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Asked: 2026-06-01T03:25:27+00:00

I am trying to create an app that allows you to go to a

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I am trying to create an app that allows you to go to a certain app for the appropriate app (specifically, regular web links go to Safari, YouTube links go to YouTube, Google map links go to the Maps app, lines of text goes to the Notes app, and Phone numbers goes to either Contacts (for any iOS device other than the iPhone) or the Phone app. All of the data is viewed in a Table View.

For now, I have an NSMutableArray that has some dummy data (specifically, one of each type of data). I have been successful with the web link, YouTube link, and Google maps link. The issue is, I don’t know how I can get it to recognize national and international phone numbers.

Here is the NSMutableArray data:

NSMutableArray *sites = [[NSMutableArray alloc] initWithObjects:@"http://www.apple.com/", @"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH2-TGUlwu4", @"http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=CN+Tower&daddr=1+Yorkdale+Road+%23500,+Toronto,+ON+M6A+2T9,+Canada+(Yorkdale+Shopping+Centre)&hl=en&sll=43.68515,-79.422475&sspn=0.133818,0.308647&geocode=FdzumQIdjqBE-yGBdRzexNjtFQ%3BFUk0mwIdOp1D-yG5Hg9iD9hImQ&vpsrc=0&t=w&mra=ls&z=12", @"This is a test", @"(416)-555-5555", nil];

Also…

self.cloudsendList = sites;

Here is the code that I have so far in terms of when the user taps on a table view cell:

-(void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:[NSString stringWithFormat: @"%@", [cloudsendList objectAtIndex:indexPath.row]]]];
}

I don’t know if I have to do this with lots of lines of code, but, is it possible? And if it is, how would you be able to accomplish it? If use need to see more code in order to understand, then I can gladly post the relevant information. I hope that I haven’t caused too much trouble, but I hope that you could help me. I apologize if this is making sound like a total noob. Thanks in advance! 🙂

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  1. Editorial Team

    My feeling is that since Apple has already solved this in UITextView’s data detectors it would probably be best to use their solution. General purpose phone number detector/formatters are very difficult to implement (even Apple’s is not perfect) and you would likely spend a lot of time on a very fragile solution.

    I would suggest adding a UITextView to the UITableViewCell contentView (sized and formatted correctly) and make sure that the data detection is on.

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