android: how do I format number as phone with parentheses

Question

I have a number that I need to format as a telephone number. If I do

 PhoneNumberUtils.formatNumber(numStr);

Then I get

888         


        

Answer 1

Working solution in 2020:

TelephonyManager telephonyManager = (TelephonyManager) getSystemService(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE);

String countryIso = telephonyManager.getNetworkCountryIso().toUpperCase();

phoneNumberTextView.setText(PhoneNumberUtils.formatNumber("3473214567", countryIso));