Question

I have the following code:

phoneNumber = (NSString*)CFBridgingRelease(ABMultiValueCopyValueAtIndex(phones, i));
NSString *phoneNumberURLString = [[NSString alloc] initWithFormat:@"tel://%@", phoneNumber];
            NSURL *phoneURL = [[NSURL alloc] initWithString:phoneNumberURLString];
            [[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:phoneURL];

However, the issue with this is that, sometimes a certain phone number doesn’t get called: for example if phoneNumber is [phone], then this doesn’t call the phone. Any idea on how to standarize the phone number format such that this method works for all cases?

Answer 1

It is the spaces in the number. A space is not a valid URL character. It must be encoded propery as %20.