Sending Pause To Dialer

In a similar vein to Sending Pause and DTMF input in android, I'm trying to send the pause character ',' to the dialer. This works on HTC Sense phones and even on the Xoom, but no

Solution 1:

Short answer: Doesn't look like it's possible using the native dialer.

Long answer:

The native dialer in Android uses the following code to extract the number you pass in to the dialer using an Intent

if ("tel".equals(uri.getScheme())) {
  // Put the requested number into the input area
  String data = uri.getSchemeSpecificPart();
  setFormattedDigits(data, null);
  returntrue;
} 

Within the setFormattedDigits method the number gets transformed thusly:

StringdialString= PhoneNumberUtils.extractNetworkPortion(data);

Looking at the docs for extractNetworkPortion you'll notice that it, "Extracts the network address portion [where the] Network address portion is everything up to DTMF control digit separators (pause or wait).

So the code is intentionally striping out the pause character and anything that comes after it. The only alternative I can think of is to replace the dialer or use the ACTION_CALL action instead of ACTION_DIAL. That'll bypass the dialer, so it should be used with caution.

Solution 2:

dialing pause has been comma for 30 years

If the android phone is compatible with ITUT V.250 ATS8=2 should set the delay caused by comma to 2 seconds. (it's possible that it has somehow been set to 0s)

ITUT is a great standards orgnisation, you can download their standards for free.

Solution 3:

From the android's latin ime source code:

<!-- Pause is a comma. Check PhoneNumberUtils.java to see if this has changed. --><Keyandroid:codes="44"android:keyLabel="Pause" />

I am not 100% sure if it's public, but you might be able to use:

PhoneNumberUtils.PAUSE

Solution 4:

',' is the standard but HTC used 'p' in rogers magic,, have you tried with 'p'? HTC Magic is using p

Solution 5:

This is horrible and dangerous. Business people getting conference call emails on their phone have to constantly switch back and forth to get the number.

Just make it work like it should:

tel://+1-877-555-1212,,,2345678#

Should dial the 877 number pause then dial in the participant conference code and 'enter' (#) when selected anywhere on the phone.

It's that simple. The fact this doesn't work in Android is a iPhone sales pitch.