Sending and Receiving SMS and MMS in Android pre Kit Kat Android 4 4

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I have figured out how to send and receive SMS messages   To send SMS messages I had to call the sendTextMessage   and sendMultipartTextMessage   methods of the SmsManager class   To receive SMS messages  I had to register a receiver in the AndroidMainfest xml file   Then I had to override the onReceive   method of the BroadcastReceiver   I have included examples below   MainActivity java  public class MainActivity extends Activity       private static String SENT    SMS SENT       private static String DELIVERED    SMS DELIVERED       private static int MAX SMS MESSAGE LENGTH   160          ---sends an SMS message to another device---     public static void sendSMS String phoneNumber  String message             PendingIntent piSent   PendingIntent getBroadcast mContext  0  new Intent SENT   0           PendingIntent piDelivered   PendingIntent getBroadcast mContext  0 new Intent DELIVERED   0           SmsManager smsManager   SmsManager getDefault             int length   message length                      if length  gt  MAX SMS MESSAGE LENGTH                ArrayList lt String gt  messagelist   smsManager divideMessage message                         smsManager sendMultipartTextMessage phoneNumber  null  messagelist  null  null                     else             smsManager sendTextMessage phoneNumber  null  message  piSent  piDelivered                          More methods of MainActivity         SMSReceiver java  public class SMSReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver       private final String DEBUG TAG   getClass   getSimpleName   toString        private static final String ACTION SMS RECEIVED    android provider Telephony SMS RECEIVED       private Context mContext      private Intent mIntent          Retrieve SMS     public void onReceive Context context  Intent intent            mContext   context          mIntent   intent           String action   intent getAction             if action equals ACTION SMS RECEIVED                 String address  str                   int contactId   -1               SmsMessage   msgs   getMessagesFromIntent mIntent               if  msgs    null                    for  int i   0  i  lt  msgs length  i                          address   msgs i  getOriginatingAddress                        contactId   ContactsUtils getContactId mContext  address   address                        str    msgs i  getMessageBody   toString                        str      n                                                   if contactId    -1                   showNotification contactId  str                                 ---send a broadcast intent to update the SMS received in the                activity---             Intent broadcastIntent   new Intent                broadcastIntent setAction  SMS RECEIVED ACTION                broadcastIntent putExtra  sms   str               context sendBroadcast broadcastIntent                         public static SmsMessage   getMessagesFromIntent Intent intent            Object   messages    Object    intent getSerializableExtra  pdus            byte     pduObjs   new byte messages length              for  int i   0  i  lt  messages length  i                  pduObjs i     byte    messages i                     byte     pdus   new byte pduObjs length             int pduCount   pdus length          SmsMessage   msgs   new SmsMessage pduCount           for  int i   0  i  lt  pduCount  i                  pdus i    pduObjs i               msgs i    SmsMessage createFromPdu pdus i                      return msgs                       The notification is the icon and associated expanded entry in the status       bar             protected void showNotification int contactId  String message              Display notification              AndroidManifest xml   lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt   lt manifest xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android      package  com myexample      android versionCode  1      android versionName  1 0   gt        lt uses-sdk         android minSdkVersion  16          android targetSdkVersion  17    gt        lt uses-permission android name  android permission READ CONTACTS    gt       lt uses-permission android name  android permission READ PHONE STATE    gt       lt uses-permission android name  android permission SEND SMS    gt       lt uses-permission android name  android permission RECEIVE SMS    gt       lt uses-permission android name  android permission READ SMS    gt       lt uses-permission android name  android permission WRITE SMS    gt       lt uses-permission android name  android permission RECEIVE MMS    gt       lt uses-permission android name  android permission WRITE    gt       lt uses-permission android name  android permission VIBRATE    gt       