Android – Fetch Inbox SMS
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Paresh Mayani
- November 17, 2011
- 1 min read
- 3 Comments
Problem: Fetch Inbox SMS programatically
Description:
In this tutorial, I just have fetched SMS from the Inbox and displayed inside the ListView. SMS is fetched inside the ArrayList and then using this arraylist, I have created ArrayAdapter. Now just set this adapter to the ListView, that’s it.
Now, We can fetch the SMS from Inbox by making query to SMS content resolver by using:
Uri uriSms = Uri.parse("content://sms/inbox");
Cursor cursor = getContentResolver().query(uriSms, new String[]{"_id", "address", "date", "body"},null,null,null);</pre>
Note: Don’t forget to add READ_SMS permission inside the AndroidManifest.xml file:
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_SMS"></uses-permission>
Solution:
SMSInboxActivity.java
package com.pareshmayani.smsinbox;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.database.Cursor;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.ListView;
/**
* @author Paresh N. Mayani
* (w): https://technotalkative.com/
*/
public class SMSInboxActivity extends Activity {
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
ListView lViewSMS = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.listViewSMS);
if(fetchInbox()!=null)
{
ArrayAdapter adapter = new ArrayAdapter(this, android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, fetchInbox());
lViewSMS.setAdapter(adapter);
}
}
public ArrayList fetchInbox()
{
ArrayList sms = new ArrayList();
Uri uriSms = Uri.parse("content://sms/inbox");
Cursor cursor = getContentResolver().query(uriSms, new String[]{"_id", "address", "date", "body"},null,null,null);
cursor.moveToFirst();
while (cursor.moveToNext())
{
String address = cursor.getString(1);
String body = cursor.getString(3);
System.out.println("======> Mobile number => "+address);
System.out.println("=====> SMS Text => "+body);
sms.add("Address=> "+address+"n SMS => "+body);
}
return sms;
}
}
main.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<ListView
android:id="@+id/listViewSMS"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" >
</ListView>
</LinearLayout>
Download this Example: Android – Fetch Inbox SMS.
