How to open native iOS app (calendar, notes...) from a link on website?

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nqw1 picture nqw1 · Oct 5, 2011 · Viewed 38.4k times · Source

Is it possible to open native iOS app, e.g. calendar or notes, from an HTML link which is in website? I tried to find an example but I couldn't. I ran into these URL schemes but I don't know how to use them and what's the URL scheme for calendar or notes. Is it possible just to do something like this:

<a href="calendar://something here?">Click me!</a>

Is it possible to do it only with HTML or is JavaScript needed?

Answer

Cro picture Cro · Apr 1, 2013

If you're looking for the URL Schema, iPhone Calendar is: CALSHOW:

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