I'm creating a website, and on the contact page there is an international phone number like :
+ xx (x) x xx xx xx xx
Is there a way to format it so that it can be clicked by someone browsing the site on a mobile phone. I can only test with Android on an HTC Desire, and he grabs some of the numbers but not the whole string.
While it is not a standard, you can try something similar to the following:
1-408-555-5555
This works for iOS based devices, however, and may not be supported by other devices. http://beradrian.wordpress.com/2010/01/15/special-links/ discusses some other link formats which may be available in other devices, e.g. wtai://... callto://...
The downside to this approach is that you will have to test on multiple devices and potentially have to detect which device is accessing the page and display a different link/value depending on the specific client.
I'm guessing that it would vary greatly depending on the OS of the mobile in question. Basic answer - possible, but you would have to cater for every phone OS out there.
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We are trying to integrate Youtube app on a STB that is using RDK middleware (capable of running HTML5/javascript applications). I have been through the "YouTube TV HTML5 Technical Requirements 2016" document and have some questions.
1) As per my understanding youtube is an opensource app and integration work will be required? Will there be any customization be required? For example there is a difference how search functionality is available on different device types. Youtube app being run on a browser on a PC, a textbox is available where you can type what you want to search and then press the search icon next to it to start the search. However on the devices like Smart TV, Set Top Box where user does not have the pointing device and the keyboard, usually soft keyboard is required to be shown on the screen and search starts automatically after entering certain number of characters. I want to know if this functionality is customized by the app integrator or there are different code bases for different device types?
Similar questions i have is for the settings menu. For example to support dial 2.0 protocol to remotely launch the youtube application from the remote device you need to have settings menu to let you to pair / unpair the device. So settings menu seems to be different for different device types.
2) Similarly there are differences how user is allowed to perform forward / rewind during the playback. On PC browser i have seen user can seek to any position with in a stream using a mouse. However on smart TV's there is a rewind forward button which result in seek -/+ 10 secs. I have not seen trick modes on any implementation. Are trick modes required and how they are performed? If they are required then using seek or some sort of iframe tag file to allow smooth trickmodes? Again doesn't that part come from the app itself?
3) I'm trying to find if Youtube support any or all of these MPEG-DASH, Apple HLS, Microsoft Smooth Streaming, adaptive bit rate protocols. However not having much luck with them. I tried to capture the packets using wireshark and launched the youtube application and played back the video but i was unable to see any http calls that can give me hint that youtube app is using any of the above ABR formats (may be all the communication was under TLS and so encrypted and so i was unable to find whats going on). Even youtube app running from a browser on a PC, when i playback the video, i can see under settings -> Quality always remain at auto, 480p for the whole duration of playback. And if i change the quality to any value e.g 720p it always stay there for the whole duration of the playback. This is telling me it is not using any of the ABR formats. So i guess these ABR formats are probably for future use?
4) Under the youtube specifications i can see that target device must implement at least com.youtube.playready and com.widevine.alpha (for 4K contents) DRM's. I was trying to find if you tube has any content available in these formats but was unable to find any. Can you please confirm?
I would appreciate if someone can answer these or point me in the right direction.
Best Regards,
Farhan
On my work place, we have some (PBX)Business Communications Manager 450 Telephone System and some (PBX)BCM50 also. The BCM450 is hybrid, which mean it can use digital lines and at the same time VOIP phones.
Right now, for example a user can have a Nortel Avaya 1120E or a Nortel T7316 Norstar in their desk.
I would like to know if there is a way in which way I can get the phone number of the caller, so I can use that number on a custom software for the company. In other words I want the phone number of the person calling me (maybe the extension if that is the case).
What I'm looking for, is that when a customer calls, the information associated with the telephone number can be seen on the screen programmatically (without input from system operator).
I can see there is someone talking about TAPI API, but i believe this is only for analog lines? Maybe somebody can put me on the right path or maybe somebody can provide an example of how it is done using any programming language.
If the VOIP phones are SIP based then you'd sniff eth. ports of the phones. SIP messages contains caller Id and called Id.
You can google like "SIP sniffer" for source code example...
