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Set Timer To Know How Fast The NFC Read The Tag

I'm new to android, and get the project that I need to know how fast the the NFC Tag from the phone read the tag with timer. It's been 4 days and I still try to figure it out.
So this is how it works in my mind. TAG > Detected (timer start) > Information From Tag Show Up > Timer Stop.
Is it possible ? I know it will get around 0.1 miliseconds. I already can make the timer start when the tag detected, but it dont stop.
Here the java code :
public class Read extends Activity {
NfcAdapter mAdapter;
Tag mTag;
PendingIntent mPI;
IntentFilter mFilter[];
String userData,yo;
boolean writeMode;
Context context;
TextView tvNFCContent, Timer,Low;
Button start, pause, reset, lap ;
long MillisecondTime, StartTime, TimeBuff, UpdateTime = 0L ;
Handler handler;
int Seconds, Minutes, MilliSeconds ;
ListView listView ;
String[] ListElements = new String[] { };
List<String> ListElementsArrayList ;
ArrayAdapter<String> adapter ;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.read);
tvNFCContent = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.data);
Timer = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.timer);
handler = new Handler() ;
mAdapter = NfcAdapter.getDefaultAdapter(this);
mPI = PendingIntent.getActivity(getApplicationContext(), 0,
new Intent(this,getClass()).addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_SINGLE_TOP),0 );
IntentFilter tagDetected = new IntentFilter(NfcAdapter.ACTION_TAG_DISCOVERED);
IntentFilter filter2 = new IntentFilter(NfcAdapter.ACTION_NDEF_DISCOVERED);
mFilter = new IntentFilter[]{tagDetected,filter2};
mAdapter = NfcAdapter.getDefaultAdapter(this);
if (mAdapter == null) {
// Stop here, we definitely need NFC
Toast.makeText(this, "This device doesn't support NFC.", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
finish();
}
readFromIntent(getIntent());
}
/******************************************************************************
**********************************Read From NFC Tag***************************
******************************************************************************/
private void readFromIntent(Intent intent) {
String action = intent.getAction();
if (NfcAdapter.ACTION_TAG_DISCOVERED.equals(action)
|| NfcAdapter.ACTION_TECH_DISCOVERED.equals(action)
|| NfcAdapter.ACTION_NDEF_DISCOVERED.equals(action))
{
Parcelable[] rawMsgs = intent.getParcelableArrayExtra(NfcAdapter.EXTRA_NDEF_MESSAGES);
NdefMessage[] msgs = null;
if (rawMsgs != null) {
msgs = new NdefMessage[rawMsgs.length];
for (int i = 0; i < rawMsgs.length; i++) {
msgs[i] = (NdefMessage) rawMsgs[i];
}
}
buildTagViews(msgs);
}
}
private void buildTagViews(NdefMessage[] msgs) {
if (msgs == null || msgs.length == 0) return;
String text = "";
// String tagId = new String(msgs[0].getRecords()[0].getType());
byte[] payload = msgs[0].getRecords()[0].getPayload();
String textEncoding = ((payload[0] & 128) == 0) ? "UTF-8" : "UTF-16"; // Get the Text Encoding
int languageCodeLength = payload[0] & 0063; // Get the Language Code, e.g. "en"
// String languageCode = new String(payload, 1, languageCodeLength, "US-ASCII");
try {
text = new String(payload, languageCodeLength + 1, payload.length - languageCodeLength - 1, textEncoding);
TimeBuff += MillisecondTime;
handler.removeCallbacks(runnable);
} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
Log.e("UnsupportedEncoding", e.toString());
}
tvNFCContent.setText("NFC Content: " + text);
}
NdefMessage[] getNdefMessage(Intent intent)
{
NdefMessage[] msgs = null;
Parcelable[] rawMsgs = intent.getParcelableArrayExtra(NfcAdapter.EXTRA_NDEF_MESSAGES);
if(rawMsgs != null)
{
msgs = new NdefMessage[rawMsgs.length];
for(int i=0; i<rawMsgs.length; i++)
{
msgs[i] = (NdefMessage)rawMsgs[i];
}
}
return msgs;
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
return true;
}
#Override
protected void onNewIntent(Intent intent) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
setIntent(intent);
readFromIntent(intent);
if (NfcAdapter.ACTION_TAG_DISCOVERED.equals(intent.getAction())){
mTag = intent.getParcelableExtra(NfcAdapter.EXTRA_TAG);
StartTime = SystemClock.uptimeMillis();
handler.postDelayed(runnable, 0);
}
super.onNewIntent(intent);
if(intent.getAction().equals(NfcAdapter.ACTION_NDEF_DISCOVERED))
{
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"Ndefdiscovered",Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}else if(intent.getAction().equals(NfcAdapter.ACTION_TAG_DISCOVERED))
{
mTag = intent.getParcelableExtra(NfcAdapter.EXTRA_TAG);
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"Smartcard detected",Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
NdefMessage[] messages = getNdefMessage(intent);
if(messages == null)
{
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"There Is No Data",Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
return;
}
byte[] payload = messages[0].getRecords()[0].getPayload();
userData = new String(payload);
}else
{
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"Undefined smartcard",Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
}
#Override
protected void onPause() {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
super.onPause();
mAdapter.disableForegroundDispatch(this);
}
#Override
protected void onResume() {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
super.onResume();
mAdapter.enableForegroundDispatch(this, mPI, mFilter, null);
}
public Runnable runnable = new Runnable() {
public void run() {
MillisecondTime = SystemClock.uptimeMillis() - StartTime;
UpdateTime = TimeBuff + MillisecondTime;
Seconds = (int) (UpdateTime / 1000);
Minutes = Seconds / 60;
Seconds = Seconds % 60;
MilliSeconds = (int) (UpdateTime % 1000);
Timer.setText("" + Minutes + ":"
+ String.format("%02d", Seconds) + ":"
+ String.format("%03d", MilliSeconds));
handler.postDelayed(this, 0);
}
};
}
And here the code to stop the timer, but I dont know where to put to stop the timer right on time :
TimeBuff += MillisecondTime;
handler.removeCallbacks(runnable);

