NEW_OUTGOING_CALL not being called on Samsung Galaxy S

Question

Trying to intercept outgoing calls, and have a solution working well on

• nexus 1 stock android 2.2
• HTC desire 2.2
• Moto defy 2.1

But not on the Samsung Galaxy S running 2.1, anyone seen this?

 <receiver  android:name="com.mypackge.OutGoingCallDetection" 
    android:exported="true"> 
 <intent-filter>   
  <action
    android:name="android.intent.action.NEW_OUTGOING_CALL"
    android:priority="0" /> 
</intent-filter> 
</receiver>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.PROCESS_OUTGOING_CALLS" /> 

Update: the PROCESS_OUTGOING_CALLS is also added.

The receiver:

public class OutGoingCallDetection extends BroadcastReceiver {

    private static final String TAG = "OutGoingCallDetection";


    @Override
    public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {

        String action = intent.getAction();
        Log.d(TAG, "onReceive, Action:" +intent.getAction());
    }
}

Answer 1

Try putting the manifest in order as suggested by Google Dev: Manifest.xml

Like this:

<uses-permission />
...
<receiver>
    <intent-filter> . . . </intent-filter>
    <meta-data />
</receiver>

There may be an issue in how some devices parse the Manifest and may not register the receiver correctly.

EDIT: As of ADT 16 Lint will tell you that your permissions are in the wrong place, so I'm assuming this must be more of an issue then previously thought

Cheers

Answer 2

You need to add the user permission:

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

See this blog post as an example of how to setup and use the NEW_OUTGOING_CALL.

Also see this blog post as to what to set your android:priority to.

Answer 3

Did you tried to increase android:priority? Let's say up to 10000.

I was intercepting incoming SMS' and increasing of android:priority attribute was helpful

Answer 4

I created the broadcast listener programmatically. It works fine. For your reference.

IntentFilter filter = new IntentFilter();
filter.addAction("android.intent.action.NEW_OUTGOING_CALL");

receiver = new BroadcastReceiver() {
    @Override
    public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
        String action = intent.getAction();
        Log.d(TAG, "onReceive, Action:" +intent.getAction());
    }
};
registerReceiver(receiver, filter);