I am using a custom application to trigger emails and SMS campaigns in pre-deteremined time slots. As per a requirement, I need to send an email containing an link/URL such that, upon clicking that link/URL the default SMS app of the phone opens with the body text and number pre-poppulated.
I went through this, and created the following URL:
<a href='sms:54321;?&body=HELLO'>Click here</a>
I put this in a HTML file, and sent it across an email attachment. It worked fine on Android as well as iPhone.
However, when I embed the HTML link in the email itself, it gives problems.
On some email clients like Gmail app (web/mobile) and Outlook mobile app, the "Click here" appears as plain text in the email. Upon inspecting the page on gmail.com, I noticed that the href attribute was missing.
On some other email clients, like Thunderbird on Ubuntu, Edison Mail app on iPhone, the link showed up fine and worked perfectly.
Note: the email recipient is a gmail address.
As the link works fine in some clients, it rules out the possibility of an issue with
the email delivery service - sendgrid
the recipient's email service provider (gmail)
I replaced & with & follows by amp; in href, but the discrepancy persists.
I am not able to understand the reason for this.
Is there is a way to achieve this functionality, irrespective of the email client in which we open the email?
Note: A mailto is working fine in href,i.e., it shows up as a hyperlink, For e.g.,
<a href='mailto:[email protected]'>Click here</a>
