iOS 11 - <a href=“tel:1-427-555-05-05”> links only work with long tap on iPhone, single tap doesn't work

Question

Hello StackOverflow community

I am building iOS 11 Swift WKWebView app, currently it is browsing an https remote web site

I've made a phone call page, with html code like

<a href="tel:78122931709">+7 (812) 293-17-09</a>
<a href="tel:78122931709">Make a phone call</a>

But for some reasons, on the iPhone SE under iOS 11.2.6 the tel links are only opened by long tap. For single tap the app does nothing.

On iPad Air 2 under iOS 11.2.6 single tap works, options appear after single tap instantly, not after long tap.

What I want to do is make iPhone app with WKWebView open prompt to call on single tap, not after long tap and choosing first option. Is there any way to do it?

Answer 1

My solution was to switch from using WKWebView to deprecated UIWebView

All telephone phone links work fine on iPhone on UIWebView