How to use call wrappers for Intent Anko?

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I am learning Anko commons and in that, I see Intent for easy to write code to startActivity. It's working. But in that I see Anko has call wrappers for some widely used Intents:

Goal                 Solution
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Make a call          makeCall(number) without tel:
Send a text          sendSMS(number, [text]) without sms:
Browse the web       browse(url)
Share some text      share(text, [subject])
Send a email         email(email, [subject], [text])

So I want to use this wrapper but don't know how. How can I use this?

Reference Like: https://github.com/Kotlin/anko/wiki/Anko-Commons-%E2%80%93-Intents#useful-intent-callers

@9spl what you have written in the answer I know that all and I have used the latest dependency but my first question was how to use makeCall(). But I got that answer how to use then I have another problem, makeCall() doesn't work. I have declared permission in manifest although it's not working. why?

sendSMS() and browse() both are working but makeCall() is not working.

Include Anko (`compile "org.jetbrains...."`) and call one of these functions from `Activity` (while not in Activity, you can specify it explicitly, e. g. `activity.browse(...)`). — Miha_x64, Jun 23 '17 at 12:25
yes, it's working. Thanks. But one more problem when I use `makeCall()` it doesn't work. why? — Patel Pinkal, Jun 23 '17 at 12:39
What happens when you call `makeCall()`? Are there any logs? — Bryan, Jun 23 '17 at 12:45

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 23 '17 at 12:40

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just make sure you have added right dependency for anko in your app gradle

compile "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jre7:1.1.2-3"

compile "org.jetbrains.anko:anko-commons:0.10.0"

Now it is so easy to use it use this as a functions of Anko Ex.if you want to make call just simply call this function like

makeCall("PHONE_NUMBER")

answered Jun 23 '17 at 12:40

9spl

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All is working well but my next problem is when I call `makeCall()` it doesn't work – Patel Pinkal Jun 23 '17 at 12:43
Make sure you have given call permission in Manifest and same for others..@PatelPinkal – 9spl Jun 23 '17 at 12:48
I don't think you need specifically `kotlin-stdlib-jre7`. From what I know `kotlin-stdlib` should work too. – Mibac Jun 23 '17 at 14:14
hi @PatelPinkal are you testing on Emulator or real device , Does real device have Sim Card in it? – 9spl Jun 27 '17 at 06:57
I have tried in both emulator and device with Sim card but its not working – Patel Pinkal Jun 27 '17 at 07:05

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 26 '19 at 17:41

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You need to add CALL_PHONE permission i.e <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CALL_PHONE"/> in the Manifest file and also ask the user for run-time CALL_PHONE permission.

answered Dec 26 '19 at 17:41

Ravi R Priyadarshi

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