Launch default SMS app without a message

Question

I am wanting my app to, on a button click, launch the user's default texting app. The intention is not to have the user send a message, but to view their current text conversations, therefore I don't want it to launch the SMS app's "New Message" activity but instead the main app's activity itself.

If I do the following:

Intent sendIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
sendIntent.setData(Uri.parse("sms:"));
context.startActivity(sendIntent);

Then this is launched, instead I want it to launch the main part of the app, not this new message screen:

Answer 1

  String defaultApplication = Settings.Secure.getString(getContentResolver(), "sms_default_application");
        PackageManager pm = getPackageManager();
        Intent intent = pm.getLaunchIntentForPackage(defaultApplication );
        if (intent != null) {
            startActivity(intent);
        }

Answer 2

    Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MAIN);

    intent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_DEFAULT);

    intent.setType("vnd.android-dir/mms-sms");

    startActivity(intent);

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