With that method of reading you don't need to time how long your App spends actually reading the NFC tags as the time will always be exactly zero.
This is because the Android OS has fully read the data from the tag before the result is passed to your App.
There are ways to actually read the tag yourself if you really want to time reading the tag.
Update:
As you have not told me the Type of card you are using it is not possible to write the code to measure the time you want.
Some Background:
All NFC card operations at the low level will do 1 to N number of transceive operations, with each transceive operation sends a byte Array of 1 to N bytes and the returns a byte Array of 0 to N bytes.
For the raw read time you would time the time taken to run the right number of transeive command to read the data.
Timing of higher level operations would also include the time taken to parse the N number of byte Arrays in to a NdefMessage as well as the transceive commands
The code:
So as I don't know the card type the best I can do is get a time it takes to connect to the card and read the data and parse it to an NdefMessage
This is the timing of any operation that can cause RF activity and block further execution of the code.
The code ignores the fact the Android OS has already read the card and has passed you the card data with zero time in your app spent reading the card, it re-reads the card to get the timings. Note that if you take the card away to fast it can generate exceptions and fail to time reading the card.
I could have written the code to use enableReaderMode which is more reliable especial when writing to the card and has many other benefits. But instead I used ForegroundDispatch as the example code was using ForegroundDispatch, so I followed suit.
PS I would not recommend using ForegroundDispatch
package com.test.foregrounddispatch;
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.app.PendingIntent;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.content.IntentFilter;
import android.nfc.NfcAdapter;
import android.nfc.Tag;
import android.nfc.tech.Ndef;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log;
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
NfcAdapter mAdapter;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
mAdapter = NfcAdapter.getDefaultAdapter(this);
}
#Override
protected void onPause() {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
super.onPause();
mAdapter.disableForegroundDispatch(this);
}
#Override
protected void onResume() {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
super.onResume();
IntentFilter tagDetected = new IntentFilter(NfcAdapter.ACTION_TAG_DISCOVERED);
IntentFilter ndefDetected = new IntentFilter(NfcAdapter.ACTION_NDEF_DISCOVERED);
try {
ndefDetected.addDataType("*/*");
} catch (IntentFilter.MalformedMimeTypeException e) {}
IntentFilter techDetected = new IntentFilter(NfcAdapter.ACTION_TECH_DISCOVERED);
IntentFilter[] nfcIntentFilter = new IntentFilter[]{ndefDetected,techDetected,tagDetected};
PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(
this, 0, new Intent(this, getClass()).addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_SINGLE_TOP), 0);
if(mAdapter!= null)
mAdapter.enableForegroundDispatch(this, pendingIntent, nfcIntentFilter, null);
}
#Override
protected void onNewIntent(Intent intent) {
super.onNewIntent(intent);
if (NfcAdapter.ACTION_NDEF_DISCOVERED.equals(intent.getAction())) {
// While with ForegroundDispatch the NDEF message has already been read
// And passed to us in the intent and thus the time the App spends "read" the NFC card is Zero
// We want to time time the read, so now we have been notified that a NDEF card is in range
// Try and read from it
// Get the Tag from the intent
Tag tag = intent.getParcelableExtra(NfcAdapter.EXTRA_TAG);
long startTime = 0;
long endTime = 0;
try {
// Create an NDEF tag object
Ndef ndefTag = Ndef.get(tag);
// This is the I/O operation to read the card and format the result to an NDEF message
// Nothing is done with the result to not add any time to it, as we are timing this
startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
ndefTag.connect();
ndefTag.getNdefMessage();
endTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
ndefTag.close();
} catch (Exception e) {
Log.e("NFC", e.toString());
}
Log.v("NFC", "Time to read in milliseconds is: " + (endTime - startTime));
}
}
}
For a short "Hello" plain text NDEF record on my phone it produces the log:-
V/NFC: Time to read in milliseconds is: 18

