Telephony.dialEmergency()

This API is available on Firefox OS for internal applications only.

The dialEmergency() method of the Telephony interface dials an emergency phone number and returns a new TelephonyCall object representing the new call.

Syntax

The new syntax is promise-based, and resolves with the TelephonyCall object for the new call:

JavaScript
myTelephony.dialEmergency(number,serviceId).then(function(myTelephonyCall) {
  // do something with the new call
});

The original syntax (Firefox 1.3 and below) was just a regular non-promise method.

JavaScript
var myTelephonyCall = myTelephony.dialEmergency(number,serviceId);

Parameters

number
A string indicating the emergency number to dial.
serviceId Optional
The id of the mobile service you want to use to make the call. If not specified, the default value for the device is used.

Returns

A promise that resolves with a TelephonyCall object.

Examples

JavaScript
// Telephony object
var tel = navigator.mozTelephony;

// Place a call
tel.dialEmergency("911").then(function(call) {
  call.id;
});

Specifications

Specification Status Comment
Web Telephony Draft Draft

Browser compatibility

For obvious reasons, support is primarily expected on mobile browsers.

Feature Chrome Firefox (Gecko) Internet Explorer Opera Safari
Basic support No support No support No support No support No support
Feature Android Firefox Mobile (Gecko) Firefox OS (Gecko) IE Mobile Opera Mobile Safari Mobile
Basic support No support 12.0 (12.0) 1.0.1 No support No support No support
Promise version No support 30.0 (30.0) 1.4 No support No support No support

See also

License

© 2016 Mozilla Contributors
Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License v2.5 or later.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-us/docs/web/api/telephony/dialemergency

API B2G Certified dialEmergency DOM DOM Reference Firefox OS Method Mobile Non-standard Reference Référence Telephony