launch sms application with an intent

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I have a question about an intent    I try to launch the sms app     Intent intent   new Intent Intent ACTION MAIN   intent setType  vnd android-dir mms-sms    int flags   Intent FLAG ACTIVITY NEW TASK   Intent FLAG ACTIVITY SINGLE TOP       Intent FLAG ACTIVITY CLEAR TOP  intent setFlags flags   intent setData Uri parse  content   sms inbox     context startActivity intent     so  you can see that I put too much things in my intent  but that s because I don t know how I can do    Thank s

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The below code works on android 6 0  It will open the search activity in the default messaging application with the conversations related to specific string provided   Intent smsIntent   new Intent Intent ACTION MAIN           smsIntent addCategory Intent CATEGORY LAUNCHER           smsIntent setClassName  com android mms    com android mms ui SearchActivity            smsIntent putExtra  intent extra data key    string to search for            startActivity smsIntent       You can start the search activity with an intent  This will open the search activity of the default messaging application   Now  to show a list of specific conversations in the search activity  you can provide the search string as string extra with the key as       intent extra data key      as is shown in the onCreate of this class  String searchStringParameter   getIntent   getStringExtra SearchManager QUERY       if  searchStringParameter    null            searchStringParameter   getIntent   getStringExtra  intent extra data key    SearchManager SUGGEST COLUMN INTENT EXTRA DATA               final String searchString   searchStringParameter    null   searchStringParameter trim     searchStringParameter    You can also pass the SENDER ADDRESS of the sms as string extra  which will list out all the conversations with that specific sender address     Check com android mms ui SearchActivity for more information    You can also check this answer

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Compose SMS    Uri smsUri   Uri parse  tel     to   Intent intent   new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  smsUri   intent putExtra  address   to   intent putExtra  sms body   message   intent setType  vnd android-dir mms-sms    startActivity intent

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Intent sendIntent   new Intent Intent ACTION SEND      CHANGE YOUR MESSAGING ACTIVITY HERE IF REQUIRED  sendIntent setClassName  com android mms    com android mms ui ComposeMessageActivity    sendIntent putExtra  sms body  msgbody    sendIntent putExtra  address  phonenumber     FOR MMS sendIntent putExtra Intent EXTRA STREAM  Uri parse  file    sdcard mms png     sendIntent setType  image png    startActivity sendIntent

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You can use the following code snippet to achieve your goal  Intent smsIntent   new Intent Intent ACTION SENDTO   smsIntent setData Uri parse  quot smsto  quot  model getPhoneNo   trim      smsIntent addCategory Intent CATEGORY DEFAULT   smsIntent putExtra  quot sms body quot   quot Hello this is dummy text quot    startActivity smsIntent    If you don t want any text then remove the sms body key  Intent smsIntent   new Intent Intent ACTION SENDTO   smsIntent setData Uri parse  quot smsto  quot  shopkepperDataModel getPhoneNo   trim      smsIntent addCategory Intent CATEGORY DEFAULT   startActivity smsIntent

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Either you can use this  both are working fine on android above 4 4      Intent smsIntent   new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW       smsIntent setType  vnd android-dir mms-sms        smsIntent putExtra  address   9212107320        smsIntent putExtra  sms body   Body of Message        startActivity smsIntent     or      Intent smsIntent   new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW       smsIntent putExtra  sms body   Body of Message        smsIntent setData Uri parse  sms 9212107320         startActivity smsIntent

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on emulator this work for me   Intent i   new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  Uri fromParts  sms   number  null                    i setFlags Intent FLAG ACTIVITY NEW TASK                   i putExtra  sms body   remindingReason                    startActivity i

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To start launch the sms activity all you need is this   Intent sendIntent   new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW            sendIntent setData Uri parse  sms        You can add extras to populate your own message and such like this  sendIntent putExtra  sms body   x      then just startActivity with the intent   startActivity sendIntent

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try       Intent smsIntent   new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW       smsIntent setData Uri parse  smsto     Uri encode number         smsIntent putExtra  address   number       smsIntent putExtra  sms body   message        PackageManager pm   activity getPackageManager        List lt ResolveInfo gt  resInfo   pm queryIntentActivities smsIntent  0        for  int i   0  i  lt  resInfo size    i              ResolveInfo ri   resInfo get i           String packageName   ri activityInfo packageName           if  packageName contains  sms                    Log d  TAG   packageName           ri activityInfo name               smsIntent setComponent new ComponentName packageName  ri activityInfo name                        activity startActivity smsIntent     catch  Exception e           Handle Error     Best way of doing this

