XtGem : sms iOS fix

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Sms link script for standard mobiles and iphone

The XtGem "click to sms" block just adds a preset phone number and no text in the body of the sms message
The problem with sms: urls is there are 3 different methods to add body text

?body= ...
for android and most older mobiles

Then just because Apple want to be different

iOS 5 may not work at all
;body=...
for iOS 6 and 7
&body=...
for iOS 8

Some old mobiles do want the body data url encoded and some do not
Also some will not work without a number being declared so I have placed a 0 in the number field

Example code

<script>
var ua = navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase();
var url = "sms:0";
var is_os8 = (ua.indexOf("os 8") > -1) ? "&" : ";";
url += (ua.indexOf("iphone") > -1 || ua.indexOf("ipad") > -1) ? is_os8 : "?";
url += "body=" + encodeURIComponent("Hey check this out <xt:url />");
document.write('<div><a class="xt_button" href="'+url+'">Text this page to your friends</a></div>');
</script>

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Example output

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