How to open phone dialer (Keypad) with c# windows phone 8

Question

in my app i want to copy a phone number to clipboard then open the phone dialer ( keypad ) to paste the number there. without using PhoneCallTask to make a call

i can't use PhoneCallTask because it can't support USSD numbers for exemple to check my phone funds the number is " *100# "

the error message 'please enter service codes directly from the phone's keypad'

thanks

Answer 1

In XAML:

<toolkit:PhoneTextBox Text="{Binding UserInput, Mode=TwoWay}" InputScope="{Binding UserInputScope}"/>

In code behind: Make a dependency property UserInputScope then set this to

public static readonly DependencyProperty UserInputTypeProperty =
            DependencyProperty.Register("UserInputType", typeof (InputScope), typeof (ManualTypeView), new PropertyMetadata(default(InputScope)));

public InputScope UserInputType
{
    get { return (InputScope) GetValue(UserInputTypeProperty); }
    set { SetValue(UserInputTypeProperty, value); }
}

Set UserInputType to

this.UserInputType = new InputScope
{
    Names =
        {
            new InputScopeName
                {NameValue = InputScopeNameValue.TelephoneNumber}
        }
};