tapiDialerCall (Function)

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Phone management functions

Application in the background: Specific case from Android 10

Required permissions

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tapiDialerCall (Function)

In french: telDialerCompose

Opens the default telephony application (dialer) found on the phone and dials the specified number.

Versions 17 and later

This function is now available for iPhone/iPad applications.

New in version 17

This function is now available for iPhone/iPad applications.

Versions 18 and later

This function is now available in Android Widget mode.

New in version 18

This function is now available in Android Widget mode.

Versions 21 and later

This function is now available in Universal Windows 10 App mode.

New in version 21

This function is now available in Universal Windows 10 App mode.

Versions 23 and later

This function is now available in Apple Watch mode.

New in version 23

This function is now available in Apple Watch mode.

Example

tapiDialerCall("0612345678")

Syntax

<Result> = tapiDialerCall(<Phone number>)

<Result>: Boolean

True if the telephony application was successfully started,
False otherwise. If an error occurs, you can get the details of the error with ErrorInfo.

<Phone number>: Character string (with quotes)

Phone number to dial.
The function will return False if this parameter corresponds to an empty string ("").
Caution: the number must contain no space character.

Remarks

Special cases

To display the dial screen without dialing a number, use tapiDialerDisplay.
The call to the emergency numbers cannot be automatically triggered.
No USSD code can be dialed.

Versions 25 and later

Application in the background: Specific case from Android 10

From Android 10, it is no longer possible to open a window when the application is in the background.

tapiDialerCall can open a window. If this function is used while the application is in the background, a fatal error will occur.

Tips:

It is possible to determine if the application is in the background using InBackgroundMode.
If an application needs to interact with the user while it is in the background, the solution is to display a notification (via the Notification type). The application will be brought back to the foreground when the notification is clicked, if the ActivateApplication property is set to True. You can also open a window from the procedure passed to the ActionClick property.

See Android 10: Behavior of applications in the background for more details.

New in version 25

Application in the background: Specific case from Android 10

From Android 10, it is no longer possible to open a window when the application is in the background.

tapiDialerCall can open a window. If this function is used while the application is in the background, a fatal error will occur.

Tips:

It is possible to determine if the application is in the background using InBackgroundMode.
If an application needs to interact with the user while it is in the background, the solution is to display a notification (via the Notification type). The application will be brought back to the foreground when the notification is clicked, if the ActivateApplication property is set to True. You can also open a window from the procedure passed to the ActionClick property.

See Android 10: Behavior of applications in the background for more details.

Application in the background: Specific case from Android 10

From Android 10, it is no longer possible to open a window when the application is in the background.

tapiDialerCall can open a window. If this function is used while the application is in the background, a fatal error will occur.

Tips:

It is possible to determine if the application is in the background using InBackgroundMode.
If an application needs to interact with the user while it is in the background, the solution is to display a notification (via the Notification type). The application will be brought back to the foreground when the notification is clicked, if the ActivateApplication property is set to True. You can also open a window from the procedure passed to the ActionClick property.

See Android 10: Behavior of applications in the background for more details.

Required permissions

The call to this function modifies the permissions required by the application.

Required permission: CALL_PHONE.

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