nexcall

Inspiration

I've always been annoyed after talking to my friends for an hour that they were on Verizon and I was on AT&T. That means I just used up 60 anytime minutes! As soon as I saw this API by Nexmo, I realized its potential to solve this problem. With nexcall, always be in the know in real-time and save your minutes!

How it works

Just install the app and it runs in the background! Every time you get a call, it will let you know right away if the caller is on the same mobile network as you, helping you save your precious out-of-network mobile minutes and charges. It will also tell you which country the call is from so you can help avoid international call charges and learn something new!

Challenges I ran into

Getting Android call recognition to work smoothly.

Nexmo: by default unless a "1" is prepended, the API doesn't recognize bay area numbers as US numbers - mine got recognized as Peru by default. Also, US numbers are recognized as "North American Number Authority". Would be nice if it said "USA".

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

Making a nicely designed call notification :-)

What I learned

The complexity of phone numbers.

What's next for nexcall

Use it everyday myself! Get it working on phone boot-up and not having to open app to set it up.

Built With

• android
• nexmo