lt uses-permission android name  android permission INTERNET    gt       lt uses-permission android name  android permission WRITE EXTERNAL STORAGE    gt        lt application         android debuggable  true          android icon   drawable ic launcher icon          android label   string app name   gt            lt activity               Main activity                 lt intent-filter gt                   lt action android name  android intent action MAIN    gt                    lt category android name  android intent category LAUNCHER    gt               lt  intent-filter gt           lt  activity gt           lt activity               Activity 2              lt  activity gt            More acitivies                 SMS Receiver          lt receiver android name  com myexample receivers SMSReceiver   gt               lt intent-filter gt                   lt action android name  android provider Telephony SMS RECEIVED    gt               lt  intent-filter gt           lt  receiver gt        lt  application gt   lt  manifest gt    However  I was wondering if you could send and receive MMS messages in a similar fashion   After doing some research  many examples provided on blogs simply pass an Intent to the native Messaging application   I am trying to send an MMS without leaving my application   There doesn t seem to be a standard way of sending and receiving MMS   Has anyone gotten this to work   Also  I am aware that the SMS MMS ContentProvider is not a part of the official Android SDK  but I was thinking someone may have been able to implement this   Any help is greatly appreciated   Update  I have added a BroadcastReceiver to the AndroidManifest xml file to receive MMS messages     lt receiver android name  com sendit receivers MMSReceiver   gt       lt intent-filter gt           lt action android name  android provider Telephony WAP PUSH RECEIVED    gt            lt data android mimeType  application vnd wap mms-message    gt       lt  intent-filter gt   lt  receiver gt    In the MMSReceiver class  the onReceive   method is only able to grab the phoneNumber that the message was sent from   How do you grab other important things from an MMS such as the file path to the media attachment  image audio video   or the text in the MMS   MMSReceiver java  public class MMSReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver       private final String DEBUG TAG   getClass   getSimpleName   toString        private static final String ACTION MMS RECEIVED    android provider Telephony WAP PUSH RECEIVED       private static final String MMS DATA TYPE    application vnd wap mms-message            Retrieve MMS     public void onReceive Context context  Intent intent             String action   intent getAction            String type   intent getType             if action equals ACTION MMS RECEIVED   amp  amp  type equals MMS DATA TYPE                 Bundle bundle   intent getExtras                 Log d DEBUG TAG   bundle     bundle               SmsMessage   msgs   null              String str                   int contactId   -1              String address               if  bundle    null                     byte   buffer   bundle getByteArray  data                    Log d DEBUG TAG   buffer     buffer                   String incomingNumber   new String buffer                   int indx   incomingNumber indexOf   TYPE                    if indx gt 0  amp  amp   indx-15  gt 0                       int newIndx   indx - 15                      incomingNumber   incomingNumber substring newIndx  indx                       indx   incomingNumber indexOf                           if indx gt 0                           incomingNumber   incomingNumber substring indx                           Log d DEBUG TAG   Mobile Number      incomingNumber                                                            int transactionId   bundle getInt  transactionId                    Log d DEBUG TAG   transactionId     transactionId                    int pduType   bundle getInt  pduType                    Log d DEBUG TAG   pduType     pduType                    byte   buffer2   bundle getByteArray  header                          String header   new String buffer2                   Log d DEBUG TAG   header     header                    if contactId    -1                       showNotification contactId  str                                         ---send a broadcast intent to update the MMS received in the                    activity---                 Intent broadcastIntent   new Intent                    broadcastIntent setAction  MMS RECEIVED ACTION                    broadcastIntent putExtra  mms   str                   context sendBroadcast broadcastIntent                                                  The notification is the icon and associated expanded entry in the status       bar             protected void showNotification int contactId  