I currently use this method in a UIDevice category to easily detect device with phone capability. On iOS8 however this does not work any more =(
+(BOOL)hasPhoneCapability;
{
return [[UIApplication sharedApplication] canOpenURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"tel:+11111"]];
}
I suppose that it is because of the new handoff / continuety features introduced in iOS8. That actually lets you answer or place phone calls on your iPad and even your Mac.
I know that I could revert to detecting if the device is specifically an iPhone and settle for that. But what I would like to accurately test the current device capability.
An iPad that is correctly configured and in proximity to paired iPhone should be detected as a device with phone capability, but not configured / without paired phone it should declare as a device with no phone capability.