FileObserver not reacting to CREATE

I'm trying to make an app that will react to screenshots folder and do a toast for beginning,
I'm a new developer and this is my first time using file observer so I can only guess I've made a lot of mistakes.
The problem is there is no toast or log upon taking a screenshot.
Here is the code in my observer class:
public class listeningInit extends FileObserver {
private static final String TAG = "File listener";
public String absolutePath;
public listeningInit(String path) {
super(path, FileObserver.ALL_EVENTS);
absolutePath = path;
}
#Override
public void onEvent(int event, String path) {
if ((FileObserver.CREATE & event)!=0) {
Log.v(TAG, absolutePath + "/" + path + " is created\n");
Context context = getContext();
int duration = Toast.LENGTH_SHORT;
Toast toast = Toast.makeText(context, "Folder action!", duration);
toast.show();
}
}
private Context getContext() {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
return null;
}
and here's the code on activity that does .startWatching
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
listeningInit startObs = new listeningInit("/Pictures/Screenshots/");
startObs.startWatching();
//Checking if this is a first run
Boolean firstRun = false;
SharedPreferences run = getSharedPreferences("MYPREFS", 0);
firstRun = run.getBoolean("fr", true);
//if true launch tutorial activity
if(firstRun == true){
Intent k = new Intent(MainActivity.this, Tutorial.class);
startActivity(k);
}
}
There's no errors thrown by the code, it's just not responding and I don't have a slight clue on why that might be.

