How to display emergency contact on iPhone lock screen?

Question

I want to display emergency contact on lock screen of iPhone.

I've found one link to an app Launch emergency App/Do emergency call without screen-unlocking the iPhone but it is saying that apple will not approve this,

I saw some other applications on the AppStore:

Can any body tell me how to do this?

they are just changing the lock screen wallpaper... – Raptor May 15 '13 at 09:37 — Raptor, May 15 '13 at 09:37

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered May 15 '13 at 09:38

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Easy, the ones in the app store create an image with the emergency numbers on them. Then the user can set this image as there lockscreen. I've create an app like this.

But there is no way to make a swipe/click call the number from the lock screen.

answered May 15 '13 at 09:38

rckoenes

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can we make button on that image, so after clicking the button we can open our app? – Rajneesh071 May 15 '13 at 09:43
No, its just an image not a view. You can not add button that work to image. – rckoenes May 15 '13 at 09:44
can you please tell me how to add this image on lockcreen? – Rajneesh071 May 15 '13 at 09:49
You can't, the user will have to this them self via the `settings.app` – rckoenes May 15 '13 at 10:00
or, alternatively, play a sound track with customized disc cover with emergency number image. – Raptor May 15 '13 at 10:13
can we do it programmably? . – Rajneesh071 May 15 '13 at 10:21
@ShivanRaptor can you please elaborate ? – Rajneesh071 May 15 '13 at 10:23
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No you can not change the lock screen image programmatically, you can create the image for the user programmatically and save it to the camera roll. Then the user will have to set this image as the lock screen them selfs. – rckoenes May 15 '13 at 10:56

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered May 15 '13 at 10:37

It is impossible to set the Lock Screen wallpaper programmatically without jailbreak.

However, you can change the lock screen appearance by playing a sound track with customized album cover, which is the emergency image.

See MPNowPlayingInfoCenter for more information.

Note that this approach may burn a lot of battery, and user cannot enjoy other music while using your app.

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 20 '13 at 13:08

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Use " Emergency info screen" iPhone app. It's awesome and simple to use.

answered Aug 20 '13 at 13:08

Jerry

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try to put more effort in your answer, like with more details and links – Lucas Eduardo Aug 20 '13 at 13:27

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 02 '13 at 14:03

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I've been using the emergency info screen app and its simple and flexible to my needs.

https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/emergency-info-screen/id657684240?mt=8

answered Sep 02 '13 at 14:03

user2740111

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Dec 16 '15 at 17:08

With iOS 8 and later you can use the Health.app to define your medical ID and store emergency contact details with it. Then, from the Health.app, you can tell iOS to display this information from the emergency lock screen.

See here for a step by step guide.

How to display emergency contact on iPhone lock screen?

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