Application:openUrl

Available since: Gideros 2011.6

Description

Opens the given URL (Universal Resource Locator) in the appropriate application. URL can be one of the http:, https:, [[tel:]], or [[mailto:]] schemes.

The following example opens a web page in the browser:
<pre><code>
application:openUrl("http://www.giderosmobile.com")

</code></pre>
If [[mailto:]] scheme is specified, the user's e-mail client will be used to open a composer window containing the options specified in the URL.
For example, the following URL contains a recipient (user@foo.com), a subject (Test), and a message body (Just a test):
<pre><code>
application:openUrl("mailto:user@foo.com?subject=Test&body=Just a test")

</code></pre>
Or to call a number:
<pre><code>
application:openUrl("tel:555-123-4567%22)

</code></pre>

 Application:openUrl(url)

Parameters

url: (string) url to open