Text To Speech not working in service

Following are the classes that i'm trying to implement, but i dont know where should i speak the name that i got from brodcast receiver.Can anyoneone help.
SERVICE CLASS
public class SMSTalk extends Service implements OnInitListener, OnUtteranceCompletedListener {
public static TextToSpeech mTts;
private String spokenText;
public String msg=null;
int flag=0;
#Override
public void onCreate() {
mTts = new TextToSpeech(this, this);
// This is a good place to set spokenText
}
public void readName(String temp)
{
msg=temp;
System.out.println("HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"+msg);
// mTts.speak(msg, 0, null);
}
#Override
public void onInit(int status) {
SMSReceiver smsReceiver=new SMSReceiver();
if (status == TextToSpeech.SUCCESS) {
int result = mTts.setLanguage(Locale.UK);
if (result != TextToSpeech.LANG_MISSING_DATA && result != TextToSpeech.LANG_NOT_SUPPORTED) {
System.out.println("####"+msg);
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "SUCCESS",Toast.LENGTH_LONG ).show();
mTts.speak("Hello", 0, null);
flag=1;
}
}
if(flag==1)
{
System.out.println("######"+msg);
mTts.speak(msg, 0, null);
}
}
#Override
public void onUtteranceCompleted(String uttId) {
stopSelf();
System.out.println("onUtteranceCompleted"+msg);
}
#Override
public void onDestroy() {
if (mTts != null) {
mTts.stop();
mTts.shutdown();
}
super.onDestroy();
}
#Override
public IBinder onBind(Intent arg0) {
return null;
}
}
RECEIVER CLASS
public class SMSReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver
{
String name=null;
private Context mContext;
#Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent)
{
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
int n;
Bundle bundle = intent.getExtras();
Object pdus[] = (Object[]) bundle.get("pdus");
SmsMessage smsMessage[] = new SmsMessage[pdus.length];
for (n = 0; n < pdus.length; n++)
{
smsMessage[n] = SmsMessage.createFromPdu((byte[]) pdus[n]);
}
// show first message
String sms1 = smsMessage[0].getMessageBody();
String from = smsMessage[0].getOriginatingAddress();
//String name = getDisplayNameFromPhoneNo( from);
Uri lookupUri = Uri.withAppendedPath(PhoneLookup.CONTENT_FILTER_URI, Uri.encode(from));
Cursor c = context.getContentResolver().query(lookupUri, new String[]{PhoneLookup.DISPLAY_NAME}, null, null, null);
while(c.moveToNext()){
/* If we find a match we put it in a String.*/
name = c.getString(c.getColumnIndexOrThrow(PhoneLookup.DISPLAY_NAME));
}
Toast toast = Toast.makeText(context, "SMS Received from: " + from, Toast.LENGTH_LONG);
toast.show();
System.out.println("!!!!"+name);
Toast.makeText(context, "name: " + name, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
//smsTalk.speakSMS(name);
//SMSTalk.mTts.speak("You have an SMS from "+name, 0, null);
context.startService(new Intent(context,SMSTalk.class));
SMSTalk smsTalk = new SMSTalk();
smsTalk.readName(name);
}
}

Your answer is probably there :
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/fundamentals/services.html
Citations from the webpage :
Caution:
A service runs in the main thread of its hosting process—the service does not create its own thread and does not run in a separate process (unless you specify otherwise). This means that, if your service is going to do any CPU intensive work or blocking operations (such as MP3 playback or networking), you should create a new thread within the service to do that work. By using a separate thread, you will reduce the risk of Application Not Responding (ANR) errors and the application's main thread can remain dedicated to user interaction with your activities.
Should you use a service or a thread?
A service is simply a component that can run in the background even when the user is not interacting with your application. Thus, you should create a service only if that is what you need.
If you need to perform work outside your main thread, but only while the user is interacting with your application, then you should probably instead create a new thread and not a service. For example, if you want to play some music, but only while your activity is running, you might create a thread in onCreate(), start running it in onStart(), then stop it in onStop(). Also consider using AsyncTask or HandlerThread, instead of the traditional Thread class. See the Processes and Threading document for more information about threads.
Remember that if you do use a service, it still runs in your application's main thread by default, so you should still create a new thread within the service if it performs intensive or blocking operations.

There is a statement in service class "mTts.speak(msg, 0, null);" .It is giving null pointer exception, but here :
public void readName(String temp)
{
msg=temp;
System.out.println("HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"+msg);
// mTts.speak(msg, 0, null);
}
it displays the value that i want.So the problem is with placing of "mTts.speak(msg, 0, null);".
PS:I have taken care of threading thing.

IntentService runs through a list, which can be reordered concurrently via onHandleIntent

