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Oct 11, 2022 08:17 AM
I want to build a “Send iMessage” button into my interface, but it doesn’t look like it’s going to work.
I have a {Phone}
field, so generating a link to send an iMessage is easy enough with this formula:
IF(
{Phone},
SUBSTITUTE(
CONCATENATE("iMessage://", {Phone}), " ", "")
)
This works great as a button in the regular Airtable interface. Can it be made to work in an interface?
If not, consider this a feature request. :slightly_smiling_face:

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Oct 11, 2022 09:09 AM
Hi @Tim_Wilson ,
Are you unable to choose your existing button field and place it on an interface page? I think that the button element validates URL schemes, so it might not let you use imessage://

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Oct 11, 2022 10:02 AM
Ah, yes, that works! I was trying to make the Button element do the job. Thanks!

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Oct 11, 2022 11:02 AM
Yeah, it’s very confusing because Airtable offers 2 different types of buttons, each with different functionality.
