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React native – Open default phone Contacts app with Expo

I’m using React Native Expo, and I want to open the default phone Contacts app.

On Android, I used:

await Linking.openURL("content://contacts/people/");

and that’s worked.

On iOS that doesn’t work.

I tried:

await Linking.openURL('contacts://');

but it doesn’t work.
How to do that on IOS?

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  1. 0

    To open the default dialer app on iOS without a number pre-filled, you can try using the telprompt://{your number} URL scheme, which should prompt the dialer to open without immediately initiating a call. Here’s how you might use it in React Native

     import { Linking } from 'react-native';

// Function to open the dialer
const openDialer = async () => {
  const url = 'telprompt://<<your Number>>';
  const supported = await Linking.canOpenURL(url);

  if (supported) {
    await Linking.openURL(url);
  } else {
    console.log('Unable to open dialer');
  }
};
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  2. 0

    linking never worked for me either so I now use react-native-contacts. I believe it’s due to new android policies with permissions, as it has been disallowing a lot of things unless user has authorized, unlike < api level 32

    You need to first install the package using "npm install react-native-contacts" or "yarn add react-native-contacts" and then follow my steps below. (remember, you will need to ask for user’s permission"

    First check for permissions

    import Contacts from 'react-native-contacts';

Contacts.requestPermission().then(permission => {
  if (permission === 'authorized') {
    // Permission was granted
    loadContacts();
  } else {
    // Permission was denied
    console.log('Contacts permission denied');
  }
});

    Now if the user authorizes, you can either follow my example below, or do as you please

    const loadContacts = () => {
  Contacts.getAll((err, contacts) => {
    if (err) {
      throw err;
    }
    // Use contacts

     console.log(contacts);

    //here you can save the array in a state or do whatever you feel like.
  });
};
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