How to make a phone call in android and come back to my activity when the call is done?

Question

I am launching an activity to make a phone call, but when I pressed the \'end call\' button, it does not go back to my activity. Can you please tell me how can I launch a c

Answer 1

I found the EndCallListener the most functional example, to get the behaviour described (finish(), call, restart) I added a few SharedPreferences so the Listener had a reference to manage this behaviour.

My OnClick, initialise and EndCallListener only respond to calls from app. Other calls ignored.

import android.content.Intent;
import android.content.SharedPreferences;
import android.preference.PreferenceManager;
import android.telephony.PhoneStateListener;
import android.telephony.TelephonyManager;
import android.util.Log;

public class EndCallListener extends PhoneStateListener {

private String TAG ="EndCallListener";
private int     LAUNCHED = -1;

SharedPreferences prefs = PreferenceManager
                            .getDefaultSharedPreferences(
                                myActivity.mApp.getBaseContext());

SharedPreferences.Editor _ed = prefs.edit();

@Override
    public void onCallStateChanged(int state, String incomingNumber) {
    String _prefKey = myActivity.mApp                          
                      .getResources().getString(R.string.last_phone_call_state_key),
    _bPartyNumber = myActivity.mApp                           
                      .getResources().getString(R.string.last_phone_call_bparty_key);

    int mLastCallState = prefs.getInt(_prefKey, LAUNCHED);

    //Save current call sate for next call
    _ed.putInt(_prefKey,state);
    _ed.commit();

        if(TelephonyManager.CALL_STATE_RINGING == state) {
            Log.i(TAG, " >> RINGING, number: " + incomingNumber);
        }
        if(TelephonyManager.CALL_STATE_IDLE == state && mLastCallState != LAUNCHED ) {
            //when this state occurs, and your flag is set, restart your app

            if (incomingNumber.equals(_bPartyNumber) == true) {
                //Call relates to last app initiated call
            Intent  _startMyActivity =  
               myActivity.mApp                               
               .getPackageManager()                                  
               .getLaunchIntentForPackage(
                 myActivity.mApp.getResources()
                 .getString(R.string.figjam_package_path));

_startMyActivity.setAction(                                     
        myActivity.mApp.getResources()
        .getString(R.string.main_show_phone_call_list));

                myActivity.mApp
                        .startActivity(_startMyActivity);
                Log.i(TAG, "IDLE >> Starting MyActivity with intent");
            }
            else
                Log.i(TAG, "IDLE after calling "+incomingNumber);

        }

    }
}

add these to strings.xml

android.intent.action.SHOW_PHONE_CALL_LIST
activityLpcsKey
activityLpbpKey

and something like this in your Manifest if you need to return to the look and feel before the call

and put these in your 'myActivity'

public static Activity mApp=null; //Before onCreate()
  ...
onCreate( ... ) {
  ...
if (mApp == null) mApp = this; //Links your resources to other classes
  ...
    //Test if we've been called to show phone call list
    Intent _outcome = getIntent();
    String _phoneCallAction = mApp.getResources().getString(R.string.main_show_phone_call_list);
    String _reqAction = _outcome.getAction();//Can be null when no intent involved

         //Decide if we return to the Phone Call List view
         if (_reqAction != null &&_reqAction.equals(_phoneCallAction) == true) {
                         //DO something to return to look and feel
         }

  ...
        myListView.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener() { //Act on item when selected
             @Override
             public void onItemClick(AdapterView a, View v, int position, long id) {

                 myListView.moveToPosition(position);
                 String _bPartyNumber = "tel:"+myListView.getString(myListView.getColumnIndex(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.NUMBER)); 

                 //Provide an initial state for the listener to access.
                 initialiseCallStatePreferences(_bPartyNumber);

                 //Setup the listener so we can restart myActivity
                    EndCallListener _callListener = new EndCallListener();
                    TelephonyManager _TM = (TelephonyManager)mApp.getSystemService(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE);

                    _TM.listen(_callListener, PhoneStateListener.LISTEN_CALL_STATE);

                         Intent _makeCall = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_CALL, Uri.parse(_bPartyNumber));

                 _makeCall.setComponent(new ComponentName("com.android.phone","com.android.phone.OutgoingCallBroadcaster"));
                    startActivity(_makeCall);                           
                finish();
              //Wait for call to enter the IDLE state and then we will be recalled by _callListener
              }
        });


}//end of onCreate()

use this to initilaise the behaviour for your onClick in myActivity e.g. after onCreate()

private void initialiseCallStatePreferences(String _BParty) {
    final int LAUNCHED = -1;
    SharedPreferences prefs = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(
                                mApp.getBaseContext());
    SharedPreferences.Editor _ed = prefs.edit();

    String _prefKey = mApp.getString(R.string.last_phone_call_state_key),
           _bPartyKey = mApp.getString(R.string.last_phone_call_bparty_key);

    //Save default call state before next call
        _ed.putInt(_prefKey,LAUNCHED);
        _ed.putString(_bPartyKey,_BParty);
        _ed.commit();

}

You should find that clicking your list of phone numbers finishes your activty, makes the call to the number and returns to your activty when the call ends.

Making a call from outside your app while it's still around won't restart your activty (unless it's the same as the last BParty number called).

:)