Android Phone Calls with Examples

In android, we can easily make a phone call from our android applications by invoking built-in
phone calls app using Intents action (ACTION_CALL).

Generally, the Intent object in android with proper action (ACTION_CALL) and data will help us
to launch a built-in phone calls app to make a phone calls in our application.

In android, Intent is a messaging object which is used to request an action from another app
component such as activities, services, broadcast receivers, and content providers.
To make a phone call using Intent object in android application, we need to write the code like as
shown below.

Intent callIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_CALL);

callIntent.setData(Uri.parse("tel:" + txtPhone.getText().toString()));
startActivity(callIntent);
If you observe above code, we are using Intent object ACTION_CALL action to make a phone call
based on our requirements.

Android Phone Call Example

Following is the example of making a phone call by invoking the default phone calls app using
an Intent object in the android application.

Create a new android application using android studio and give names as PhoneCallExample.

activity_main.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android
"
android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<TextView
android:id="@+id/fstTxt"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="100dp"
android:layout_marginTop="150dp"
android:text="Mobile No"
/>
<EditText
android:id="@+id/mblTxt"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="100dp"
android:ems="10">
</EditText>
<Button
android:id="@+id/btnCall"
 android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="100dp"
android:text="Call" />
</LinearLayout>
Now open our main activity
file MainActivity.java from \src\main\java\com.tutlane.phonecallexample path and write the
code like as shown below

MainActivity.java
package com.sjkpgm.phonecallexample;

import android.Manifest;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Build;
import android.support.v4.app.ActivityCompat;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.EditText;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

private EditText txtPhone;
private Button btn;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
txtPhone = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.mblTxt);
btn = (Button)findViewById(R.id.btnCall);

btn.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
callPhoneNumber();
}
});
}
@Override
public void onRequestPermissionsResult(int requestCode, String[] permissions
, int[] grantResults)
{
if(requestCode == 101)
{
if(grantResults[0] == PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED)
{
callPhoneNumber();
}
}
}
 public void callPhoneNumber()
{
try
{
if(Build.VERSION.SDK_INT > 22)
{
if (ActivityCompat.checkSelfPermission(this, Manifest.permission.
CALL_PHONE) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(MainActivity.this, new Stri
ng[]{Manifest.permission.CALL_PHONE}, 101);
return;
}

Intent callIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_CALL);

callIntent.setData(Uri.parse("tel:" + txtPhone.getText().toString
()));
startActivity(callIntent);

}
else {
Intent callIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_CALL);
callIntent.setData(Uri.parse("tel:" + txtPhone.getText().toString
()));
startActivity(callIntent);
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
ex.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
If you observe the above code we are adding Runtime permissions to make sure our application
work in both old / latest android OS versions and we used Intent action (ACTION_CALL) to make
a phone call on button click using default phone calls app.
Now open android manifest file (AndroidManifest.xml) and write the code like as shown below

AndroidManifest.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.tutlane.phonecallexample">
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CALL_PHONE" />
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
android:supportsRtl="true"
android:theme="@style/AppTheme">
<activity android:name=".MainActivity">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHE
R" />
 </intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
If you observe above AndroidManifest.xml file we added a CALL_PHONE permission in
manifest file.

Output of Android Phone Call Example

When we run the above program in the android studio we will get the result as shown below.

Once we enter the phone number and click on the Call button, it will invoke built-in phone calls
app and it will make a call to respective phone numbers like as shown below.
This is how we can make phone calls using Intents in android applications based on our
requirements.