[CB-2446] tel links stopped working with window.open()

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.3.0
• Component/s: cordova-android
• Labels: android javascript phone phonegap

Environment

Android, Cordova 2.3.0

• Assignee: Joey Robert Bowser
• Reporter: Mr. Extreme
• Created: 15/Feb/13 16:15
• Updated: 23/Aug/18 07:41
• Resolved: 15/Feb/13 22:00

Description

The JavaScript code

window.open( 'tel:' + phoneNumber, '_top' ); // +353xxxxxxxxx or 00353xxxxxxxxx

used to work in PhoneGap 2.2.0 and earlier versions, but when I re-built my app recently with 2.3.0, it didn't work any more. It throws a weird HTML browser page saying that there was a problem opening this URI. When I build the exact same code with PhoneGap 2.2.0, it works as expected, popping up the dialer with the phone number pre-filled.