How to open dialer in Android through Intent?
The phone dialer is an activity available with the Android operating system to call a number. Usually, such activity may or may not have an EditText, for taking the number as input, and a Call button. When the user presses the Call button, it invokes the dialer app activity. Use of ‘tel:’ prefix is recommended, else java.lang.IllegalStateException will be thrown. Action_Dial doesn’t require any permission. Below is the code for MainActivity file in both Java and Kotlin.
Java
package com.zambiatek.gfg.dial;  // importing packagesimport android.content.Intent;import android.net.Uri;import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;import android.os.Bundle;import android.view.View;import android.widget.Button;import android.widget.EditText;import android.widget.Toast;  public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {      @Override    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)     {        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);          // Binding MainActivity.java with         // activity_main.xml file        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);          }      // This function is called when button is clicked.    public void Call(View v)    {        // Find the EditText by its unique ID        EditText e = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.editText);          // show() method display the toast with message         // "clicked"        Toast.makeText(this, "clicked", Toast.LENGTH_LONG)             .show();          // Use format with "tel:" and phoneNumber created is         // stored in u.        Uri u = Uri.parse("tel:" + e.getText().toString());          // Create the intent and set the data for the         // intent as the phone number.        Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_DIAL, u);          try        {            // Launch the Phone app's dialer with a phone             // number to dial a call.            startActivity(i);         }        catch (SecurityException s)        {            // show() method display the toast with             // exception message.            Toast.makeText(this, "An error occurred", Toast.LENGTH_LONG)                 .show();        }    }} |
Kotlin
package com.zambiatek.gfg.dial  import android.content.Intentimport android.net.Uriimport android.os.Bundleimport android.view.Viewimport android.widget.EditTextimport android.widget.Toastimport androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivityimport com.example.gfgreviewinjava.R  class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)          // Binding MainActivity.java with        // activity_main.xml file        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main)    }      // This function is called when button is clicked.    fun Call(v: View?) {        // Find the EditText by its unique ID        val e = findViewById<View>(R.id.editText) as EditText          // show() method display the toast with message        // "clicked"        Toast.makeText(this, "clicked", Toast.LENGTH_LONG)                .show()          // Use format with "tel:" and phoneNumber created is        // stored in u.        val u = Uri.parse("tel:" + e.text.toString())          // Create the intent and set the data for the        // intent as the phone number.        val i = Intent(Intent.ACTION_DIAL, u)        try {            // Launch the Phone app's dialer with a phone            // number to dial a call.            startActivity(i)        } catch (s: SecurityException) {            // show() method display the toast with            // exception message.            Toast.makeText(this, "An error occurred", Toast.LENGTH_LONG)                    .show()        }    }} |
In order to make a direct call without switching into dialer activity, you need to add Intent.ACTION_CALL in place of Intent.ACTION_DIAL.
activity_main.xml
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XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout      <!-- covers entire width of the screen -->    android:layout_width="match_parent"      <!-- covers entire height of the screen -->    android:layout_height="match_parent"      tools:context="com.example.hp.dial.MainActivity">      <EditText        android:id="@+id/editText"        <!-- covers as much width as required. -->        android:layout_width="wrap_content"          <!-- covers as much height as required. -->        android:layout_height="wrap_content"          <!-- left spacing from the parent layout-->        android:layout_marginLeft="8dp"          <!-- right spacing from the parent layout-->        android:layout_marginRight="8dp"          <!-- top spacing from the parent layout-->        android:layout_marginTop="65dp"          <!-- hint works as a place holder -->        android:hint="Phone No."          <!-- Expressing the given input should be phone no -->        android:inputType="phone"          app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.503"        app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"        app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />      <Button        android:id="@+id/button"          <!-- covers as much width as required. -->        android:layout_width="wrap_content"          <!-- covers as much height as required. -->        android:layout_height="wrap_content"          android:layout_marginLeft="8dp"        android:layout_marginRight="8dp"        android:layout_marginTop="67dp"          <!-- name of function is Call, and it is -->        <!-- invoked when the button is clicked.-->        android:onClick="Call"          android:text="DIAL"          <!-- below are the positions of the button -->        <!-- with respect to editText and parent layout. -->        app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"        app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/editText"    /></android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout> |
In AndroidManifest.xml, include the below permission to directly call without opening in a dialer. To make a call through open in a dialer, below permission is not needed.Â
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uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CALL_PHONE"
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Figure 1. Enter Phone no.
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Figure 2. Open the dialer activity.
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