CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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mboy
mboy

Reputation: 755

how to dial special charaters in Uri method?

Hi I'm making an application to automate/activate call forwarding via sms all are working except of parsing some characters for the call forwarding code..

this is my code to execute the call forwarding code which is documented here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_forwarding#Keypad_codes

Intent callIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_CALL);
                callIntent.setData(Uri.parse("tel:"+Uri.encode("#")+Uri.encode("#")+"21"+Uri.encode("#")));
                ((Intent)callIntent).addFlags(268435456);
                this.context.startActivity((Intent)callIntent);

the code to cancel the call is ##21# but my application always got an error and looks like it cannot read my command as posted above but if I will dial it manually it is fine..

Upvotes: 0

Views: 566

Answers (1)

JustinDanielson
JustinDanielson

Reputation: 3185

Try using ACTION_DIAL rather than ACTION_CALL for the **21* and ##21#.
Check out this link as well, I think it addresses your problem specifically.

Here's the TLDR:

String uri = "**21*268435456#";   // ##21#268435456#  
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_DIAL); // ACTION_CALL  
Uri uri2 = Uri.fromParts("tel", uri, "#");  
intent.setData(uri2);  
startActivity(intent);

Upvotes: 1

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