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androidkotlin
KingMong007
KingMong007

Reputation: 1

I still don't get why I'm getting an error: with intent

Why i get an error on intent? I want to call a number when a clicking on a floating button.

ContextCompat.startActivity(intent), here a get the error (intent)

Type mismatch. Required:Context Found:Intent

override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main)
    setSupportActionBar(toolbar)

    fab.setOnClickListener { view ->
        Snackbar.make(view, "Secretariaat wordt gebeld", 
Snackbar.LENGTH_LONG)
            .setAction("Action", null).show()
        makePhoneCall("0123456")
    }

    val toggle = ActionBarDrawerToggle(
        this, drawer_layout, toolbar, R.string.navigation_drawer_open, 
R.string.navigation_drawer_close
    )
    drawer_layout.addDrawerListener(toggle)
    toggle.syncState()

    nav_view.setNavigationItemSelectedListener(this)
   }





fun makePhoneCall(number: String) : Boolean {
    try {
        val intent = Intent(Intent.ACTION_CALL)
        intent.setData(Uri.parse("tel:$number"))
        ContextCompat.startActivity(intent)
        return true
    } catch (e: Exception) {
        e.printStackTrace()
        return false
    }
}

Upvotes: 0

Views: 461

Answers (3)

Sayem
Sayem

Reputation: 5011

  1. No need to use static ContextCompat.startActivity(intent) use only startActivity(intent) as you are already in an Activity
  2. To use Intent.ACTION_CALL you need call permission in manifest.

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CALL_PHONE"/>

There is another solution which I prefer. Use Intent.ACTION_DIAL instead of Intent.ACTION_CALL which doesn't require permission.

Your code would be: 

fun makePhoneCall(number: String) : Boolean {
    try {
        val intent = Intent(Intent.ACTION_DIAL)
        intent.setData(Uri.parse("tel:$number"))
        startActivity(intent)
        return true
    } catch (e: Exception) {
        e.printStackTrace()
        return false
    }
}

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Upvotes: 0

samaromku
samaromku

Reputation: 559

If you need to invoke method startActivity(), you can do it without ContextCompat class. If you call this method inside Activity class. In that case your code will be like:

fun makePhoneCall(number: String) : Boolean {
    try {
        val intent = Intent(Intent.ACTION_CALL)
        intent.setData(Uri.parse("tel:$number"))
        startActivity(intent)
        return true
    } catch (e: Exception) {
        e.printStackTrace()
        return false
    }
}

Upvotes: 0

Vladim&#237;r Bielen&#253;
Vladim&#237;r Bielen&#253;

Reputation: 3045

That's because ContextCompat.startActivity takes three arguments, Context, Intent and a Bundle as extra options (can be null)

ContextCompat.startActivity(this, intent, null)

Upvotes: 1

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