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copied!<p>sir, i want to trigger an alarm when the user receives a sms containing a particular keyword, then provide the user with an alertdialog to reply back with a predefined message. in my code, i can't seem to get the alarm to work. it just displays the alertdialog. also, if possible, i want to use the default alarm of the phone and set it off even in silent mode. i want to replace the sms received tone with an alarm. please help me. thanks in advance. </p> <pre><code>public class EAlarmReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver { public static String sender; public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) { // TODO Auto-generated method stub Bundle bundle = intent.getExtras(); 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]); sender = messages[i].getOriginatingAddress(); } for (SmsMessage msg : messages) { if (msg.getMessageBody().contains("firealert")) { Vibrator v = (Vibrator) context.getSystemService(Context.VIBRATOR_SERVICE); v.vibrate(300); Uri alert = RingtoneManager .getDefaultUri(RingtoneManager.TYPE_NOTIFICATION); MediaPlayer mMediaPlayer = new MediaPlayer(); try { mMediaPlayer.setDataSource(context, alert); } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) { // TODO Auto-generated catch block e.printStackTrace(); } catch (SecurityException e) { // TODO Auto-generated catch block e.printStackTrace(); } catch (IllegalStateException e) { // TODO Auto-generated catch block e.printStackTrace(); } catch (IOException e) { // TODO Auto-generated catch block e.printStackTrace(); } final AudioManager audioManager = (AudioManager) context.getSystemService(Context.AUDIO_SERVICE); int maxVolume = audioManager.getStreamMaxVolume(AudioManager.STREAM_ALARM); audioManager.setStreamVolume(AudioManager.STREAM_ALARM, maxVolume,AudioManager.FLAG_REMOVE_SOUND_AND_VIBRATE); if (audioManager.getStreamVolume(AudioManager.STREAM_ALARM) != 0) { mMediaPlayer.setAudioStreamType(AudioManager.STREAM_ALARM); mMediaPlayer.setLooping(false); //mMediaPlayer.prepare(); mMediaPlayer.start(); Toast.makeText(context.getApplicationContext(), "alarm started", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show(); }//end if Intent openInterface = new Intent("proj.receiver.RECEIVERINTERFACE"); openInterface.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK); context.startActivity(openInterface); }//end if }//end for }// end onreceive </code></pre>

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