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Android 9 Development Cookbook - Third Edition

By : Rick Boyer
Book Image

Android 9 Development Cookbook - Third Edition

By: Rick Boyer

Overview of this book

The Android OS has the largest installation base of any operating system in the world. There has never been a better time to learn Android development to write your own applications, or to make your own contributions to the open source community! With this extensively updated cookbook, you'll find solutions for working with the user interfaces, multitouch gestures, location awareness, web services, and device features such as the phone, camera, and accelerometer. You also get useful steps on packaging your app for the Android Market. Each recipe provides a clear solution and sample code you can use in your project from the outset. Whether you are writing your first app or your hundredth, this is a book that you will come back to time and time again, with its many tips and tricks on the rich features of Android Pie.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)
Title Page
Copyright and Credits
Dedication
About Packt
Contributors
Preface
Index

How to make a phone call


As we've seen in previous recipes, we can call the default applications simply by using an Intent. There are two Intents for phone calls:

  • ACTION_DIAL: Uses the default phone application to make the phone call (no permission required)
  • CALL_PHONE: Bypasses the UI to directly dial the number (requires permission)

Here's the code to set and call the Intent for using the default Phone app:

Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_DIAL); 
intent.setData(Uri.parse("tel:" + number)); 
startActivity(intent); 

Since your application is not doing the dialing and the user must press the Dial button, your app does not need any dialing permissions. The recipe that follows will show you how to place a call directly, bypassing the Dialer app.  

Getting ready

Create a new project in Android Studio and call it DialPhone. Use the default Phone & Tablet option and select Empty Activity when prompted for Activity Type.

How to do it...

First, we need to add the appropriate permission to make...