Chapter 14Telephony and Networking

  • Making calls
  • Managing the network environment
  • Sending and receiving messages
  • Discovering Wi-Fi Direct
  • Getting to grips with near field communication (NFC)

The wrox.com code downloads for this chapter are found at www.wrox.com/go/professionaltizen on the Download Code tab. The code is in the Chapter 14 download and named according to the names throughout the chapter. After decompressing the downloaded Zip file, you will have a ch14-samplecode directory thjjat contains three folders: CallSample, MessageSample, and NetworkSample. In each folder you’ll find the all code explained in this chapter, ready for you to use in your own applications.

In this chapter you learn about some of the most important features of any smart device, from the most basic of all, making a phone call, to advanced networking features such as Wi-Fi Direct and near field communication (NFC). You’ll also learn the different ways to make a call from within your application and how to get call information. Then you discover how to detect changes in the network state, such as when the data service becomes unavailable or there is a problem with the SIM card.

Most people generally use their devices more for messaging than they do for making phone calls, and Tizen offers support for SMS, MMS, e-mail, and push messages. Through a series of code snippets, this chapter will show you how to send and receive SMS messages ...

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