How to run USSD commands on android?

java android android-ndk android-manifest ussd
Michael Frans picture Michael Frans · Aug 29, 2011 · Viewed 19.1k times · Source

has anyone know how to runs USSD command for checking phone's credit balance (the number is *123#) and get the result (the credit balance) for further processing?? thankss

Answer

Bosah Chude picture Bosah Chude · Aug 29, 2011

You can run USSD codes in Android devices but you would be unable to parse the result in your application. This feature might be added to the Android SDK in the future but for now, you would have to look for an alternative.

USSD can be run using simple Call intents. See Example:

String ussdCode = "*" + "123" + Uri.encode("#");
startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_CALL, Uri.parse("tel:" + ussdCode)));

as mentioned in the comments phone call permission is also required

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CALL_PHONE" /

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