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sending MMS in Android KitKat (API-19)

In my android application I want to send MMS from background service without user interaction, I tried to use SmsManager.sendMultimediaMessage but this method requires API-21 atleast and I am working on API-19 (Android KitKat). So please tell how can I send MMS from background service without user interaction in Android API level 19 (KitKat)?

Use this page.
since i shouldn't answer with just a link. I copied some content from there.
Settings sendSettings = new Settings();
sendSettings.setMmsc(mmsc);
sendSettings.setProxy(proxy);
sendSettings.setPort(port);
you can get them something like (found at Set APN programmatically on Android - answear by vincent091):
Cursor cursor = null;
if (Utils.hasICS()){
cursor =SqliteWrapper.query(activity, activity.getContentResolver(),
Uri.withAppendedPath(Carriers.CONTENT_URI, "current"), APN_PROJECTION, null, null, null);
} else {
cursor = activity.getContentResolver().query(Uri.withAppendedPath(Telephony.Carriers.CONTENT_URI, "current"),
null, null, null, null);
}
cursor.moveToLast();
String type = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(Telephony.Carriers.TYPE));
String mmsc = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(Telephony.Carriers.MMSC));
String proxy = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(Telephony.Carriers.MMSPROXY));
String port = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(Telephony.Carriers.MMSPORT));

Retrieve Contact name from phone number

I've been looking everywhere since the past few days to find a way to retrieve a contact name using a phone number I already have stored in a variable, unfortunately everything I found so far seems to be using deprecated functions/calls.
Of Course, I tried doing it my own way but I feel like my Android/JAVA knowledge is not good enough to understand this concept yet, keep getting some errors or force close when I try to run anything.
So far the best thing I could find was something like this:
public String getContactName(final String phoneNumber)
{
Uri uri;
String[] projection;
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 5)
{
uri = Uri.parse("content://com.android.contacts/phone_lookup");
projection = new String[] { "display_name" };
}
else
{
uri = Uri.parse("content://contacts/phones/filter");
projection = new String[] { "name" };
}
uri = Uri.withAppendedPath(uri, Uri.encode(phoneNumber));
Cursor cursor = context.getContentResolver().query(uri, projection, null, null, null);
String contactName = "";
if (cursor.moveToFirst())
{
contactName = cursor.getString(0);
}
cursor.close();
cursor = null;
return contactName;
}
But by using this code, Eclipse tells me: context cannot be resolved.
A lot of the codes and explanations I found were using this Context thing, but I still don't understand it even after reading this: What is 'Context' on Android?
Any help will be greatly appreciated,
Thank you very much

If you're using this inside an activity, then a context is what you get by using this. So basically here, instead of calling context.getContentResolver(), call this.getContentResolver() or simply just getContentResolver().
Eclipse complains basically because you're trying to call a method of something called context which Eclipse doesn't know because it hasn't been declared anywhere. It would work if you previously did something like Context context = this;, but that's really useless.
getContentResolver() is a method declared and defined by Activity which is a class that your activity extends, therefore you can call it just like that.
I hope it helps. As to what this context really is, I am sorry, but I can't help you with that as I am not even sure I understand it correctly.
Also, please notice, that I haven't checked the code you posted and I don't know if it works for obtaining a contact's name from a phone number. Just wanted to help you with getting rid of the context cannot be resolved error.

Android call log latest entry

I want to start an activity once i get a missed call.but iam unable to read the latest missed call entry from the call log, instead it reads the entry before the current one. iam reading it when phone state is idle.
Example: say there are two missed call entries one at 11:10 and other at 11:11. I get a missed call at 12:12, my activity needs to show missed calls obtained at 12:12,11:11,11:10. but rather it reads 11:11,11:10. Latest entry is missing. what should i do? I am using a service and reading call log, phone state.
Cursor c = getContentResolver().query(allCalls, null, null, null, order);
if (c.moveToFirst()) {
do{
// getting number,type,ack etc}
while (c.moveToNext()); }

You will need to listen for it using TelephonyManager and PhoneStateListener.
This code will show you how to do it:
if(lastStart == TelephonyManager.CALL_STATE_RINGING)
{
long now = System.currentTimeMillis();
long duration = (now-ringStartTime)/1000;
bindService.AddMissCallInfo(ringPhoneNumber, ringStartTime, duration);
Log.i(Constants.Tag,"service add miss call!");
}
Code taken from: http://code.google.com/p/android-miss-call/source/browse/trunk/src/com/call/DialPhoneStateListener.java?r=3

you can used like this.
c=mContext.getContentResolver().query(CallLog.Calls.CONTENT_URI, projection, null, null, CallLog.Calls._ID + " DESC");
if(c.getCount()!=0){
c.moveToFirst();
lastCallnumber = c.getString(0);
lastCallnumber=FormatNumber(lastCallnumber);
String type=c.getString(1);
String duration=c.getString(2);
String name=c.getString(3);
String id=c.getString(4);
System.out.println("CALLLLing:"+lastCallnumber+"Type:"+type+"\t id:"+id);
if(type.equals("3")){
//you can get last missedcall here
}
You can try it may be helpful for you.

Android's Media Scanner: How do I remove files?

I'm writing an app that removes files that may or may not be listed in any one of the types of media libraries such as music or pictures. While I can use the MediaScannerConnection.scanFile method to add files to the media library there doesn't seem to be any call to notify the service that the file has been removed. Sending it the path of the file that no longer exists doesn't result in the desired behavior either. How should I go about removing items from the library that no longer exist on the Android storage?