String message              Display notification              According to the Documentation of android provider Telephony      Broadcast Action  A new text based SMS message has been received by the device  The intent will have the following extra values       pdus - An Object   of byte  s containing the PDUs that make up the message       The extra values can be extracted using getMessagesFromIntent android content Intent    If a BroadcastReceiver encounters an error while processing this intent it should set the result code appropriately     SdkConstant SdkConstantType BROADCAST INTENT ACTION   public static final String SMS RECEIVED ACTION    android provider Telephony SMS RECEIVED               Broadcast Action  A new data based SMS message has been received by the device  The intent will have the following extra values       pdus - An Object   of byte  s containing the PDUs that make up the message       The extra values can be extracted using getMessagesFromIntent android content Intent     If a BroadcastReceiver encounters an error while processing this intent it should set the result code appropriately    SdkConstant SdkConstantType BROADCAST INTENT ACTION  public static final String DATA SMS RECEIVED ACTION    android intent action DATA SMS RECEIVED               Broadcast Action  A new WAP PUSH message has been received by the device  The intent will have the following extra values       transactionId  Integer  - The WAP transaction ID      pduType  Integer  - The WAP PDU type       header  byte    - The header of the message      data  byte    - The data payload of the message      contentTypeParameters  HashMap lt String String gt   - Any parameters associated with the content type  decoded from the WSP Content-Type header       If a BroadcastReceiver encounters an error while processing this intent it should set the result code appropriately    The contentTypeParameters extra value is map of content parameters keyed by their names    If any unassigned well-known parameters are encountered  the key of the map will be  unassigned 0x      where       is the hex value of the unassigned parameter  If a parameter has No-Value the value in the map will be null    SdkConstant SdkConstantType BROADCAST INTENT ACTION  public static final String WAP PUSH RECEIVED ACTION    android provider Telephony WAP PUSH RECEIVED      Update  2  I have figured out how to pass extras in a PendingIntent to be received by a BroadcastReceiver  Android PendingIntent extras  not received by BroadcastReceiver  However  the extra gets passed to the SendBroadcastReceiver not the SMSReceiver   How can I pass an extra to the SMSReceiver   Update  3  Receiving MMS  So after doing more research I saw some suggestions of registering a ContentObserver   That way you can detect when there are any changes to the content   mms-sms conversations Content Provider  consequently allowing you to detect incoming MMS   Here is the closest example to get this to work that I have found  Receiving MMS  However  there is a variable mainActivity of type ServiceController   Where is the ServiceController class implemented   Are there any other implementations of a registered ContentObserver   Sending MMS  As for sending MMS  I have come across this example  Send MMS  The problem is that I tried running this code on my Nexus 4  which is on Android v4 2 2  and I am receiving this error   java lang SecurityException  No permission to write APN settings  Neither user 10099 nor current process has android permission WRITE APN SETTINGS    The error gets thrown after querying the Carriers ContentProvider in the getMMSApns   method of the APNHelper class   final Cursor apnCursor   this context getContentResolver   query Uri withAppendedPath Carriers CONTENT URI   current    null  null  null  null     Apparently you can t read APNs in Android 4 2     What is the alternative for all those applications which use mobile data to perform operations  like sending MMS  and don t know the default APN setting present in the device   Update  4  Sending MMS  I have tried following this example  Send MMS  As  Sam suggested in his answer    You have to add jsoup to the build path  the jar to the build path and import com droidprism    To do that in android  add the jars to the libs directory first  then configure the project build path to use the jars already in the libs directory  then on the build path config click order and export and check the boxes of the jars and move jsoup and droidprism jar to the top of the build order   So now I no longer get the SecurityException errors   I am testing now on a Nexus 5 on Android KitKat   After running the sample code it gives me a 200 response code after the call to   MMResponse mmResponse   sender send out  isProxySet  MMSProxy  MMSPort     However  I checked with the person I tried sending the MMS to  And they said they never received the MMS

