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jwa
Posts: 1
Registered: ‎28-06-2011

Please implement the skype URI scheme for Android

I recently created a website targeted at a mobile audience, featuring "Call Me" Skype buttons. Unfortunately the Skype for Android app does not register its URI scheme, causing the Android Browser to say 'Webpage not available' after clicking on a "skype:username?call" link. Please consider integrating it, afaik this is already done in iOS. Here's how easy it is: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2448213/how-to-implement-my-very-own-uri-schema-on-android
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Claudius
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Registered: ‎22-06-2011

Re: Please implement the skype URI scheme for Android

Thanks for the heads up. I've forwarded your request to the Skype for Android developers.

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KrehZen
Posts: 1
Registered: ‎08-01-2012

Re: Please implement the skype URI scheme for Android

Hi Claudius - was there any progress in releasing Skype URI scheme for Android?
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vicsanca
Posts: 2
Registered: ‎03-02-2012

Re: Please implement the skype URI scheme for Android

No news about this basic lost feature???!!!
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cstickdev
Posts: 1
Registered: ‎24-03-2012

Re: Please implement the skype URI scheme for Android

I would like to request that the Skype Android client implement instant messaging URI receivers for the "im" and "imto" schemes. The default Android dialer application attempts to use instant messaging URIs to start chats with supporting applications. For example, the Skype URI it uses is "imto://skype/[username]". Others include "imto://gtalk/[email]", "imto://aim/[username]", etc. Replace the values in brackets [] with the corresponding username or email address of course. As it is now, when a user clicks the chat action for Skype on the default dialer, nothing happens at all (not event a toast message letting the user know that nothing is happening, how disappointing). See below for supporting links and information.

Starting at line 187, the default Android contact application attempting to invoke a chat.
https://github.com/android/platform_packages_apps_contacts/blob/master/src/com/android/contacts/quic...

The Wikipedia entry for Uniform Resource Identifier (URI).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_resource_identifier

The Wikipedia entry for URI Schemes, the official instant messaging scheme is "im" however Android uses "imto" (hence my request for both "im" and "imto" receivers).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/URI_scheme

The <application><receiver><

intent-filter><data> element of the Android manifest file, note the scheme attribute.
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/data-element.html
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mkalex
Posts: 43
Registered: ‎02-07-2011

Re: Please implement the skype URI scheme for Android

skype implement simple feature in 1-2 years, so - wait...
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ciand
Posts: 2
Registered: ‎09-01-2013

Re: Please implement the skype URI scheme for Android

Is there any progress on this?
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