I am using IntentService to download 200 large JPGs from a list. While this is loading, the user can skip through the not-loaded JPGs and load JPG #156 for example, but after it is loaded, it should continue loading the rest. So it's like a Lazy Loader... but it continues when it's idle.
I previously used onHandleIntent and put a loop from #1 to #200... which obviously doesn't work when I try to send another IntentService call for JPG #156. So the call to #156 only happens after onHandleIntent is done with #200.
I then changed it so onHandleIntent reorders request #156 to be at the top of the list, then requests the top of the list (and downloads the JPG), then removes it from the list. It then calls the IntentService again, which sounds rather risky from a recursive/stack overflow kinda way. It works sometimes and I can see file #156 being put first... sometimes.
Is there a better way to do this? A way I could think of would be to run it all through a database.
EDIT: This is what I have come up with:
code
public class PBQDownloader extends IntentService {
int currentWeight = 0;
PriorityBlockingQueue<WeightedAsset> pbQueue = new PriorityBlockingQueue<WeightedAsset>(100, new CompareWeightedAsset());
public PBQDownloader() {
super("PBQDownloader");
}
public PBQDownloader(String name) {
super(name);
}
#Override
protected void onHandleIntent(Intent intent) {
String downloadUrl = "-NULL-";
Bundle extras = intent.getExtras();
if (extras!=null) {
downloadUrl = extras.getString("url");
Log.d("onHandleIntent 1.1", "asked to download: " + downloadUrl);
} else {
Log.d("onHandleIntent 1.2", "no URL sent so let's start queueing everything");
int MAX = 10;
for (int i = 1; i <= MAX; i++) {
// should read URLs from list
WeightedAsset waToAdd = new WeightedAsset("url: " + i, MAX - i);
if (pbQueue.contains(waToAdd)) {
Log.d("onStartCommand 1", downloadUrl + " already exists, so we are removing it and adding it back with a new priority");
pbQueue.remove(waToAdd);
}
pbQueue.put(waToAdd);
}
currentWeight = MAX + 1;
}
while (!pbQueue.isEmpty()) {
try {
Thread.sleep(5000);
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
}
WeightedAsset waToProcess = pbQueue.poll();
Log.d("onHandleIntent 2 DOWNLOADED", waToProcess.url);
}
Log.d("onHandleIntent 99", "finished all IntentService calls");
}
#Override
public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int a, int b) {
super.onStartCommand(intent, a, b);
currentWeight++;
String downloadUrl = "-NULL-";
Bundle extras = intent.getExtras();
if (extras!=null) downloadUrl = extras.getString("url");
Log.d("onStartCommand 0", "download: " + downloadUrl + " with current weight: " + currentWeight);
WeightedAsset waToAdd = new WeightedAsset(downloadUrl, currentWeight);
if (pbQueue.contains(waToAdd)) {
Log.d("onStartCommand 1", downloadUrl + " already exists, so we are removing it and adding it back with a new priority");
pbQueue.remove(waToAdd);
}
pbQueue.put(waToAdd);
return 0;
}
private class CompareWeightedAsset implements Comparator<WeightedAsset> {
#Override
public int compare(WeightedAsset a, WeightedAsset b) {
if (a.weight < b.weight) return 1;
if (a.weight > b.weight) return -1;
return 0;
}
}
private class WeightedAsset {
String url;
int weight;
public WeightedAsset(String u, int w) {
url = u;
weight = w;
}
}
}
code
Then I have this Activity:
code
public class HelloPBQ extends Activity {
int sCount = 10;
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
Button tv01 = (Button) findViewById(R.id.tv01);
Button tv02 = (Button) findViewById(R.id.tv02);
Button tv03 = (Button) findViewById(R.id.tv03);
tv01.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
doPBQ();
}
});
tv02.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
doInitPBQ();
}
});
tv03.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
sCount = 0;
}
});
}
private void doInitPBQ() {
Intent intent = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), PBQDownloader.class);
//intent.putExtra("url", "url: " + sCount);
startService(intent);
}
private void doPBQ() {
sCount++;
Intent intent = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), PBQDownloader.class);
intent.putExtra("url", "url: " + sCount);
startService(intent);
}
}
code
Now the messy bit is that I have to keep an ever-increasing counter that runs the risk of going out of int bounds (WeightedAsset.weight) - is there a way to programmatically add to the queue and have it automatically be the head of the queue? I tried to replace WeightedAsset with a String, but it didn't poll() as I wanted, as a FIFO instead of a LIFO stack.

Here's how I'd try it first:
Step #1: Have the IntentService hold onto a PriorityBlockingQueue.
Step #2: Have onHandleIntent() iterate over the PriorityBlockingQueue, downloading each file in turn as it gets popped off the queue.
Step #3: Have onStartCommand() see if the command is the "kick off all downloads" command (in which case, chain to the superclass). If, instead, it's the "prioritize this download" command, re-prioritize that entry in the PriorityBlockingQueue, so it'll be picked up next by onHandleIntent() when the current download is finishing.

How to pause android.speech.tts.TextToSpeech?

I'm playing text with android TTS - android.speech.tts.TextToSpeech
I use: TextToSpeech.speak to speak and .stop to stop. Is there a way to pause the text also?

