How to make an Android device vibrate?

Question

I wrote an Android application. Now, I want to make the device vibrate when a certain action occurs. How can I do this?

Answer 1

I use the following utils method:

public static final void vibratePhone(Context context, short vibrateMilliSeconds) {
    Vibrator vibrator = (Vibrator) context.getSystemService(Context.VIBRATOR_SERVICE);
    vibrator.vibrate(vibrateMilliSeconds);
}

Add the following permission to the AndroidManifest file

You can use overloaded methods in case if you wish to use different types of vibrations (patterns / indefinite) as suggested above.