Android: how to mark sms as read in onReceive

Question

I can catch sms, can see sender phone, body, I can abortBroadcast if I don't like this sms, but I don't know how to just mark this sms as read, that user can readit in box later. Any ideas how I can do this?

Answer 1

This might help you :

private void markMessageRead(Context context, String number, String body) {

            Uri uri = Uri.parse("content://sms/inbox");
            Cursor cursor = context.getContentResolver().query(uri, null, null, null, null);
            try{

            while (cursor.moveToNext()) {
                    if ((cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex("address")).equals(number)) && (cursor.getInt(cursor.getColumnIndex("read")) == 0)) {
                        if (cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex("body")).startsWith(body)) {
                            String SmsMessageId = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex("_id"));
                            ContentValues values = new ContentValues();
                            values.put("read", true);
                            context.getContentResolver().update(Uri.parse("content://sms/inbox"), values, "_id=" + SmsMessageId, null);
                            return;
                        }
                    }
                }
      }catch(Exception e)
      {
          Log.e("Mark Read", "Error in Read: "+e.toString());
      }
}

Answer 2

Since Android 4.4 KitKat the only app can modify sms data - SMS-app that was set as default

only the app that receives the SMS_DELIVER_ACTION broadcast (the user-specified default SMS app) is able to write to the SMS Provider defined by the android.provider.Telephony class and subclasses

More info can be found here: http://android-developers.blogspot.ru/2013/10/getting-your-sms-apps-ready-for-kitkat.html