The TTS SDK doesn't have any pause functionality that I know of. But you could use synthesizeToFile() to create an audio file that contains the TTS output. Then, you would use a MediaPlayer object to play, pause, and stop playing the file. Depending on how long the text string is, it might take a little longer for audio to be produced because the synthesizeToFile() function would have to complete the entire file before you could play it, but this delay should be acceptable for most applications.

I used splitting of string and used playsilence() like below:
public void speakSpeech(String speech) {
HashMap<String, String> myHash = new HashMap<String, String>();
myHash.put(TextToSpeech.Engine.KEY_PARAM_UTTERANCE_ID, "done");
String[] splitspeech = speech.split("\\.");
for (int i = 0; i < splitspeech.length; i++) {
if (i == 0) { // Use for the first splited text to flush on audio stream
textToSpeech.speak(splitspeech[i].toString().trim(),TextToSpeech.QUEUE_FLUSH, myHash);
} else { // add the new test on previous then play the TTS
textToSpeech.speak(splitspeech[i].toString().trim(), TextToSpeech.QUEUE_ADD,myHash);
}
textToSpeech.playSilence(750, TextToSpeech.QUEUE_ADD, null);
}
}

You can make the TTS pause between sentences, or anywhere you want by adding up to three periods (".") all followed by a single space " ". The example below has a long pause at the beginning, and again before the message body. I'm not sure that is what you are after though.
private final BroadcastReceiver SMScatcher = new BroadcastReceiver() {
#Override
public void onReceive(final Context context, final Intent intent) {
if (intent.getAction().equals(
"android.provider.Telephony.SMS_RECEIVED")) {
// if(message starts with SMStretcher recognize BYTE)
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
/*
* The SMS-Messages are 'hiding' within the extras of the
* Intent.
*/
Bundle bundle = intent.getExtras();
if (bundle != null) {
/* Get all messages contained in the Intent */
Object[] pdusObj = (Object[]) bundle.get("pdus");
SmsMessage[] messages = new SmsMessage[pdusObj.length];
for (int i = 0; i < pdusObj.length; i++) {
messages[i] = SmsMessage
.createFromPdu((byte[]) pdusObj[i]);
}
/* Feed the StringBuilder with all Messages found. */
for (SmsMessage currentMessage : messages) {
// periods are to pause
sb.append("... Message From: ");
/* Sender-Number */
sb.append(currentMessage.getDisplayOriginatingAddress());
sb.append(".. ");
/* Actual Message-Content */
sb.append(currentMessage.getDisplayMessageBody());
}
// Toast.makeText(application, sb.toString(),
// Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
if (mTtsReady) {
try {
mTts.speak(sb.toString(), TextToSpeech.QUEUE_ADD,
null);
} catch (Exception e) {
Toast.makeText(application, "TTS Not ready",
Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
}
}
};
If you omit the space after the last period it will (or may) not work as expected.

In the absence of a pause option, you can add silence for the duration of when you want to delay the TTS Engine speaking. This of course would have to be a predetermined 'pause' and wouldn't help to include functionality of a pause button, for example.
For API < 21 : public int playSilence (long durationInMs, int queueMode, HashMap params)
For > 21 : public int playSilentUtterance (long durationInMs, int queueMode, String utteranceId)
Remember to use TextToSpeech.QUEUE_ADD rather than TextToSpeech.QUEUE_FLUSH otherwise it will clear the previously started speech.

I used a different approach.
Seperate your text into sentences
Speak every sentence one by one and keep track of the spoken sentence
pause will stop the text instantly
resume will start at the beginning of the last spoken sentence
Kotlin code:
class VoiceService {
private lateinit var textToSpeech: TextToSpeech
var sentenceCounter: Int = 0
var myList: List<String> = ArrayList()
fun resume() {
sentenceCounter -= 1
speakText()
}
fun pause() {
textToSpeech.stop()
}
fun stop() {
sentenceCounter = 0
textToSpeech.stop()
}
fun speakText() {
var myText = "This is some text to speak. This is more text to speak."
myList =myText.split(".")
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP) {
textToSpeech.speak(myList[sentenceCounter], TextToSpeech.QUEUE_FLUSH, null, utteranceId)
sentenceCounter++
} else {
var map: HashMap<String, String> = LinkedHashMap<String, String>()
map[TextToSpeech.Engine.KEY_PARAM_UTTERANCE_ID] = utteranceId
textToSpeech.speak(myList[sentenceCounter], TextToSpeech.QUEUE_FLUSH, map)
sentenceCounter++
}
}
override fun onDone(p0: String?) {
if (sentenceCounter < myList.size) {
speakText()
} else {
speakNextText()
}
}
}

