Hi I have been trying to add a link on some of my cards to the built-in iOS dictionary. dict:// works fine on my laptop but not on my iPhone. On the other hand dictcc:// works properly in both. Wondering why dict:// doesn’t work for me on the phone. I also noticed that it some other phone apps like Clozemaster seem to have exactly this functionality working. I tried searching this issue in various places, but everything I see refers to dict: (or x-dictionary:) or there is noise because of the dictionary data type.
Could you please provide specific examples, so other people can test this behavior in Anki? I’m looking for the exact text you are using in your cards.
However, outside of Anki I note that:
- macOS Safari supports the
dict://URI scheme, opening URLs likedict://catusing the Dictionary app that comes with macOS. - iOS Safari does not support the
dict://URI scheme. - Neither version of Safari supports the
dictcc://URI scheme.
1 Like
Sure, try dict://Matrose.
Also, I tried dictcc://?word=Matrose in Safari on my laptop and it worked. To be clear dict.cc is not an alias for dict: but a separate app.
I tried dictcc://?word=Matrose in Safari on my Mac desktop, and it did not work. Instead, I got an error: Safari cannot open the page because the address is invalid.
I do not have the “dict.cc Dictionary” app installed. (Apparently, you have the “dict.cc Dictionary” app installed on both your iPhone and laptop, and I am guessing that is why the dictcc:// URI scheme works for you on your devices. Those apps provide support for it.)
But, back to your original issue: Your issue is that dict:// links do not work on AnkiMobile on iOS. I believe that this is not a bug. Instead, it is the correct and expected behavior. I believe that the reason is because the dict:// URI scheme is not supported on iOS by default. That is, there is no app that supports the dict:// URI scheme that comes pre-installed on iOS devices.
Edit: Added:
There is no built-in iOS dictionary app. The Apple Dictionary app exists only on macOS.