How to start a Skype call from an Android app?
See this answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/8844526/819355
Jeff suggests using a skype:<user name>
instead of tel:<phone number>
After some studing of the skype apk with apktool, as suggested in that answer, I came up with this code, for me it's working:
public static void skype(String number, Context ctx) {
try {
//Intent sky = new Intent("android.intent.action.CALL_PRIVILEGED");
//the above line tries to create an intent for which the skype app doesn't supply public api
Intent sky = new Intent("android.intent.action.VIEW");
sky.setData(Uri.parse("skype:" + number));
Log.d("UTILS", "tel:" + number);
ctx.startActivity(sky);
} catch (ActivityNotFoundException e) {
Log.e("SKYPE CALL", "Skype failed", e);
}
}
Refer to Skype developer: Skype URI tutorial: Android apps Also remember to add "?call" in your url. E.g
intent.setData(Uri.parse("skype:" + phoneNumber + "?call"));
Without it, Skype may not dial the number.
You should not include a specific class when calling an external app. Let the user decide of the application he/she wants to use. That's the way android has been designed and it's a better solution than obliging people to use a soft (moreover quite a slow, closed and inconvenient app to my mind).
In other words, just use the Uri, that's the job of skype of declaring its ability to capture such intents.