Nexus 5 Dialer controls disappeared. Cannot answer calls or hang up

[Marclar]

Howdy all,

I was trying out several different dialer apps. All was going well until I suddenly lost my dialer controls altogether.
I tried going back to Hangouts and good dialers, but no luck. I even cleared/rebuilt device cache from the Startup menu.

Here is what's happening:

1. After I dial a number and hit the 'dial' key, it starts dialing. At the same time the dialer app goes away and I cannot get back to call controls. Cannot pull up the numeric pad.

2. From the top pull down menu I used to see a "call in progress" option which took me to the dialer controls. It is not there anymore.
3. The phone rings when I get an incoming call, but there are no controls to pick up or ignore.

Thanks in advance for any advice. It will be much appreciated!!

Some additional information as this appears to be a tough one:

The last dialer app that may have caused this was 'ExDialer'. After I installed it, it started acting this way. After I uninstalled it and cleared the device cache, it remained the same no matter what dialer I choose.

 

[Marclar]

Some additional information as this appears to be a tough one:

The last dialer app that may have caused this was 'ExDialer'. After I installed it, it started acting this way. After I uninstalled it and cleared the device cache, it remained the same no matter what dialer I choose.

 

[Marclar]

I managed to resolve the issue by installing Dialer + and then resetting app defaults. Then my dialer controls came back to normal.