I can't get mailto links to open the Mail app from Mobile Safari when using jQTouch. What could be wrong?

Question

I\'m developing an iPhone web app using jQTouch, and it contains a simple mailto: link to a valid email address, which should launch the iPhone mail application

Answer 1

It works fine just with target="_blank".

For those (like me) who find it annoying to get the "This will open in a new page" popup every time you tap on a mailto or tel link you can do this:

Edit jqtouch.js and go to line 284:

if ($el.attr('target') == '_blank' || $el.attr('rel') == 'external')

Now replace this line by:

if ($el.attr('target') == '_self' || $el.attr('target') == '_blank' || $el.attr('rel') == 'external')

And on the HTML (e.g.):

Call me

becomes

Call me