iOS run application when phone rings

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Is there any way to create an iOS application that launches and a call is received (basically hijacking the call receive event). Then the application can (after having done what it needs to do - maybe after a second or two), allow the user to answer and continue normally.

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered May 24 '13 at 11:27

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Nope it is not possible to interfere the call mechanism ,may be there will be some way in jaibreak option

answered May 24 '13 at 11:27

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered May 24 '13 at 11:33

AFAIK that is not possible , but you can have a look at CoreTelephony.

in the docs it says

A CTCall object gives you information about a current call, including a unique identifier and state information—dialing, incoming, connected, or disconnected.

may be worth a try.

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:15

This is not really a answer but a direction. Through IOHID(private API) your application can stay in background. It can monitor all hardware events like network or touch events. When a call is received, it would call back your application which is in background. I have a feeling that phone calls would also generate a call back which you can then handle.

Here is the sample code https://github.com/entryleveldev/TestIOHIDEvent. Also read this answer iOS touch event notifications (private API)

I have personally done it for touch events and it works pretty well in background. You can put a NSLog and monitor all types of events and easily figure out if phone calls generate a call back or not. If not, I am having a feeling that there might be other private API out there to help.

Drawback is, if you use private api, you app will get rejected in app store. Good luck.

Edit: This solution does not require jail breaking. Only use of private API.

iOS run application when phone rings

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