How to use Qt.openUrlExternally in QML

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Vineet.jain - sms sending functionality

Though the above method also provides a way to send the sms, but that does NOT seems to be correctly work on MeeGo Harmattan right now, as i have tested on N9 only.The method is:

Qt.openUrlExternally("sms:01234567444" + "?body=" + "bodytext")

I cannot say if the sms sending will work correctly on other platforms like symbian or not as i have not tested on them.

I will also attach a working example project soon for the MeeGo Harmattan target.

Thanks

Vineet

vineet.jain 09:38, 16 December 2011 (EET)

Vdharankar - Code Example

Dear Vineet,

It will be nice to club such small article with some other similar kind of code/explanation or a code example demoing the same thing

Vishal

Vishal Dharankar 21:34, 20 December 2011 (EET)

Hamishwillee - Hi Vishal, what do you mean?

This looks like a nice set of three examples on how to use the code. Can you be more specific on what else you'd like it to do?

hamishwillee 08:15, 21 December 2011 (EET)

Vineet.jain - Regarding Article

Hi Vishal,Well i could not found any article depicting the usability of the above method in any sort.Also i used all these methods in my code which i have to search first separately to use them.Thereby i thought it would be good to have all these usability methods at one place. Also though these are very short lines of code, but much usable i suppose.

Thanks

Vineet

vineet.jain 12:52, 21 December 2011 (EET)

Chanderk - Anything else possible with this function ?

Well, I acknowledge the point raised by Vineet. I wonder is it possible to implement any other functionalists with OpenUrlExternally ? or are these the only possibilities ( SMS, Browser, Phonecall, email )?

I can think of one more Qt.openUrlExternally("geo:55.6124,12.9996") to open maps with the given coordinates.

Cheers !

chanderk 19:58, 17 February 2012 (EET)

Vineet.jain - Chanderk - Thanks

hello Chanderk, i have verified the the method you mentioned at my end & added it to the article. Along with that i have also added another method which opens a file located in the device.

Also in future if you feel that you can add/correct any useful info to the article(whether any code, any correction in existing code etc) then feel free to do it.

Thanks

Vineet

vineet.jain 10:08, 20 February 2012 (EET)

Parancibia - Open Nokia Maps with Symbian

On Symbian Qt.openUrlExternally("geo:61.446943,23.86449") don't works, insteed you can use Qt.openUrlExternally("http://m.ovi.me/?c=-34.603611,-58.381667")

parancibia 16:57, 14 May 2012 (EEST)

Hamishwillee - @Parancibia - thanks for updating the article

Nice to see someone using the wiki as intended!

hamishwillee 05:55, 21 May 2012 (EEST)

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This article demonstrates how to use the QML method Qt.openUrlExternally to make phone calls, send emails and open web links etc.

Article Metadata

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Tested with

SDK: Nokia Qt SDK 1.1.3

Devices(s): N9,N950

Dependencies: QtQuick1.0

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Article

Created: vineet.jain (16 Dec 2011)

Last edited: hamishwillee (11 Oct 2012)

Making a phone call

Qt.openUrlExternally("tel:012345xxxxx")

Opening a web link on the device browser

Qt.openUrlExternally("http://m.youtube.com/")

Opening the Email editor with subject & body of email

Qt.openUrlExternally("mailto:someusername@servicename.com?subject=email editor opened & body=sometext")

Opening the native map application with desired co-ordinates

MeeGo

Qt.openUrlExternally("geo:61.446943,23.86449")

Symbian

Qt.openUrlExternally("http://m.ovi.me/?c=61.446943,23.86449")

Opening a file from device's folder

Qt.openUrlExternally("file:///home/user/MyDocs/Pictures/sample.jpg")