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How to send sms in androidWe can send sms in android via intent. You need to write only 4 lines of code the send sms in android. //Getting intent and PendingIntent instance Intent intent=new Intent(getApplicationContext(),MainActivity.class); PendingIntent pi=PendingIntent.getActivity(getApplicationContext(), 0, intent,0); //Get the SmsManager instance and call the sendTextMessage method to send message SmsManager sms=SmsManager.getDefault(); sms.sendTextMessage("8802177690", null, "hello TheDeveloperBlog", pi,null); Example of sending sms in androidactivity_main.xmlDrag the 2 edittexts, 2 textviews and 1 button from the pallete, now the activity_main.xml file will like this: File: activity_main.xml
<RelativeLayout xmlns:androclass="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" tools:context=".MainActivity" > <EditText android:id="@+id/editText1" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_alignParentRight="true" android:layout_alignParentTop="true" android:layout_marginRight="20dp" android:ems="10" /> <EditText android:id="@+id/editText2" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/editText1" android:layout_below="@+id/editText1" android:layout_marginTop="26dp" android:ems="10" android:inputType="textMultiLine" /> <TextView android:id="@+id/textView1" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_alignBaseline="@+id/editText1" android:layout_alignBottom="@+id/editText1" android:layout_toLeftOf="@+id/editText1" android:text="Mobile No:" /> <TextView android:id="@+id/textView2" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_alignBaseline="@+id/editText2" android:layout_alignBottom="@+id/editText2" android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/textView1" android:text="Message:" /> <Button android:id="@+id/button1" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/editText2" android:layout_below="@+id/editText2" android:layout_marginLeft="34dp" android:layout_marginTop="48dp" android:text="Send SMS" /> </RelativeLayout> Write the permission code in Android-Manifest.xml fileYou need to write SEND_SMS permission as given below: <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.SEND_SMS"/> File: Android-Manifest.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <manifest xmlns:androclass="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" package="com.example.sendsms" android:versionCode="1" android:versionName="1.0" > <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="8" android:targetSdkVersion="16" /> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.SEND_SMS"/> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_SMS"/> <application android:allowBackup="true" android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher" android:label="@string/app_name" android:theme="@style/AppTheme" > <activity android:name="com.example.sendsms.MainActivity" android:label="@string/app_name" > <intent-filter> <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" /> <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" /> </intent-filter> </activity> </application> </manifest> Activity classLet's write the code to make the phone call via intent. File: MainActivity.java
package com.example.sendsms; import android.os.Bundle; import android.app.Activity; import android.app.PendingIntent; import android.content.Intent; import android.telephony.SmsManager; import android.view.Menu; import android.view.View; import android.view.View.OnClickListener; import android.widget.Button; import android.widget.EditText; import android.widget.Toast; public class MainActivity extends Activity { EditText mobileno,message; Button sendsms; @Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.activity_main); mobileno=(EditText)findViewById(R.id.editText1); message=(EditText)findViewById(R.id.editText2); sendsms=(Button)findViewById(R.id.button1); //Performing action on button click sendsms.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() { @Override public void onClick(View arg0) { String no=mobileno.getText().toString(); String msg=message.getText().toString(); //Getting intent and PendingIntent instance Intent intent=new Intent(getApplicationContext(),MainActivity.class); PendingIntent pi=PendingIntent.getActivity(getApplicationContext(), 0, intent,0); //Get the SmsManager instance and call the sendTextMessage method to send message SmsManager sms=SmsManager.getDefault(); sms.sendTextMessage(no, null, msg, pi,null); Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Message Sent successfully!", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show(); } }); } @Override public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) { // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present. getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.activity_main, menu); return true; } } Install and Run the apk file on the Real Device (e.g. Mobile) to send the sms.Output: |