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`mailto:` links do not open when tapped
Introduction
I recently found a link on Lemmy with the mailto: URI scheme. When tapped an indicator appears as if it's loading, but nothing happens.
This got me wondering if other non-HTTP links work.
Requirements
- Support
mailto:URI scheme - Possibly support other URI schemes
What I Need
I'd like mailto: links to be handled by iOS' default email app.
I agree, this would be nice to have.
When tapped an indicator appears as if it's loading, but nothing happens.
This is Mlem checking to see whether the link goes to a Lemmy user/community. Officially, the supported link types for communities and users are [email protected] and @[email protected], but we found that people occasionally used the incorrect [email protected] syntax. So Mlem will attempt to resolve that link type too. We should definitely make it fall back to opening the mail app if a Lemmy instance wasn't found.
We should definitely make it fall back to opening the mail app if a Lemmy instance wasn't found.
To be clear, I'm talking about mailto: links specifically, like mailto:[email protected].
I'm not even specifically requesting support for it, but rather support for schemes that iOS supports in general.
Ah, okay 👍 Yeah, we could support all schemes in general.
[email protected] links are converted by our parser into [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]). Our link handler receives the mailto:[email protected] link when you tap it, but fails to actually do anything beside show a loading toast. That's what I was referring to above.