Hello Guys, Here is an example of how to access call logs of Android Devices from React Native App. In this example, we will see how a simple library can help you to get the call logs of the device. We are going to use CallLogs component provided from react-native-call-log library.
Please note with the help of this example you can only access the call logs of Android devices not of the iOS devices. You can only get state of Call like incoming and outgoing in iOS devices but you can’t get call log because of the security concern. Apple doesn’t allow to access its application to third party apps like call log and messages.
So let’s see how to get the call logs of Android devices from React Native Apps.
To Import CallLogs Component
1 | import CallLogs from 'react-native-call-log'; |
Get All the Call Logs using
1 | CallLogs.loadAll().then(c => console.log(c)); |
For Limited Number of Call Logs
1 | CallLogs.load(3).then(c => console.log(c)); |
In this example, we are making a simple list with the call logs. We are getting call logs in componentDidMount method after asking for the permission then we are setting the state to render the data in the list. So let’s get started.
To Make a React Native App
Getting started with React Native will help you to know more about the way you can make a React Native project. We are going to use react-native init to make our React Native App. Assuming that you have node installed, you can use npm to install the react-native-cli command line utility. Open the terminal and go to the workspace and run
npm install -g react-native-cliRun the following commands to create a new React Native project
react-native init ProjectNameIf you want to start a new project with a specific React Native version, you can use the --version argument:
react-native init ProjectName --version X.XX.Xreact-native init ProjectName --version react-native@nextThis will make a project structure with an index file named App.js in your project directory.
Installation of Dependency
To use CallLogs we need to install react-native-call-log dependency. To install this open the terminal and jump into your project using
1 | cd ProjectName |
Run the following command to install
1 | npm install react-native-call-log --save |
This command will copy all the dependency into your node_module directory.
Permission for the Android
As we are accessing the device data from our mobile application we need to add the permission in the AndroidManifest.xml file. Please visit Ask Run Time Android Permission using React Native PermissionsAndroid to know more about Permissions. Please open your AndroidManifest.xml file and add the following permission. You can find it here Yourproject -> android – > app -> src -> main -> AndroidManifest.xml
1 | <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_CALL_LOG"></uses-permission> |
Code to access call logs of Android devices
Now Open App.js in any code editor and replace the code with the following code.
App.js
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 | //Example to get Call log in Android using React native app import React, { Component } from 'react'; //Import React import { Platform, StyleSheet, Text, View, PermissionsAndroid, FlatList, } from 'react-native'; //Import all the basic component from React Native Library import CallLogs from 'react-native-call-log'; //Import library to access call log export default class App extends Component { constructor(props) { super(props); //Make default blank array to store details this.state = { FlatListItems: [], }; } componentDidMount = async () => { if (Platform.OS != 'ios') { try { //Ask for runtime permission const granted = await PermissionsAndroid.request( PermissionsAndroid.PERMISSIONS.READ_CALL_LOG, { title: 'Call Log Example', message: 'Access your call logs', buttonNeutral: 'Ask Me Later', buttonNegative: 'Cancel', buttonPositive: 'OK', } ); if (granted === PermissionsAndroid.RESULTS.GRANTED) { CallLogs.loadAll().then(c => this.setState({ FlatListItems: c })); CallLogs.load(3).then(c => console.log(c)); } else { alert('Call Log permission denied'); } } catch (e) { alert(e); } } else { alert( 'Sorry! You can’t get call logs in iOS devices because of the security concern' ); } }; FlatListItemSeparator = () => { return ( //Item Separator <View style={{ height: 0.5, width: '100%', backgroundColor: '#C8C8C8' }} /> ); }; render() { return ( <View style={styles.MainContainer}> <FlatList data={this.state.FlatListItems} ItemSeparatorComponent={this.FlatListItemSeparator} renderItem={({ item }) => ( // Single Comes here which will be repeatative for the FlatListItems <View> <Text style={styles.item}> Name : {item.name ? item.name : 'NA'} {'\n'} DateTime : {item.dateTime} {'\n'} Duration : {item.duration} {'\n'} PhoneNumber : {item.phoneNumber} {'\n'} RawType : {item.rawType} {'\n'} Timestamp : {item.timestamp} {'\n'} Type : {item.type} </Text> </View> )} keyExtractor={(item, index) => index.toString()} /> </View> ); } } const styles = StyleSheet.create({ MainContainer: { justifyContent: 'center', flex: 1, marginLeft: 10, marginRight: 10, marginBottom: 10, marginTop: 30, }, item: { padding: 10, fontSize: 18, }, }); |
To Run the React Native App
Open the terminal again and jump into your project using.cd ProjectNamereact-native run-androidreact-native run-ios (macOS only).
This is how to access call logs of Android devices from React Native app. If you have any doubt or you want to share something about the topic you can comment below or contact us here. There will be more posts coming soon. Stay tuned!
Hope you liked it. 🙂
Hi Snehal Agrawal,
Great tutorial…
Is there any filtering option for getting calls list like (day, month, year).
Thank you, Srikanth. Not directly but you can put thee data in an array and can filter as per your requirement.