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Reference: iPhone and Android Intents

Android

The list below shows the intents that your application can send, to invoke Google applications on Android devices in certain ways. For each action/uri pair, the table describes how the receiving Google application handles the intent.

• Browser - Open a browser window to the URL specified. (http://web_address, https://web_address)
  
  
• Opens the file at the location on the device in the browser ("" (empty string), http://web_address, https://web_address)

• Dialer - Calls the entered phone number. (tel: phone_number)
• Dials (but does not actually initiate the call) the number given (or the stored voicemail on the phone). Telephone number normalization described for CALL applies to DIAL as well. (tel:phone_number voicemail:)
  
  
• Google Maps - Opens the Maps application to the given location or query. The Geo URI scheme (not fully supported) is currently under development. (geo:latitude,longitude, geo:latitude,longitude?z=zoom, geo:0,0?q=my+street+address, geo:0,0?q=business+near+city)
  
  
• Google Overview - Opens the Street View application to the given location. The URI scheme is based on the syntax used for Street View panorama information in Google Maps URLs. (google.streetview:cbll=lat,lng&cbp=1,yaw,,pitch,zoom&mz=mapZoom)

iPhone

Native iOS applications and web applications running in Safari on any platform can use these schemes to integrate with system applications and provide a more seamless experience for the user.

• Mail - The mailto scheme is used to launch the Mail application and open the email compose sheet. When specifying a mailto URL, you must provide the target email address. The following examples show strings formatted for Safari and for native iPhone applications. (mailto:foo@example.com?cc=bar@example.com&subject=Greetings%20from%20Cupertino!&body=Wish%20you%20were%20here!)
  
  
• Phone - The tel URL scheme is used to launch the Phone application and initiate dialing of the specified phone number. Tapping a telephone link on a webpage displays an alert asking if the user really wants to dial the phone number and initiates dialing if the user accepts. In a native application, opening a URL with the tel scheme initiates dialing without further prompting from the user. (tel:1-408-555-5555)
  
  
• SMS - The sms scheme is used to launch the Text application. The format for URLs of this type is "sms:<phone>", where <phone>  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.  (sms:1-408-555-1212)
  
  
• Google Maps  - The maps URL scheme is used to show geographical locations and to generate driving directions between two points. If your application includes address or location information, you can use map links to forward that information to the Maps application on iOS and the Google Maps website on other platforms. (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=cupertino,http://maps.google.com/maps?daddr=San+Francisco,+CA&saddr=cupertino)
  
  
• YouTube - The YouTube URL scheme is used to launch the YouTube application or connect to the YouTube website to play the specified video. If your application links to YouTube content, you can use this scheme to play videos from your application. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_IDENTIFIER)
  
  
• iTunes - The iTunes URL scheme is used to link to content on the iTunes Music Store. The iTunes URL format is complicated to construct, so you create it using an online tool called iTunes Link Maker. The tool allows you to select a country destination and media type, and then search by song, album, or artist. After you select the item you want to link to, it generates the corresponding URL. (http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?i=156093464&id=156093462&s=14344)