Android Question Front Door Intercom

Beja

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• Oct 27, 2016

• #2

Hi.. You didn't say what happens after the photo shot and video call.. Will you open the door, or the app is just takes the photo and show the guy on your phone?

 

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tsteward

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• Oct 27, 2016

• #3

No plans to open the door at this stage. Maybe in the future.

App is just to go back to waiting for the next button press. As per last point.

Perhaps person answering phone has choice of video or just audio call.

 

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Erel

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• Oct 27, 2016

• #4

It looks like skype works with intents: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10132556/how-to-start-a-skype-call-from-an-android-app

Maybe you can use it to start a video call.

 

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tsteward

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• Oct 28, 2016

• #5

Ok for anyone wanting to know here is how to start a skype call. Now to move onto the rest of my app

B4X:

Sub Process_Globals
    Dim Sky As Intent
End Sub

Sub Globals
    Private Button1 As Button
End Sub

Sub Activity_Create(FirstTime As Boolean)
    Activity.LoadLayout("doorbell")
    Sky.Initialize(Sky.ACTION_VIEW, "skype:usersSkypeID?call&video=true")
    Sky.SetComponent("com.skype.raider")
    Sky.PutExtra("confirm","Yes")
End Sub

Sub Button1_Click
    StartActivity(Sky)
End Sub

 

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tsteward

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• Oct 28, 2016

• #6

Now how do I automatically close skype after a call and return to my app?
I don't think I can

How else might I achieve my goal?

 

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Erel

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• Oct 30, 2016

• #7

You can call StartActivity from a service to bring back your activity to the front. You can do it after 30 seconds (I don't see any way to know when the call ends).

 

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