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There's a difference between a phone call, and an emergency phone call. The documentation for the ACTION_CALL intent even says that emergency calls won't work f
by shakna 5y ago
There's a difference between a phone call, and an emergency phone call. The documentation for the ACTION_CALL intent even says that emergency calls won't work for the intent.
Android already differentiates between normal calls and emergency calls. Normal will be intercepted, emergency shouldn't be. And an emergency call is required to still work even if a SIM card is not present in your device.
- vel0city 5y agoYou're assuming Android devices have cellular modems. Tons of Android devices do not have cellular modems. Think tablets, desk phones, etc.
- shakna 5y agoNo, I'm not. Android's documentation says it handles emergency calls through a separate workflow. The law requires Android to handle emergency calls through a separate flow. Neither of those things is predicated upon a cell connection. Emergency is required to work a certain way, by law, and is documented to work that way, but didn't happen in the case of this bug. The OS is responsible for emergency calls, the dialler, which may be third party, for normal calls.