I was able to put a method together using bits and pieces from these two questions
What is the String 'volumeName' argument of MediaStore.Audio.Playlists.Members.getContentUri referring to?
How can I refresh MediaStore on Android?
Basically I just run a query on each one of the MediaStore types (Audio, Video and Images) selecting by path and deleting any records I find.
public static void RemoveAllForPaths(String[] paths, Context context)
{
private static final String[] FIELDS = { MediaStore.MediaColumns._ID, MediaStore.MediaColumns.DATA, MediaStore.MediaColumns.TITLE };
if(paths == null || paths.length == 0) return;
String select = "";
for(String path : paths)
{
if(!select.equals("")) select += " OR ";
select += MediaStore.MediaColumns.DATA + "=?";
}
Uri uri;
Cursor ca;
uri = MediaStore.Audio.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI;
ca = context.getContentResolver().query(uri, FIELDS, select, paths, null);
for(ca.moveToFirst(); !ca.isAfterLast(); ca.moveToNext()){
int id = ca.getInt(ca.getColumnIndex(MediaStore.MediaColumns._ID));
uri = ContentUris.withAppendedId(MediaStore.Audio.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI, id);
context.getContentResolver().delete(uri, null, null);
}
ca.close();
// More of the same just setting the URI to Video and Images
}
I'm not entirely sure how safe this is to do but it's the only solution I've found so far and some initial testing seems to be working. I invite others to submit other answers if anyone has any further information on this approach or a better method for performing this functionality.

Answer of Spencer Ruport is right, but you don't need to query and open a cursor in order to delete.
So for one file that is music file the code is simple like that:
public void DeleteMP3FromMediaStore( Context context, String path )
{
Uri rootUri = MediaStore.Audio.Media.getContentUriForPath( path );
context.getContentResolver().delete( rootUri,
MediaStore.MediaColumns.DATA + "=?", new String[]{ path } );
}
P.S. I wanted to comment answer of Spencer Ruport but don't have enough reputation yet.

Easy as pie: whenever you add a file, let MediaStore ContentProvider knows about it using
sendBroadcast(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MEDIA_SCANNER_SCAN_FILE, Uri.fromFile(fileToAddInMediaStore)));
For deletion: just use
getContentResolver().delete(Uri.fromFile(fileToDeleteFromMediaStore), null, null)

The following works well for me. You can delete or add files using this.
MediaScannerConnection.scanFile(
context,
new String[]{fileToDelete, fileToAdd},
null, null);

The available method is to remove the item from library.
This post is detailed expressed how to add into or remove from the Media Library.
http://androidyue.github.io/blog/2014/01/19/scan-media-files-in-android/ Hopes this could help you.

Can't update event on phone's calendar from code

I'm attempting to update a calendar's event on my phone from my code, but context.getContentResolver().update keeps returning 0, and of course there are no changes made to the event when I look at it in the Calendar app.
I'm getting the event ID, start time, etc with context.getContentResolver().query, and I'm getting unique numbers like 431, 4, 233, etc, so I'm presuming the event IDs I'm using are real.
I understand the official way to do this is to go through Google's servers instead of using update(), but for my implementation it doesn't make sense to do it that way (or even in general, but I digress).
Am I doing something wrong, or am I trying to do something that Android simply isn't going to allow?
Uri updateEventUri = ContentUris.withAppendedId(Uri.parse("content://com.android.calendar/events"), id);
ContentValues cv = new ContentValues();
begin.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, arg0.getCurrentHour()); //begin is a java.util.Calendar object
begin.set(Calendar.MINUTE, arg0.getCurrentMinute());
//cv.put("_id", id);
//cv.put("title", "yeahyeahyeah!");
cv.put("dtstart", begin.getTimeInMillis());
int updatedrowcount = context.getContentResolver().update(updateEventUri, cv, null, null);
System.out.println("updated "+updatedrowcount+" rows with id "+id);
A related question was posted here with no replies https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5636350/update-android-calendar-event
Let me know if I can clarify anything; I would really appreciate any input you guys and dolls could provide!

i had tried a lot and finally ended up with solution (Unreliable though).. but works fine..
public static boolean updateCalendar(Context context,String cal_Id,String eventId)
{
try{
Uri CALENDAR_URI = Uri.parse(CAL_URI+"events");
Cursor c = context.getContentResolver().query(CALENDAR_URI, null, null, null, null);
String[] s = c.getColumnNames();
if (c.moveToFirst())
{
while (c.moveToNext())
{
String _id = c.getString(c.getColumnIndex("_id"));
String CalId = c.getString(c.getColumnIndex("calendar_id"));
if ((_id==null) && (CalId == null))
{
return false;
}
else
{
if (_id.equals(eventId) && CalId.equals(cal_Id))
{
Uri uri = ContentUris.withAppendedId(CALENDAR_URI, Integer.parseInt(_id));
context.getContentResolver().update(uri, null, null, null);// need to give your data here
return true;
}
}
}
}
}
finally
{
return true;
}
}
and finally i'm not sure if it works with every device.

Ok, so, the problem was that I was using different URIs between fetching the events and editing them. I used the code sample from here and was using the URI "content://com.android.calendar/instances/when" to fetch the events and display them on the screen. When I had made a change I was using "content://com.android.calendar/events" to edit by id as in my example above.
What I found, thanks to your response, ntc, was that the ids for events between the two URIs were different, and therefore I couldn't edit the events consistently with the information each was giving me. I was presuming the event ids I was getting were system ids and universal to the phone.
I guess I'll have to do some testing and see what hardware isn't compatible with this method. I am using an HTC Evo for testing and so far so good.

When querying the Instances table, use Instances.EVENT_ID to get the identifier for the event you want to edit, instead of Instances._ID.