Building the interface
To be able to place and manage the call, you need to add few elements to the screen:
- Button to login
Aliceuser - Button to login
Bobuser - A
TextViewto show the connection status - A
Buttonto start the call - A
Buttonto end the call - A
Buttonto answer the call - A
Buttonto reject the call
Open the app/res/layout/activity_main.xml file. Click the Code button in the top right corner:

Replace the file contents with the following:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:gravity="center"
android:id="@+id/content"
tools:context=".MainActivity">
<TextView
android:id="@+id/connectionStatusTextView"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginBottom="40dp" />
<Button
android:id="@+id/loginAsAlice"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginBottom="40dp"
android:text="Login Alice" />
<Button
android:id="@+id/loginAsBob"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginBottom="40dp"
android:text="Login Bob" />
<TextView
android:id="@+id/waitingForIncomingCallTextView"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginBottom="40dp"
android:text="Waiting for incoming call"
android:visibility="gone"
tools:visibility="visible"/>
<Button
android:id="@+id/startCallButton"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginBottom="40dp"
android:text="Start call"
android:visibility="gone"
tools:visibility="visible" />
<Button
android:id="@+id/answerCallButton"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginBottom="40dp"
android:text="Answer"
android:visibility="gone"
tools:visibility="visible" />
<Button
android:id="@+id/rejectCallButton"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginBottom="40dp"
android:text="Reject"
android:visibility="gone"
tools:visibility="visible" />
<Button
android:id="@+id/endCallButton"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginBottom="40dp"
android:text="End"
android:visibility="gone"
tools:visibility="visible" />
</LinearLayout>
You will control the view using code, so you have to store references to the views. Add these properties at the top of the ManActivity class:
Now you need to assign views to previously added properties and add callbacks to the buttons. Add below code to the onCreate method inside MainActivity class (below request permissions code):
To make code compile add these two empty methods in the MainActivity class:
You will fill the body of these methods in the following steps of this tutorial.
Build and Run
Run the project again (Ctrl + R).
Notice that some views are hidden by default. After launching the app you will see login alice and login bob buttons:

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