react-native-openanything

Open anything in React Native, like phone, email, sms, web address, iMessage (iOS only), etc.

Usage no npm install needed!

<script type="module">
  import reactNativeOpenanything from 'https://cdn.skypack.dev/react-native-openanything';
</script>

README

react-native-openanything

Open anything in your react-native app.

Supports call, email, text (sms), iMessage (iOS only), Map, PDF, etc.

Installation

React Native >= 0.49

npm install react-native-openanything

General Guide

This library is promise based and each method returns a promise.

    import {Call} from 'react-native-openanything';

    Call('+155555555555').catch(err => console.error(err));

Available Methods

Call a number from your app!

Call(phone, prompt = false)
Prop Description Default
phone A string that represents the phone number to call. Required
prompt If set to true, it will ask the user for permission to call. Only iOS false

Send an email from your app!

Email(to = false, subject = false, body = false, cc = false, bcc = false)
Parameter Description Default
to A value that indicates the recipient e-mail. Can either be string for single recipient or an array for multiple recipients. false optional
subject A string for the subject for the e-mail. false optional
body A string for the body message for the e-mail. false optional
cc Same as to however the recipient(s) will be designated for the cc field. false optional
bcc Same as to however the recipient(s) will be designated for the bcc field. false optional

Note: The default email application will be open even if no parameter is set.


Send an text (sms) from your app!

Text(phone, message = false, autoEncode = true)
Parameter Description Default
phone A string that represents the phone number to call. Required
message A string for the message. false optional
autoEncode If set to true, the method will auto encode the message. true optional

By default this method tries to properly encode the message however in same cases that might not work. If you have trouble just set the autoEncode parameter to false.

Note: If message is not a string, this method will open the default text client regardless.


Open any URL from your app!

Web(url)
Parameter Description Default
url A string that represents the url. Required

Displays a map from your app!

Map(address)
Parameter Description Default
address A string that represents the address. Required

Note: You can either provide an string or an array with latitude and longitude to this method.


Opens a YouTube Video

Youtube(video)
Parameter Description Default
video A string that contains the Youtube video id. Required

Opens Twitter

Twitter(user)
Parameter Description Default
user A string that contains the Twitter User Id that should be open. Required

Opens Facebook

Facebook(user)
Parameter Description Default
user A string that contains the Facebook User Id that should be open. Required

Opens Instagram User, Media, Camera, App, Location and Tag

Instagram(user)
Parameter Description Default
user A string that contains the Instagram User Id that should be open. Required
InstagramMedia(media)
Parameter Description Default
user A string that contains the Instagram Media Id that should be open. Required
InstagramLocation(location)
Parameter Description Default
user A string that contains the Instagram Location Id that should be open. Required
InstagramTag(tag)
Parameter Description Default
user A string that contains the Instagram Tag Id that should be open. Required
InstagramApp()

Opens the Instagram App.

InstagramCamera()

Opens the Instagram Camera.


Only iOS Launch Facetime

Facetime(target, audioOnly = false)
Parameter Description Default
target A string that representing a phone number or a username. Required
audioOnly A boolean value indicating if facetime is an audio call false optional

Low level methods

Note: You should only use these methods if you know what you doing.


Supported - checks if a deep linking URL is supported on the current device.

Supported(url)
Parameter Description Default
url The url to check. Required

Open - opens an deep linking URL.

Open(url)
Parameter Description Default
url The url to open. Required

Launch - Combines Supported and Open

Launch(url)
Parameter Description Default
url The url to verify and open. Required

Issues and how to resolve them

App is not allowed to query scheme

On iOS you might run into this issue. The reaon is that you have to explicit add the requesting query schemes into the pinfo.list variable LSApplicationQueriesSchemes.

e.g. for Facebook you would add fb. Please refer to the example list below for the correct query scheme string:

Target Query Scheme
Facebook fb
Instagram instagram
Twitter twitter
LinkedIn linkedin
WhatsApp whatsapp

Examples

You can either import specific modules:

import { Call, Text, Web, Map, EMail } from 'react-native-openanything';

...

render() {

    <View>
        <Button onPress={() => Call('+12105551234')}>
            <Text>Call</Text>
        </Button>
        <Button onPress={() => Text('+12105551234', 'Can you please call me!')}>
            <Text>Text</Text>
        </Button>
    </View>
}


or import all modules as wildcard:

import * as OpenAnything from 'react-native-openanything';

...

render() {

    <View>
        <Button onPress={() => OpenAnything.Call('+12105551234')}>
            <Text>Call</Text>
        </Button>
        <Button onPress={() => OpenAnything.Call('+12105551234', 'Can you please call me!')}>
            <Text>Text</Text>
        </Button>
        <Button onPress={() => OpenAnything.Email('someone@google.com')}>
            <Text>E-Mail</Text>
        </Button>
        <Button onPress={() => OpenAnything.Web('http://www.google.com')}>
            <Text>Google Homepage</Text>
        </Button>
        <Button onPress={() => OpenAnything.Map('Google')}>
            <Text>Google HQ</Text>
        </Button>
    </View>
}