Twilio support pointed me at this page:- https://www.twilio.com/user/account/phone-numbers/available/GB/mobile
However, there never returns any results. I need a number that would appear to be a UK mobile number for receiving texts and phone calls.
The Twilio website points to StackOverflow for Community Support, so please forgive my basic question in the community.
Twilio employee here.
Twilio does offer UK mobile numbers.
I'm not sure why you're not seeing anything, but when I go to the UK mobile numbers section on Twilio I get back a bunch of UK mobile numbers. Are you able to see any other types of numbers? (Such as US numbers or local Dutch numbers)?
The UK mobile number search works fine for me (I'm based UK). But one thing of note is that as far as I am aware, Twilio UK mobile numbers are for receiving SMS only, no voice capability like the local numbers. That may or may not be relevant for your usage case.
Obviously if your require voice the local number can do voice and SMS any how, although here in the UK people are more comfortable SMS'ing mobile numbers as opposed to landlines.
Rob - Lauren from Twilio's support team here. I was just able to grant you access to our beta UK mobile numbers, so you should be able to find them now.
Mind navigating to the page you'd posted earlier and let us know if there are any issues?
My client is providing an international / long distance call service at cheap price to people if they make such calls via his company (Yes. It's like an international phone card)
The following is what my client wants to make.
Let's assume I have bunch of international / long distance / local phone numbers to call stored on my iPhone. If I tap one of the local phone numbers, iOS just lets me directly call the number. Not a problem. However, if it's an international or long distance number, iOS makes a call to the company instead so that the user can use the service at cheaper price.
Of course, this should happen only in the application. I'm not trying to tweak how iOS works by default.
I wonder if it's technically possible on iOS.
Update
I just came up with an idea that popping up a msg box if the tapped number is an international / long distance number before the following msg box by iPhone pops up.
Yup. before this one.
Can I show my custom msg box before the deafult one?
It sounds technically possible. The user can grant access to the contacts to the app which would allow the app to read names and phone numbers. The app could analyze the numbers and determine which ones are international and dial a LD service instead.
I would think that as long as the app is being completely clear to the user which service is being called and charges that may be incurred, I would think Apple would be okay with that.
The only other rule might be if the app looks too much like the built-in phone app or if it is determined the the functionality is redundant to the phone app. Good luck, Apple policy is sometimes a bit mysterious.
As for the alert, you can show any message, or even none at all.
My objective is simple: Read the data from a barcode scanner.
I know that there's an option for scanning the barcode using camera, but in my experience the results are not very accurate in less than ideal situation i.e. bad lighting. So, I'm exploring if an external device can be easily connected with the iPhone/iPad and which can provide the barcode data just like an external keyboard.
So, can I read the barcode, which is scanned using an external device? If so, can I do it without writing any code, or will I have to specifically add some kind of support in my application?
Answer
Any iOS compatible Bluetooth scanner that supports HID mode. For instance, any Socket CHS. Once connected, it will behave exactly as you said "just like an external keyboard".
HID vs SDK
HID: Using any scanner as a keyboard, you are limited to inputting scanned data into open input fields where the user can modify the scanned data and there are limited options for post-processing and validation.
Because the scanner appears to iOS as a keyboard, iOS hides the onscreen keyboard - which makes sense... if the scanner were an actual keyboard. Some scanners (incl. Socket CHS 7Ci & 7Xi) provide a mechanism to force the keyboard (On our CHS double-click the power button) or the app can force the keyboard (see: related stackoverflow questions)
SDK: Developing an app using the SDK provides a more robust setup and handles more complex use cases: Scan into the application even if an input field is not active, enforce a particular scan order (Scan a UPC followed by a VIN number, not vice versa), or parse the scanned data (Breaking a timedate stamp into year, month, day, time).
Conclusion: Personally, I'd use HID mode as a quick and dirty way to get started, but would switch to the SDK for the final product. Obviously, it depends on how much control you need/want.
Disclaimer: I work for Socket Mobile
You can download the demo from the link
http://www.datecs.bg/en/products/Linea-Pro-iPhone-SDK/8/102
Just run LineaDemo after unzip it. It's scanning using Linea Pro Scanner[External device]