Reading out of phone information

[kkolle]

Hello!

Maybe I´m blind but I can´t find any information about reading out of phone information like this:
- my own phonenumber
- providername
- servicestatus
- roaming
- signalstrength

Can anybody help me?

Thanks a lot!

 

[Amalkotey]

Hi KKolle,

with the Phone Library can read the device information. See here!

regards
Amalkotey

 

[kkolle]

HI Amalkotey!

That´s right!

There are only functions for reading out:
- GetDeviceId (357841XXXXXXXXXX)
- Manufacturer (HTC)
- Model (HTC Desire)
- Product (htc_bravo)
- SdkVersion (8)

But where I can find information about:
- my own phonenumber (+49171XXXXXX)
- providername (Telekom)
- etc.

Greetings from Paderborn

 

[alfcen]

Hi to Paderborn

Access to phone numbers, providers, etc would probably hurt Android's privacy policy. Likewise, you can't engage/disengage GPS in code.

I would not be happy knowing that an app can read my phone number in the background and send it to an unknown server.

 

[Amalkotey]

Hello KKolle,

I've tested a few times. If I create an Eclipse untr Adnroid.projekt and implement the following Java code, I have full access to the SIM card information. The problem is that you the method

TelephonyManager tm = (TelephonyManager) getSystemService(TELEPHONY_SERVICE);

is needed, which is declared in the class Activity. Erel apparently generated by a derivation of "extend Activity" code when converting to Java. I think the Erel access only when an update of B4A generated in this method.

regards
Amalkotey

 

[kkolle]

Hi Amalkotey!

That´s why I was asking!
Before I found Basic4Android I made some tests with eclipse.

But I thought that I´m just too blind to find it in B4A!

@Erel: Maybe you could update (all) these functions in the phone library. Shall I open a new thread in "Bugs & wishlist"?

Thanks alot!

 

[Erel]

Shall I open a new thread in "Bugs & wishlist"?

Yes, please.