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Asked: 2026-05-12T15:46:07+00:00

I need to be able to give users the ability to call someone or

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I need to be able to give users the ability to call someone or email someone from a certain view in my navigation based app.

I thought I would use an action sheet with the choices and depending on the button pressed allow one or the other to be initiated (I’m simplifying a lot but …).

I really have several questions.

  • Assuming this is possible to do, will my app be gone after a phone call is started?
  • Is there a way for me to launch/push on the stack the same “controller” and “view” that Apple uses for making calls and sending emails? Or am I going to have to code this all myself to look like their app?
  • I want the user to come back to the same page they were on when the email or phone call was initiated. How can I do that or is my app gone if I use their controller and nib?
  • Assuming it’s possible to do either of these things, can I put the email address I want for a default in the to: field of the email view and if so how?
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  1. Editorial Team

    Here are the answers to your questions:

    • Assuming this is possible to do, will
      my app be gone after a phone call is
      started?

    Yes.

    • Is there a way for me to launch/push
      on the stack the same “controller”
      and “view” that Apple uses for making
      calls and sending emails? Or am I
      going to have to code this all myself
      to look like their app?

    Yes. MFMailComposeViewController for Mail, and [[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:telephoneText]] for a Call

    • I want the user to come back to the
      same page they were on when the email
      or phone call was initiated. How can
      I do that or is my app gone if I use
      their controller and nib?

    For Mail this can be accomplished with MFMailComposeViewController. It’s not possible for a telephone Call.

    • Assuming it’s possible to do either
      of these things, can I put the email
      address I want for a default in the
      to: field of the email view and if so
      how?

    Yes.

    You can look at the sample code https://developer.apple.com/iphone/library/samplecode/MailComposer/index.html or the tutorial http://blog.mugunthkumar.com/coding/iphone-tutorial-in-app-email

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