Can I call Google Hangouts using a code?

Question

Is it possible to program an entrepreneur user from android as what we do in Skype (Skype:username?call&video=true) ? I tried for Skype and it works great. But I did not get the right solution for Hangouts. I saw the code modules in android for calling Hangouts from the link, but I didn’t get the right solution to call the hangout user from Hangouts installed on the Android device.

For Skype, I have this:

  Intent skypeIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW); String contactUserName="helpdesk"; skypeIntent.setData(Uri.parse("skype:" + contactUserName + "?call&video=true")); 

The above code calls the corresponding Skype user by accessing the installed Skype application on the Android device.

Similarly, I would like to do the same for Hangouts. that is, make calls from an Android phone from a software point of view from a video call into a video call.

This will be useful if I get a solution for ooVoo.

Answer 1

According to the Google Plus Platform tracker , this has not yet been done.

You might want to join the people who pose this problem.

Answer 2

I saw the code modules in android for calling Hangouts from the link, but I didn’t get the right solution to call the hangout user from Hangouts installed on the Android device.

You can use the link, there is probably a broadcast receiver on Android that will launch the Android application if it detects this link.

And I saw a different answer, but if you want to go through an undocumented route (which is usually not recommended and which you use at your own risk). You should check the Google Hangouts apk for undocumented open intent. If it has an open intention, it should appear as ascii text in the middle of the manifest file, after you rename its apk extension to zip and unzip it to find the compiled manifest file inside.