TelephonyCall.emergency

This API is available on Firefox OS for internal applications only.

The emergency read-only property of the TelephonyCall interface indicates whether the current telephone number is an emergency number.

Syntax

var emergencyNumber = myCall.emergency;

Value

A Boolean.

Examples

// Telephony object
var tel = navigator.mozTelephony;
// Place a call
tel.dial("123456789").then(function(call) {
  call.id;
  call.emergency; // can only return true for outgoing calls;
});

Specifications

Specification Status Comment
Web Telephony Draft Draft.

Browser compatibility

For obvious reasons, support is primarily expected on mobile browsers.

Feature Chrome Firefox (Gecko) Internet Explorer Opera Safari
Basic support No support No support No support No support No support
Feature Android Firefox Mobile (Gecko) Firefox OS (Gecko) IE Mobile Opera Mobile Safari Mobile
Basic support No support 12.0 (12.0) 1.0.1 No support No support No support

See also

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