Appreciate the answer Mark... Thanks.. I wonder if anyone knows how to get in touch with developers who ported Android to Galaxy tablet? It seems to me that if the dialer/caller intents do nothing that they should throw an exception that could be caught downstream.
On Apr 3, 11:45 am, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > Long term, for most tablets, android.hardware.telephony with > <uses-feature> or hasSystemFeature() on PackageManager should work. > > Some Android 2.x tablets, like the Galaxy Tab, may claim to have > telephony even if they do not have a dialer, in order to qualify for > the Android Market. Short of using android.os.Build to identify these > by manufacturer and model, I do not know how else you can tell. > > > > > > On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 1:34 PM, ole! <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have not been able todetectwhether a dialer executes correctly on > > a tablet. > > The ACTION_CALL intent does nothing. > > The problem arises on the T-Mobile Galaxy, but I suspect other tablets > > have the same problem. > > > What I have tried: > > 1. catching an exception from start_activity using the ACTION_CALL > > intent (no exception generated) > > 2. TelephonyManager.getPhoneType() returns a valid state (GSM) > > 3. TelephonyManager.getCallState() return a valid state (IDLE) > > > Any ideas? > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://github.com/commonsguyhttp://commonsware.com/blog|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > _Android Programming Tutorials_ Version 3.3 Available! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