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I had the exact same problem you describe above (Galaxy Nexus on t-mobile USA) it is because mobile data is turned off.

In Jelly Bean it is: Settings > Data Usage > mobile data

Note that I have to have mobile data turned on PRIOR to sending an MMS OR receiving one. If I receive an MMS with mobile data turned off, I will get the notification of a new message and I will receive the message with a download button. But if I do not have mobile data on prior, the incoming MMS attachment will not be received. Even if I turn it on after the message was received.

For some reason when your phone provider enables you with the ability to send and receive MMS you must have the Mobile Data enabled, even if you are using Wifi, if the Mobile Data is enabled you will be able to receive and send MMS, even if Wifi is showing as your internet on your device.

It is a real pain, as if you do not have it on, the message can hang a lot, even when turning on Mobile Data, and might require a reboot of the device.

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There is not official api support which means that it is not documented for the public and the libraries may change at any time  I realize you don t want to leave the application but here s how you do it with an intent for anyone else wondering   public void sendData int num       String fileString            put the location of the file here     Intent mmsIntent   new Intent Intent ACTION SEND       mmsIntent putExtra  sms body    text        mmsIntent putExtra  address   num       mmsIntent putExtra Intent EXTRA STREAM  Uri fromFile new File fileString         mmsIntent setType  image jpeg        startActivity Intent createChooser mmsIntent   Send          I haven t completely figured out how to do things like track the delivery of the message but this should get it sent   You can be alerted to the receipt of mms the same way as sms  The intent filter on the receiver should look like this    lt intent-filter gt       lt action android name  android provider Telephony WAP PUSH RECEIVED    gt       lt data android mimeType  application vnd wap mms-message    gt   lt  intent-filter gt

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To send an mms for Android 4 0 api 14 or higher without permission to write apn settings  you can use this library   Retrieve mnc and mcc codes from android  then call  Carrier c   Carrier getCarrier mcc  mnc   if  c    null        APN a   c getAPN        if  a    null            String mmsc   a mmsc          String mmsproxy   a proxy       if none         int mmsport   a port    0 if none           To use this  add Jsoup and droid prism jar to the build path  and import com droidprism

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SmsListenerClass   public class SmsListener extends BroadcastReceiver    static final String ACTION            android provider Telephony SMS RECEIVED     Override public void onReceive Context context  Intent intent         Log e  RECEIVED     - -     SMS ARRIVED            TODO Auto-generated method stub     if  intent getAction   equals ACTION              Log e  RECEIVED     -     SMS ARRIVED             StringBuilder buf   new StringBuilder            Bundle bundle   intent getExtras            if  bundle    null                 Object   pdus    Object    bundle get  pdus                 SmsMessage   messages   new SmsMessage pdus length               SmsMessage message   null               for  int i   0  i  lt  messages length  i                       if  Build VERSION SDK INT  gt   Build VERSION CODES M                        String format   bundle getString  format                        messages i    SmsMessage createFromPdu  byte    pdus i   format                     else                       messages i    SmsMessage createFromPdu  byte    pdus i                                       message   messages i                   buf append  Received SMS from                      buf append message getDisplayOriginatingAddress                     buf append   -                     buf append message getDisplayMessageBody                                MainActivity inst   MainActivity instance                inst updateList message getDisplayOriginatingAddress   message getDisplayMessageBody                         Log e  RECEIVED          buf toString              Toast makeText context   RECEIVED SMS FROM      buf toString    Toast LENGTH LONG  show                  Activity    Override public void onStart         super onStart        inst   this     public static MainActivity instance         return inst     public void updateList final String msg from  String msg body         tvMessage setText msg from      -     msg body        sendSMSMessage msg from  msg body       protected void sendSMSMessage String phoneNo  String message         try           SmsManager smsManager   SmsManager getDefault            smsManager sendTextMessage phoneNo  null  message  null  null           Toast makeText getApplicationContext     SMS sent    Toast LENGTH LONG  show          catch  Exception e            Toast makeText getApplicationContext     SMS faild  please try again    Toast LENGTH LONG  show            e printStackTrace                 Manifest    lt uses-permission android name  android permission RECEIVE SMS   gt   lt uses-permission android name  android permission READ SMS    gt   lt uses-permission android name  android permission SEND SMS   gt    lt receiver android name   SmsListener  gt           lt intent-filter gt               lt action android name  android provider Telephony SMS RECEIVED    gt           lt  intent-filter gt       lt  receiver gt

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I dont understand the frustrations   Why not just make a broadcastreceiver that filters for this intent   android provider Telephony MMS RECEIVED   I checked a little further and you might need system level access to get this  rooted phone

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I dont think there is any sdk support for sending mms in android  Look here Atleast I havent found yet  But a guy claimed to have it  Have a look at this post   Send MMS from My application in android

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