Originally Posted by fcrochik

I see... I haven't tried to answer the call (at least not after receiving the coming signal). The 1s sleep doesn't sound too bad though...




I am still getting my head around the steps to place the call and was trying to clean the code to find out what I actually need. If you want I can send you the "test application" executable I got to work.

As I can recall you need to:
1. create the account manager
2. wait for the account manager to become ready
3. you will get the list of accounts
4. for the account you want to use you need to wait for it to get ready
5. check if the account "haveConnection"... if not you can't continue
6. wait for the account->connection() to becomeReady
7. then you are almost there
8. to send a sms you just need use (on telepathy-qt4)

Code:

account.data()->ensureTextChat("1212121212"); // phone number

9. to start a call there is a trick - you can't use ensureVoiceCall... It will fail...you have to create the channel request by "hand":

Code:

    QVariantMap request;
    request.insert(QLatin1String(TELEPATHY_INTERFACE_CHANNEL ".ChannelType"), TELEPATHY_INTERFACE_CHANNEL_TYPE_STREAMED_MEDIA);
    request.insert(QLatin1String(TELEPATHY_INTERFACE_CHANNEL ".TargetHandleType"), (uint) Tp::HandleTypeContact);
    request.insert(QLatin1String(TELEPATHY_INTERFACE_CHANNEL ".TargetID"), "111111111"); // phone number

    return account.data()->ensureChannel(request);

some notes:

• By the documentation it seems that you could start with the "account" if you know the "objectPath" (skip the account manager part).
• Because all the calls are async you probably need to "start" the account connection with your application and keep it for the entire life cycle making sure to listen to all the changes on it. Trying to get everything ready every time you need to place a call maybe not worth...
• EDIT: you may not need to get the connection ready before creating the channels. I did not try this but by reading on my post gave me this idea... I know you need the connection in order to get the list of contacts.

I will post the code for each step as soon as I separate it from all the "other failed testing" attempts.

Let me know if you would like the test app, with it you can already call and text any number using any "account" you are connected to.