I'm looking for a way to use JavaScript to open texts on ios or android when a link is clicked. Currently, you can use the mailto links in HTML to mail a link and open the link in an empty email. I'm wondering how I can do the same using text. For example, a user clicks and button and it will open the messages app and auto-fill with some information similar to the mailto only for messages. How can this be done?
Current code:
<button onclick="text()">text message</button>
<script>
function text() {
//Code for text messages
}
</script>
sms: works for both ios and android.
For ios:
The sms scheme is used to launch the Messages app. The format for URLs of this type is “sms:”, where is an optional parameter that specifies the target phone number of the SMS message. This parameter can contain the digits 0 through 9 and the plus (+), hyphen (-), and period (.) characters. The URL string must not include any message text or other information.
The following examples show strings formatted for Safari and for native apps.
HTML links:
<a href="SMS:"> Launch Messages App</a> <a href="sms:1-408-555-1212">New SMS Message</a>