How can we call Intent.ACTION_DIAL from a tab layout?
My code is:
Resources res = getResources(); // Resource object to get Drawables
TabHost tabHost = getTabHost(); // The activity TabHost
TabHost.TabSpec spec; // Resusable TabSpec for each tab
Intent intent; // Reusable Intent for each tab
// Create an Intent to launch an Activity for the tab (to be reused)
intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_DIAL);
// Initialize a TabSpec for each tab and add it to the TabHost
spec = tabHost
.newTabSpec("contacts")
.setIndicator("Contacts",
res.getDrawable(R.drawable.tab_contacts))
.setContent(intent);
tabHost.addTab(spec);
But the app showing an exception
07-14 14:08:21.024: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(543): java.lang.SecurityException: Requesting code from com.android.contacts (with uid 10000) to be run in process org.sipdroid.sipua (with uid 10032)
07-14 14:08:21.024: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(543): at android.app.ActivityThread.getPackageInfo(ActivityThread.java:2330)
07-14 14:08:21.024: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(543): at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2558)
07-14 14:08:21.024: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(543): at android.app.ActivityThread.startActivityNow(ActivityThread.java:2503)
07-14 14:08:21.024: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(543): at android.app.LocalActivityManager.moveToState(LocalActivityManager.java:127)
07-14 14:08:21.024: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(543): at android.app.LocalActivityManager.startActivity(LocalActivityManager.java:339)
07-14 14:08:21.024: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(543): at android.widget.TabHost$IntentContentStrategy.getContentView(TabHost.java:651)
07-14 14:08:21.024: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(543): at android.widget.TabHost.setCurrentTab(TabHost.java:323)
07-14 14:08:21.024: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(543): at android.widget.TabHost$2.onTabSelectionChanged(TabHost.java:129)
07-14 14:08:21.024: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(543): at android.widget.TabWidget$TabClickListener.onClick(TabWidget.java:453)
07-14 14:08:21.024: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(543): at android.view.View.performClick(View.java:2408)
07-14 14:08:21.024: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(543): at android.view.View$PerformClick.run(View.java:8816)
07-14 14:08:21.024: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(543): at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:587)
07-14 14:08:21.024: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(543): at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:92)
07-14 14:08:21.024: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(543): at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
07-14 14:08:21.024: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(543): at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4627)
07-14 14:08:21.024: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(543): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
07-14 14:08:21.024: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(543): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:521)
07-14 14:08:21.024: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(543): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:868)
07-14 14:08:21.024: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(543): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:626)
07-14 14:08:21.024: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(543): at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
07-14 14:08:21.063: WARN/ActivityManager(58): Force finishing activity org.sipdroid.sipua/.ui.SIPTabWidget
07-14 14:08:21.683: WARN/ActivityManager(58): Activity pause timeout for HistoryRecord{43f7d678 org.sipdroid.sipua/.ui.SIPTabWidget}
07-14 14:08:27.443: DEBUG/dalvikvm(255): GC_EXPLICIT freed 93 objects / 4104 bytes in 135ms
07-14 14:08:32.106: WARN/ActivityManager(58): Activity destroy timeout for HistoryRecord{43f7d678 org.sipdroid.sipua/.ui.SIPTabWidget}
I got it. The intent works fine when I called startActivity() directly from setOnTabChangedListener.
Here is my code:
spec = tabHost.newTabSpec("dial")
.setIndicator("Dialler", res.getDrawable(R.drawable.tab_dial))
.setContent(intent);
tabHost.addTab(spec);
and on Tab change I give:
tabHost.setOnTabChangedListener(new OnTabChangeListener() {
@Override
public void onTabChanged(String tabId) {
System.out.println(" Tab ID: "+tabId);
if(tabId.equals("dial")){
intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_DIAL);
startActivity(intent);
tabHost.setCurrentTab(0);
} }
});