WP 8.1 Runtime code to make phone call, send SMS & send Email (not the Silverlight 8.1)

truongnm picture truongnm · May 22, 2014 · Viewed 11.1k times · Source

I'm writing an app which will make a phone call, send sms or email just like the People app in wp 8.1 . So far I've found a link form msdn which said "Applies to: Windows Phone 8 and Windows Phone Silverlight 8.1". So here the code:from this link

using Microsoft.Phone.Tasks;

private void TextBlock_Tapped_Call(object sender, TappedRoutedEventArgs e)
{
    PhoneCallTask phoneCallTask = new PhoneCallTask();
    phoneCallTask.PhoneNumber = "2065550123";
    phoneCallTask.DisplayName = "Gage";

    phoneCallTask.Show();
}

But I got an error:

The type or namespace name 'Phone' does not exist in the namespace 'Microsoft' (are you missing an assembly reference?)

Edit: Sorry for a duplicate question, same here: Make a phone call in Windows Phone 8.1 Answer by @Chris Shao, he also updated code to send SMS and Email.

Answer

Chris Shao picture Chris Shao · May 22, 2014

If you want to use Microsoft.Phone.Tasks, you must create Windows Phone Silverlight 8.1 project. And if your project is Windows Phone 8.1,

you can use this code to phone call:

Windows.ApplicationModel.Calls.PhoneCallManager.ShowPhoneCallUI("phone number", "display name");

and use this to send sms:

Windows.ApplicationModel.Chat.ChatMessage msg = new Windows.ApplicationModel.Chat.ChatMessage();
msg.Body = "This is body of demo message.";
msg.Recipients.Add("10086");
msg.Recipients.Add("10010");
await Windows.ApplicationModel.Chat.ChatMessageManager.ShowComposeSmsMessageAsync(msg);

and use this to send mail:

Windows.ApplicationModel.Email.EmailMessage mail = new Windows.ApplicationModel.Email.EmailMessage();
mail.Subject = "This is Subject";
mail.Body = "This is body of demo mail";
mail.To.Add(new Windows.ApplicationModel.Email.EmailRecipient("[email protected]", "shaomeng"));
await Windows.ApplicationModel.Email.EmailManager.ShowComposeNewEmailAsync(mail);