I am writing an android app in which I need to answer an incoming call, do some work and then end the call. After all the Googling I could find two different ways to achieve this both of which do not work with recent versions of Android, specifically after 4.1, Jelly Bean.
I.) Access "com.android.internal.telephony.ITelephony" using Java Reflection in the Broadcast receiver for "android.intent.action.PHONE_STATE". Below sample code can be found in hundreds of related post:
public class PhoneCallReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
Context context = null;
private static final String TAG = "Phone call";
private ITelephony telephonyService;
@Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
if (!intent.getAction().equals("android.intent.action.PHONE_STATE"))
return;
Log.v(TAG, "Receving....");
TelephonyManager telephony = (TelephonyManager)
context.getSystemService(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE);
try {
Log.v(TAG, "Get getTeleService...");
Class c = Class.forName(telephony.getClass().getName());
Method m = c.getDeclaredMethod("getITelephony");
m.setAccessible(true);
telephonyService = (ITelephony) m.invoke(telephony);
telephonyService.silenceRinger();
Log.v(TAG, "Answering Call now...");
telephonyService.answerRingingCall();
Log.v(TAG, "Call answered...");
//telephonyService.endCall();
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
Log.e(TAG,
"FATAL ERROR: could not connect to telephony subsystem");
Log.e(TAG, "Exception object: " + e);
}
}
}
The problem with this code is that
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.MODIFY_PHONE_STATE" />
is required for this method to work, and this permission has been defined as "for system apps only" from android v 2.3. In short, normal user apps can not define this permission in the manifest file anymore.
II.) Another way is to simulate pushing of the Headset hook which makes Android answer the call. This is done by broadcasting the "Intent.ACTION_MEDIA_BUTTON" as shown in below code.
public class PhoneCallReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
Context context = null;
private static final String TAG = "Phone call";
@Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
if (!intent.getAction().equals("android.intent.action.PHONE_STATE"))
return;
String state = intent.getStringExtra(TelephonyManager.EXTRA_STATE);
if (state.equals(TelephonyManager.EXTRA_STATE_RINGING)) {
String number = intent.getStringExtra(TelephonyManager.EXTRA_INCOMING_NUMBER);
Intent answer = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MEDIA_BUTTON);
answer.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_KEY_EVENT, new KeyEvent(KeyEvent.ACTION_UP, KeyEvent.KEYCODE_HEADSETHOOK));
context.sendOrderedBroadcast(answer, null);
Log.d(TAG, "Answered incoming call from: " + number);
}
return;
}
}
This method works till Android 4.1 after which android has restricted user apps from broadcasting "Intent.ACTION_MEDIA_BUTTON".
So my conclusion is that currently there is no way how we can achieve this in Android 4.1 or later.
Has anybody else found any other solution or workaround to this problem?
