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Asked: 2026-05-26T01:31:36+00:00

I have an IOS app that displays some hardcoded HTML pages… Is it possible

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I have an IOS app that displays some hardcoded HTML pages… Is it possible to open the email program with a MailTo button ?

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  1. Editorial Team

    I just tried it using the below code, and the link was there, but the email App did not load when I clicked the link. Nothing at all happened in-fact. However, this was on the simulator.

    Update: This did open the Mail App on an actual device. So, yes, it does work!

    - (void)embedYouTubeWithVideoID:(NSString *)videoID {
    CGFloat w = webView.frame.size.width;
    CGFloat h = webView.frame.size.height;
    NSString *ytUrlString = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"http://www.youtube.com/v/%@&version=3&autohide=1&autoplay=1&cc_load_policy=1&fs=1&hd=1&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showsearch=0", videoID];
    NSString *embed = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"\
                       <html>\
                           <head>\
                               <meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"initial-scale = 1.0, user-scalable = no, width = %0.0f\"/>\
                           </head>\
                           <body style=\"background:transparent;margin-top:0px;margin-left:0px\">\
                               <div>\
                                   <object width=\"%0.0f\" height=\"%0.0f\">\
                                       <param name=\"movie\" value=\"%@\" />\
                                       <param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" />\
                                       <param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" />\
                                       <param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" />\
                                       <embed src=\"%@\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" wmode=\"transparent\" width=\"%0.0f\" height=\"%0.0f\" />\
                                   </object>\
                               </div>\
                       <a href=\"mailto:test@example.com\">MAIL_TO_TEST</a>\
                           </body>\
                       </html>", w, w, h, ytUrlString, ytUrlString, w, h];
    [webView loadHTMLString:embed baseURL:nil];
}

    webview with mailto anchor tag

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