Telelphone App Launch on IOS

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I am trying to get the telephone app to launch on an iphone, which works on the desktop but not on the Iphone. I am using the onSelect of an icon which has this formula:

Launch("tel:" & LookUp(phonenumbers, PhoneDescriptionDD.Selected.Value = PhoneDescription).PhoneNumber

I am choosing a drop down to dynamically change a list of phone numbers, then user can click to call. If I manually enter a phone number in this format Launch("tel: 5554441212") it works fine. I have also tried, Launch("tel: LookUp(phonenumbers, PhoneDescriptionDD.Selected.Value = PhoneDescription).PhoneNumber". Neither works, oddly enough, i have a label on the desktop designer with the lookup formula as text field, it shows the phone number, however when it launch it on my iphone it does not show. I have included pictures of both.

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Just to add to this, i tried doing the same thing via a gallery and doing a Launch("tel:" & ThisItem.PhoneNumber). Didn't work, I am also collecting this from SQL, so I tried pulling directly from sql vs the collection, still didn't work. My phonenumber field in SQL is Numeric. Kind of at a loss at the moment.

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Not accurate.

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Hi @emckinney81,

Sorry for my previous posts.

I first tested it with SharePoint list, then add another text fields, the testing result may not be so accurate (caused by some known issues).

This time I created a testing table from SQL Server, adding a Text field and a Numeric field, and both could work from my testing.

PowerApps Studio version is 2.0.632

PowerApps Studio Mobile Version is 2.0.630

And you should notice that the Label Text is displayed well also under Phone view from the image.

Things that you may give a try:

1. Refresh your data source under PowerApps,

2. Add a text column in SQL Server, then use it as the Phone part.

Regards,

Michael

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Michael those are good hints, let me give it a try, maybe i just need to rebind the sql table to the app, i will also add a couple more fields for text.

How did you format the entry into the field, just one long string? or did you xxx-xxx-xxxx? by the looks of your gallery it looks like a string.

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Michael, that switch to using text vs numeric as my data type on the sql side did the trick! Beating my head against the wall, since i was trying to convert it in the app with the Text() function.

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