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I heard that we can not use TelephonyManager for detecting Incoming/Missed/Dialed calls from Android version 2.3 and above. Is this true? Incase yes, Do we have any workaround for handling the calls? Please suggest. Im in urgent need of it.

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Check this post. It will help.

You can query it.

Please find the code to use TelephonyManager. I tried in 2.3.3 and is working for me : 

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

private TelephonyManager telephonyManager;
private PhoneStateListener listener;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.main);

    // Get the telephony manager
    telephonyManager = (TelephonyManager) getSystemService(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE);

    // Create a new PhoneStateListener
    listener = new PhoneStateListener() {

        @Override
        public void onCallStateChanged(int state, String incomingNumber) {
            String stateString = "N/A";
            switch (state) {
            case TelephonyManager.CALL_STATE_IDLE:
                stateString = "Idle";
                break;
            case TelephonyManager.CALL_STATE_OFFHOOK:
                stateString = "Off Hook";
                break;
            case TelephonyManager.CALL_STATE_RINGING:
                stateString = "Ringing";
                break;
            }
            Log.i("DEMO",
                    String.format("\nonCallStateChanged: %s", stateString));
        }
    };

    telephonyManager.listen(listener, PhoneStateListener.LISTEN_CALL_STATE);

}

In Manifest, you need to put the permission : 

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE"/>
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  • I need the data at that instance. Is there any help? – Srinath Reddy Aug 28 '12 at 05:31
  • I think you can use the TelephonyManager for that..it will work. I dint see anything stating it will not work on 2.3+. can you please share the post which says that? – Eldhose M Babu Aug 28 '12 at 05:39
  • It is not the post. I wrote the code which I have taken form these forums and tested in those mobiles. But, no use :( – Srinath Reddy Aug 29 '12 at 09:47
  • Please find the edited answer to use TelephonyManager to listen Phone State changes. I tried in 2.3.3 code base on emulator running in 4.0 and is working fine. – Eldhose M Babu Aug 30 '12 at 05:22