Send SMS to multiple recipients via Intent

Question

I am trying to send SMS to multiple recipients viaINTENT. I tried the following to do it:

Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
intent.putExtra("sms_body", etmessage.getText().toString());
intent.setData(Uri.parse("smsto:" + returnedItems));
intent.setType("vnd.android-dir/mms-sms");
mcontext.startActivity(intent);
                         

Where returnedItems is of Contact Numbers

But the problem is that my recipients numbers are not setting on TO section on SMS INTENT where TEXT is displayed on TEXT section.

Answer 1

Make sure that the numbers are seperated by ; .

Intent smsIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO,Uri.parse("smsto:1234456;234567"));
smsIntent.putExtra("sms_body", etmessage.getText().toString());
startActivity(smsIntent);

always works for me!

Answer 2

Did you tried below ?

Intent mIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO,Uri.parse("smsto:999999;888888"));

I also found out ";" is not working in Samsung device. You have to add "," instead of ";" for samsungs devices.

Intent mIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO,Uri.parse("smsto:999999,888888"));

Also check this answer