Calling phone with appcelerator - titanium

Question

I'm trying on device make calls but device do not nothing...
This is my code, i'm using Appcelerator 4.4.0.201511241829, IOS 9.2
var dialog = Ti.UI.createAlertDialog({
cancel: 0,
buttonNames: ['Cancel', 'Ok'],
message: "Are you sure?"
});
dialog.addEventListener('click', function(e){
if (e.index !== e.source.cancel){
// IF WE ARE BUILDING FOR DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES - TRY CALLING A FAKE NUMBER
if(ENV_DEV){
Titanium.Platform.openURL('tel:[phone]');
}
// ELSE IF WE ARE BUILDING PRODUCTION - THEN USE THE LISTED NUMBER
else if(ENV_PRODUCTION){
Titanium.Platform.openURL('tel:[phone]');
}
}
});
dialog.show();
any help?

Answer 1

Your code for call a number seems correct. I suppose that nothing happen because ENV_DEV and ENV_PRODUCTION variables are not True, and so the two if statements are not satisfy.
First of all I suggest you to add an else statement for be sure that one one condition is satisfy. You can modify your code like this:
// IF WE ARE BUILDING FOR DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES - TRY CALLING A FAKE NUMBER
if(ENV_DEV){
Titanium.Platform.openURL('tel:[phone]');
}
// ELSE IF WE ARE BUILDING PRODUCTION - THEN USE THE LISTED NUMBER
else if(ENV_PRODUCTION){
Titanium.Platform.openURL('tel:[phone]');
}else{
Titanium.Platform.openURL('tel:[phone]');
}
Secondly you can add a console log like this Ti.API.info("yourMsg") in each statements to check in which if you are.
I hope this is helpful

Answer 2

Your 'dial a number' code indeed seems correct. I would like to suggest you to structure your code a bit different, I'll give you an example from a recent project of mine.
You can configure phone numbers for your different environments(prod, dev) in your config.json(assuming you are working on an Alloy project, and not a Classic Titanium project), an example:
{
"global": {
"phoneNumber": tel:[phone]"
},
"env:development": {
"phoneNumber": tel:[phone]"
},
"env:test": {},
"env:production": {}, ..
This reduces the code in your click-handler to:
if (e.index !== e.source.cancel){
Ti.Platform.openURL(Alloy.CFG.phoneNumber);
}
Because you pass the environment when you start the application, you do not longer need to check the environment in your code.
Don't forget to add your environment flag(-D development) if you run your app via the CLI, eg.
titanium build -p ios -T simulator -D development