Android Question can TTS keep speaking while in sleep or locked mode

[Gina Kalani]

Hi everyone,
As the title says is there a way to keep TTS active while phone is locked?
TY

 

[Erel]

Move the TTS code to the starter service.

Call Service.StartForeground to prevent Android from killing the service.

 

[Gina Kalani]

Thank you Erel, will try in a short while, still not at the point to test it but soon.
Is there a tutorial for TTS library. Equivalents to speak, silence etc.?

 

[Erel]

https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/android-text-to-speech-example.7043/#content

 

[Branko Milosevic]

Would it be possible to call starter service from the activity where TTS code currently is and then let starter service call back the activity sub with TTS code.

 

[Erel]

Using CallSubDelayed to interact between activities and services

 

[Branko Milosevic]

Using CallSubDelayed to interact between activities and services

Huh...not working.
Question 1: What code exactly needs to be in the Sub Service_Start?

This is what I have now:

In "Starter"

'in Starter

Sub Process_Globals
    Dim TTS1 AsTTS
End Sub


Sub Service_Start (StartingIntent As Intent)

   CallSub(CurrentSession,"SessionPlay")

End Sub

In activity "Current Session"

'in activity CurrentSession

Sub Activity_Resume
      If Starter.TTS1.IsInitialized = FalseThen
          Starter.TTS1.Initialize("TTS1")
      EndIf
End Sub

Sub btnPlay_click()
   'this is play button that use to call SessionPlay sub
   'It now calls Service_start which is supposed to call back SessionPlay
    CallSub(Starter, "Service_Start")
    'SessionPlay
End Sub


Sub SessionPlay()
  'here is tts code that I would like to keep here in activity "CurrentSession"
End Sub

Question 2.: Should I just initialize TTS1 in Service_Start?
Question 3.: What exectly starts the Service_Start?

 

[Erel]

You should initialize TTS1 in Service_Create of the starter service.