152
votes

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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21 Answers

245
votes

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);
142
votes
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);
50
votes

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 >= 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);
      }
   }
31
votes
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.

26
votes

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.

18
votes

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);
5
votes

Use

Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MAIN);
intent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_LAUNCHER);
intent.setClassName("com.android.mms", "com.android.mms.ui.ConversationList");
5
votes

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 >= Build.VERSION_CODES.KITKAT -> {
            //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 -> startActivity(intent)
    }
}

This is modified answer of @mustafasevgi

4
votes

I use:

Intent sendIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MAIN);
sendIntent.putExtra("sms_body", "text");
sendIntent.setType("vnd.android-dir/mms-sms");
startActivity(sendIntent);
4
votes
Intent eventIntentMessage =getPackageManager()
 .getLaunchIntentForPackage(Telephony.Sms.getDefaultSmsPackage(getApplicationContext));
startActivity(eventIntentMessage);
3
votes
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<ResolveInfo> resInfo = pm.queryIntentActivities(smsIntent, 0);

    for (int i = 0; i < 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.

3
votes

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); 
}
2
votes
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);
2
votes

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);
1
votes

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

0
votes

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);
0
votes

Sms Intent :

Intent intent = new Intent("android.intent.action.VIEW");
        /** creates an sms uri */
        Uri data = Uri.parse("sms:");
        intent.setData(data);
0
votes

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);
0
votes

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);
0
votes

You can use the following code snippet to achieve your goal:

Intent smsIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO);
smsIntent.setData(Uri.parse("smsto:"+model.getPhoneNo().trim()));
smsIntent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_DEFAULT);
smsIntent.putExtra("sms_body","Hello this is dummy text");
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("smsto:"+shopkepperDataModel.getPhoneNo().trim()));
smsIntent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_DEFAULT);
startActivity(smsIntent);
0
votes

For Kotlin simply do that:

val messageIntent = Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO, Uri.parse("smsto:03xxxxxxxxx"))
    messageIntent.putExtra("sms_body", "Enter your body here")
    startActivity(messageIntent)