CALL_PRIVILEGED? CallScreeningService?

[trilloc]

Dear friends,

I am trying to build a custom call screening service on android / react-native / java. The problem is that the callscreeningservice always returns null for the phone number. Looks like Samsung is blocking the phone number from being visible even to the call screening service?

I was going through the source code and I notice that there is a CALL_PRIVILEGED permission here? How does one get it granted? Is that the way the Fossify Phone is able to block calls? Because I see there is a SimpleCallScreeningService which is able to block calls using the phone number.

Please help. Thank you for your wonderful work!

Thanks/Rajesh

[naveensingh]

Your app needs to be the default "Caller ID & spam" app for it to work.

See https://developer.android.com/develop/connectivity/telecom/dialer-app/screen-calls

I was going through the source code and I notice that there is a CALL_PRIVILEGED permission here?

It's not for screening calls.