the Phone call commands into a subroutine "App." is red and shows as an undeclared variable. Is there a library I need to use this? I think maybe this must have something to do with a class module.

 

[JanPRO]

Hi,

this must have something to do with a class module.

App is a public variable in the Main module, so to access it use Main.App.

Jan

 

[DickD]

Hi,


App is a public variable in the Main module, so to access it use Main.App.

Jan

That's it. Thanks.