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The best code that works with Default SMS app is   Uri SMS URI   Uri parse  smsto  92324502          Replace the phone number Intent sms   new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW SMS URI       sms putExtra  sms body   This is test message      Replace the message witha a vairable  startActivity sms

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Intent eventIntentMessage  getPackageManager     getLaunchIntentForPackage Telephony Sms getDefaultSmsPackage getApplicationContext    startActivity eventIntentMessage

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You can open default sms App and pass details as below   Note   If u want to send to many numbers  separate each number with     inside string  String mblNumVar    9876543210 9123456789   Intent smsMsgAppVar   new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW   smsMsgAppVar setData Uri parse  sms      mblNumVar    smsMsgAppVar putExtra  sms body    Hello Msg Tst Txt    startActivity smsMsgAppVar      Or  Use this function    void openSmsMsgAppFnc String mblNumVar  String smsMsgVar        Intent smsMsgAppVar   new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW       smsMsgAppVar setData Uri parse  sms      mblNumVar        smsMsgAppVar putExtra  sms body   smsMsgVar       startActivity smsMsgAppVar

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Here is the code that will open the SMS activity pre-populated with the phone number to which the SMS has to be sent  This works fine on emulator as well as the device   Intent smsIntent   new Intent Intent ACTION SENDTO   smsIntent addCategory Intent CATEGORY DEFAULT   smsIntent setType  vnd android-dir mms-sms    smsIntent setData Uri parse  sms     phoneNumber    startActivity smsIntent

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Use   Intent intent   new Intent Intent ACTION MAIN   intent addCategory Intent CATEGORY LAUNCHER   intent setClassName  com android mms    com android mms ui ConversationList

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If android version is Kitkat or above  users can change default sms application  This method will get default sms app and start default sms app      private void sendSMS               if  Build VERSION SDK INT  gt   Build VERSION CODES KITKAT     At least KitKat                  String defaultSmsPackageName   Telephony Sms getDefaultSmsPackage this      Need to change the build to API 19           Intent sendIntent   new Intent Intent ACTION SEND            sendIntent setType  text plain             sendIntent putExtra Intent EXTRA TEXT   text              if  defaultSmsPackageName    null    Can be null in case that there is no default  then the user would be able to choose             any app that support this intent                         sendIntent setPackage defaultSmsPackageName                       startActivity sendIntent                  else    For early versions  do what worked for you before                   Intent smsIntent   new Intent android content Intent ACTION VIEW            smsIntent setType  vnd android-dir mms-sms             smsIntent putExtra  address   phoneNumber                      smsIntent putExtra  sms body   message             startActivity smsIntent

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Intent intent   new Intent Intent ACTION MAIN   intent addCategory Intent CATEGORY DEFAULT   intent setType  vnd android-dir mms-sms    startActivity intent     That s all you need

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In kotlin this can be implemented easily as follows          If android version is Kitkat or above  users can change default sms application     This method will get default sms app and start default sms app      private fun openSMS         val message    message here      val phone    255754           255 Tanzania code       val uri   Uri parse  smsto   phone       val intent   Intent Intent ACTION SENDTO  uri       with intent            putExtra  address      phone           putExtra  sms body   message             when           Build VERSION SDK INT  gt   Build VERSION CODES KITKAT - gt                  Getting the default sms app              val defaultSmsPackageName   Telephony Sms getDefaultSmsPackage context                  Can be null in case that there is no default  then the user would be able to choose                any app that support this intent              if  defaultSmsPackageName    null  intent setPackage defaultSmsPackageName               startActivity intent                    else - gt  startActivity intent            This is modified answer of  mustafasevgi

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I use   Intent sendIntent   new Intent Intent ACTION MAIN   sendIntent putExtra  sms body    text    sendIntent setType  vnd android-dir mms-sms    startActivity sendIntent

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If you want to launch SMS Composing activity from some of your other activity and you also have to pass a phone number and SMS text  then use this code   Uri sms uri   Uri parse  smsto  92xxxxxxxx     Intent sms intent   new Intent Intent ACTION SENDTO  sms uri    sms intent putExtra  sms body    Good Morning   how r U       startActivity sms intent      Note  here the sms body and smsto  is keys for recognizing the text and phone no at SMS compose activity  so be careful here

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Sms Intent     Intent intent   new Intent  android intent action VIEW                creates an sms uri            Uri data   Uri parse  sms             intent setData data

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Intent smsIntent   new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW   smsIntent setType  vnd android-dir mms-sms    smsIntent putExtra  address    12125551212    smsIntent putExtra  sms body   Body of Message    startActivity smsIntent

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