Getting Started

The following tutorial shows you the main features of the library.

This tutorial assumes that you have installed and configured the Asterisk Sip Server on a reachable PC. (For getting instructions about the Asterisk manual configuration click on the Asterisk configuration link below)

Alternatively, you can download a virtual machine containing a running Asterisk Server instance already configured for running the proposed android examples, as explained here

• Asterisk Configuration Guide for Most Voip Examples
  • How to add Sip Users to Asterisk
  • How to add extensions to dial in Asterisk
  • How to run Asterisk
  • How to open the Asterisk Command Line Interface (CLI) Shell
  • How to look for sip users current state:
  • How to reload the dialplan (useful when you add and/or modify a new extension):
  • How to originate a call:
• Tutorial 1: Making a Call
  • Step 1: Initialize the Library
  • Step 2: Registering the account on the Sip Server
  • Step 3: Making a call to an arbitrary extension
  • Step 4: Hangup the active call
• Tutorial 2: Answering a Call
  • Step 1: Import and instance the voip lib
  • Step 2: Implement the CallBack method where to receive notifications about incoming calls and other relevant events
  • Step 3: Initialize the Voip Library and register the account on the Sip Server
  • Step 4: Add a ‘while’ loop for waiting for incoming calls
  • Step 5: Originate a call from the Sip Server for testing the example