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Detect incoming calls inside a service

Inside a service I have:

// subscribe to incoming call notifications
registerReceiver(mIncomingCallReceiver, new IntentFilter("android.intent.action.PHONE_STATE"));

However onReceive never gets called:

// incoming call receiver
private BroadcastReceiver mIncomingCallReceiver = new BroadcastReceiver() {
   @Override
   public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {

What's wrong here? I don't want to declare it through the manifest and additional class since it would require additional code to invoke corresponding method inside my service.

P.S. What I need to do is to stop the service player when an incoming call is registered.

Solution

  • Perhaps your manifest misses 

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