[SOLVED]How to make either phone field or email field interact with phone?

Need help
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I have built a directory app which includes phone numbers and email addresses. I am trying to figure out a way that when a user clicks on either a phone number or a email field that the app will trigger the phone’s dialer or the open the phone’s mail client with the “To” field pre-populated. Our prior platform accommodated this functionality (KnackHQ). Is this doable in Bubble? If so, how?

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just set a link for the mail and for the phone:

for the mail use: mailto:email (for example mailto:bubble@bubble.is)
for the phone use: tel:phone number (for example tel:0146574949)

cheers

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Thanks Diego. I’ll give it a try!

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Please let us know if this works, would love to see this kind of functionality in action!

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How are you suggesting I set that link? I’ve tried inserting the following link tel:Current cell’s Member’s Cell Phone in my phone field. When I view the app on a desktop PC, my cursor identifies the link, however, that is not the case when viewing on android phone. What am I doing wrong?

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I’m not really sure if it works on Android phone, I think it should. For sure it works on iPhone

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Works like a charm! Both phone and email links work. Thanks you so much. That is a very basic feature that should be highlighted more than it is. Literally I learn something(s) new every day in bubble.

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Does this approach work for texting/iMessaging too?

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nikolai, I have not found away to adapt this approach for texting/iMessaging. Instead you may want to investigate one of the many texting plugins available. What texting platform are you planning on using (such as Twilio)?

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Thanks Ted
I’m just starting to look at an approach to support texting/iMessaging so not sure which platform. Still working on onboarding paying customers so looking at something free / cheap to kick the tires at this point.

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FYI - found this article which maybe helpful to others in need of texting from their bubble app. Basically send an email to a phone number and recipient will receive it as a text. This works for my current needs.