How to use openURL for making a phone call in Swift?

Question

I have converted the code for making a phone call from Objective-C to Swift, but in Objective-C, we can set the type of the URL that we like to open (e.g. telephone, SMS, we

Answer 1

A self-contained solution in Swift:

private func callNumber(phoneNumber:String) {
  if let phoneCallURL:NSURL = NSURL(string:"tel://\(phoneNumber)") {
    let application:UIApplication = UIApplication.sharedApplication()
    if (application.canOpenURL(phoneCallURL)) {
      application.openURL(phoneCallURL);
    }
  }
}

Now, you should be able to use callNumber("7178881234") to make a call.