I haven't yet tried this, but I need to do the same thing. My thinking is to first split your speech text into an array of words.
Then create a recursive function that plays the next word after the current word is finished, while keeping a counter of the current word.

divide the messages into parts and listen for last utterance by using onutteranceprogress listener
tts.playSilence(1250, TextToSpeech.QUEUE_ADD, null);

It seems that if you put a period after a word AND start the next word with a capital letter, just like a new sentence, like this:
after we came home. We ate dinner.
the "home. We" will then have a pause in it.
This becomes a grammatically strange way of writing it.
So far I have only tested this in my own language, Swedish.
It might be important that the space is there.

Also, an escaped quote (\") seems to have it pause somewhat as well - at least, if you put it around a word it adds space around the word.

This solution is not perfect, but an alternative to #Aaron C's solution may be to create a custom text to speech class like the below. This solution may work well enough if your text is relatively short and spoken words per minute is accurate enough for the language you are using.
private class CustomTextToSpeech extends TextToSpeech {
private static final double WORDS_PER_MS = (double)190/60/1000;
long startTimestamp = 0;
long pauseTimestamp = 0;
private Handler handler;
private Runnable speakRunnable;
StringBuilder textToSpeechBuilder;
private boolean isPaused = false;
public CustomTextToSpeech(Context context, OnInitListener initListener){
super(context, initListener);
setOnUtteranceProgressListener(new UtteranceProgressListener() {
#Override
public void onDone(String arg0) {
Log.d(TAG, "tts done. " + arg0);
startTimestamp = 0;
pauseTimestamp = 0;
handler.postDelayed(speakRunnable, TTS_INTERVAL_MS);
}
#Override
public void onError(String arg0) {
Log.e(TAG, "tts error. " + arg0);
}
#Override
public void onStart(String arg0) {
Log.d(TAG, "tts start. " + arg0);
setStartTimestamp(System.currentTimeMillis());
}
});
handler = new Handler();
speakRunnable = new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
speak();
}
};
textToSpeechBuilder = new StringBuilder(getResources().getString(R.string.talkback_tips));
}
public void setStartTimestamp(long timestamp) {
startTimestamp = timestamp;
}
public void setPauseTimestamp(long timestamp) {
pauseTimestamp = timestamp;
}
public boolean isPaused(){
return (startTimestamp > 0 && pauseTimestamp > 0);
}
public void resume(){
if(handler != null && isPaused){
if(startTimestamp > 0 && pauseTimestamp > 0){
handler.postDelayed(speakRunnable, TTS_SETUP_TIME_MS);
} else {
handler.postDelayed(speakRunnable, TTS_INTERVAL_MS);
}
}
isPaused = false;
}
public void pause(){
isPaused = true;
if (handler != null) {
handler.removeCallbacks(speakRunnable);
handler.removeMessages(1);
}
if(isSpeaking()){
setPauseTimestamp(System.currentTimeMillis());
}
stop();
}
public void utter(){
if(handler != null){
handler.postDelayed(speakRunnable, TTS_INTERVAL_MS);
}
}
public void speak(){
Log.d(TAG, "textToSpeechBuilder: " + textToSpeechBuilder.toString());
if(isPaused()){
String[] words = textToSpeechBuilder.toString().split(" ");
int wordsAlreadySpoken = (int)Math.round((pauseTimestamp - startTimestamp)*WORDS_PER_MS);
words = Arrays.copyOfRange(words, wordsAlreadySpoken-1, words.length);
textToSpeechBuilder = new StringBuilder();
for(String s : words){
textToSpeechBuilder.append(s);
textToSpeechBuilder.append(" ");
}
} else {
textToSpeechBuilder = new StringBuilder(getResources().getString(R.string.talkback_tips));
}
if (tts != null && languageAvailable)
speak(textToSpeechBuilder.toString(), TextToSpeech.QUEUE_FLUSH, new Bundle(), "utter");
}
}