谷歌分析中的 iOS 电话超链接 javascript 跟踪

Question

I have some js code to record outbound link click events in Google Analytics, which effectively adds a delay to the click event before allowing the normal click behaviour to go through.

This applies to both http as well as tel: links. I trigger a specific "phone number has been clicked" event in GA so we know the user intended to make a call (whether or not they go through with it is a different issue entirely).

The number of events being tracked into GA seems strangely low and with anecdotal testing, many deliberately triggered events don't seem to show up in GA (Ie I sit on my phone and press the link a few times).

I wonder why this could be.

Does iOS do something weird to immediately halt or bypass my javascript when a tel: link is clicked? If not, what could explain the lack of event tracking going on here?

For context, I'm talking about tracking the click event before the call prompt comes up:

Answer 1

i had the same issue (working with jquery) and found out that it occurs when i tried to recognize the tap with jquery click handler. i found a solution with adding

jquery.on("click touchstart", function(e){...});

now it works fine again on desktop and mobile/touch browsers (tested on newer ios and android devices) and the call-prompt is displayed immediately.