How to access the SMS storage on Android

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Beginner Android dev here   I m trying to create an app that will read the SMS messages stored on the device and then give the user statistics about their habits  like who they message often  common words  etc      But to my knowledge  there doesn t seem to be a way to do this  I ve looked around on forums and the most anyone talks about is accessing the inbox where you can find messages the user hasn t read  How then can the default app and third-party  Handcent for example  display the same texts  They don t keep their own database because Handcent will display all texts upon fresh install   tl dr  How do I read SMS messages on an Android devices  specifically messages that have been read before

User · Accepted Answer

For a concrete example of accessing the SMS MMS database  take a look at gTalkSMS

User · Answer

Do the following  download SQLLite Database Browser from here    Locate your db  file in your phone   Then  as soon you install the program go to   Browse Data   you will see all the SMS there    You can actually export the data to an excel file or SQL

User · Answer

You are going to need to call the SmsManager class  You are probably going to need to use the STATUS ON ICC READ constant and maybe put what you get there into your apps local db so that you can keep track of what you have already read vs the new stuff for your app to parse through  BUT bear in mind that you have to declare the use of the class in your manifest  so users will see that you have access to their SMS called out in the permissions dialogue they get when they install   Seeing SMS access is unusual and could put some users off  Good luck   Here is the link that goes into depth on the Sms Manager

[android] How to access the SMS storage on Android?

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