Android – Sending SMS from android application – Method 2
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Paresh Mayani
- June 7, 2011
- 3 min read
- 6 Comments
Hi,
Here i am going to discuss about to send SMS from your android application.
Basically there are 2 ways by which we can send sms:
- Open native SMS composer
- write your message and send from your android application
So here i am going to write about the 2nd method i.e. write your message and send from your android application itself.
(For your information, Method 1 – Send SMS by opening native SMS Composer)
Main.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ScrollView
android:id="@+id/scrollview1"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<RelativeLayout android:id="@+id/relativeLayout1" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:text="Enter mobile number:"
android:id="@+id/textView1"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
</TextView>
<EditText
android:id="@+id/etextMblNumber"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="@+id/textView1"
android:inputType="number">
</EditText>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:text="Enter message:"
android:id="@+id/textView2"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="@+id/etextMblNumber">
</TextView>
<EditText
android:id="@+id/etextMsg"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="250dip"
android:layout_below="@+id/textView2"
android:gravity="top">
</EditText>
<Button
android:id="@+id/btnSendSMS"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:text="Send SMS"
android:layout_below="@+id/etextMsg"
android:layout_centerInParent="true">
</Button>
</RelativeLayout>
</ScrollView>
SendSMSActivity
package com.technotalkative.sendsms;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.telephony.SmsManager;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.EditText;
public class SendSMSActivity extends Activity {
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
EditText eTextMsg, eTextMblNumber;
Button btnSendSMS;
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
eTextMblNumber = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.etextMblNumber);
eTextMsg = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.etextMsg);
btnSendSMS = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnSendSMS);
btnSendSMS.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener()
{
public void onClick(View v) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
sendSMS();
}
});
}
public void sendSMS()
{
SmsManager sm = SmsManager.getDefault();
String number = eTextMblNumber.getText().toString();
String msg = eTextMsg.getText().toString();
sm.sendTextMessage(number, null, msg, null, null);
}
}
Now, The main thing which we should not forget to add is the SEND_SMS permission inside the AndroidManifest.xml file:
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.SEND_SMS"></uses-permission>
