Start a process with a phonecall

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Hi, is there any option to initiate a process whit an incoming phonecall?

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Did you consult the Phone Call documentation? PhoneCall

Probably not. these are the only event handlers availablephoneCall

None initiate a process when your phone gets an incoming phone call.
The can start an activity when the users answers (but not while it is ringing); when the users ends the call and when the users start a call.

You might be able to trap these Events:

Events

IncomingCallAnswered( phoneNumber )

Event indicating that an incoming phone call is answered. phoneNumber is the incoming call phone number.

PhoneCallEnded( status , phoneNumber )

Event indicating that a phone call has ended. The status can be any of:

  • 1 : Incoming call was missed or rejected
  • 2 : Incoming call was answered and hung up
  • 3 : Outgoing call was hung up.

PhoneCallStarted( status , phoneNumber )

Event indicating that a phone call has started. The status can be any of:

  • 1 : Incoming call is ringing
  • 2 : Outgoing call is dialed

Perhaps that is sufficient.

What have you tried? And what happens.

Regards,
Steve

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So I read the above and I am not totally clear. Here is what I want to do: I sometimes have to call my wife from a phone that is not my own. She often does not answer if she does not recognize the phone number. So optimally I would like to be able to type in a code while the phone is ringing that does something to alert her that it is me. Is this possible?

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Maybe you could send her a SMS to tell her you will phone ?

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Hey thanks - I didnt see this until just now.

I concluded the same thing