Mailto links no longer working in ios Cordova

[codehatcher]

I have a link that looks like

              <a href="mailto: test@gmail.com">
                via email
              </a>

I also tried

window.open(`mailto:${this.emailAddress()}

and neither open in the email app on my device

[codehatcher]

I get the error

Failed to load resource: unsupported URL

I have also tried adding App.accessRule('mailto:*', {type: 'intent'});

[fabienhuet]

Same issue there. With mailto: and tel:

Should that work ?

There used to be a bug :

Whitelisting mailto: links in Cordova

Hey folks, I’m having a hard time allowing Cordova to open mailto links. Adding App.accessRule('*', { external: true }); to mobile-config.js has enabled me to load things from other websites. I’ve tried App.accessRule('mailto:*', { external: "yes" }); and then App.accessRule('mailto:*', { launchExternal: "yes" }); with no luck getting it work. I’ve also tried swapping “yes” for true. Does anyone know what I am doing wrong, or another way to get this working?

Is that fixed ?

[msavin]

It probably still needs to be whitelisted - this is a security feature

[fabienhuet]

@msavin Of course, but the whitelisting with :

App.accessRule( 'mailto:*', { launchExternal: true } );

Does not work.

@martijnwalraven said there was a Cordova bug in 2015. So maybe now it is fixed and I can set the whitelisting properly in mobile-config.js.

[fabienhuet]

So, did anyone managed to make that work with App.accessRule ?