Send a SMS via intent

Question

I want to send an SMS via intent, but when I use this code, it redirects me to a wrong contact:

Intent intentt = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);          intentt.setData(Uri.parse("sms:")); intentt.setType("vnd.android-dir/mms-sms"); intentt.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, ""); intentt.putExtra("address",  phone number); context.startActivity(intentt); 

Why?

Also, I know a way to follow SMS sending, but I do not know how code this:

Starting activity: Intent {     act=android.intent.action.SENDTO dat=smsto:%2B**XXXXXXXXXXXX** flg=0x14000000        cmp=com.android.mms/.ui.ComposeMessageActivity } 

where XXXXXXXXXXXX is phone number.

Answer 1

I have developed this functionality from one Blog. There are 2 ways you can send SMS.

1. Open native SMS composer
2. write your message and send from your Android application

This is the code of 1st method.

Main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>       <RelativeLayout           android:id="@+id/relativeLayout1"           android:layout_width="fill_parent"           android:layout_height="fill_parent"           xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">                <Button                   android:id="@+id/btnSendSMS"                  android:layout_height="wrap_content"                  android:layout_width="wrap_content"                  android:text="Send SMS"                  android:layout_centerInParent="true"                  android:onClick="sendSMS">              </Button>      </RelativeLayout> 

Activity

public class SendSMSActivity extends Activity {        /** Called when the activity is first created. */        @Override        public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {            super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);            setContentView(R.layout.main);         }         public void sendSMS(View v)        {            String number = "12346556";  // The number on which you want to send SMS            startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.fromParts("sms", number, null)));        }       /* or       public void sendSMS(View v)        {       Uri uri = Uri.parse("smsto:12346556");           Intent it = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO, uri);           it.putExtra("sms_body", "Here you can set the SMS text to be sent");           startActivity(it);        } */    } 

NOTE:- In this method, you don’t require SEND_SMS permission inside the AndroidManifest.xml file.

For 2nd method refer to this BLOG. You will find a good explanation from here.

Hope this will help you...

Answer 2

Uri uri = Uri.parse("smsto:YOUR_SMS_NUMBER");    Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO, uri);    intent.putExtra("sms_body", "The SMS text");    startActivity(intent);