How can I read unread sms from inbox in android programatically?

Question

Hi, I am new for android application development, and I have developed one simple application in android. In my application I have to add a new feature.

I want to read sms messages from the inbox in android. I have searched and applied some codes but no use, I don't get the result. Following code is my first activity code. It will execute and go to the index page and is working properly. In this case what I want to do for read unread sms from inbox. Where I want to write code and which types of code I want to write....please give me the answer very clearly why because am a very new for android.

So please help me. Thanks in advance.

Code:

 import org.apache.cordova.*;  
 import android.os.Bundle;
 public class SMSActivity extends DroidGap 
 {
     /** Called when the activity is first created. */
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) 
    {
       super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
       setContentView(R.layout.main);
       super.setIntegerProperty("splashscreen", R.drawable.fg_logo);
       super.loadUrl("file:///android_asset/www/index.html");

    }
}

@SamirMangroliya: [Oh really?](http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/23321/is-it-appropriate-to-comment-on-peoples-accept-rate) — Bobby, Jul 09 '12 at 09:39
try this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/848728/how-can-i-read-sms-messages-from-the-inbox-programmatically-in-android?rq=1 — Ran, Jul 09 '12 at 09:44
i have seen this already. but i dont know how to implement in my application.please help me — cheliyan, Jul 09 '12 at 09:50
I don't see any relevance of your question with your code. This is so stupid question, it like asking I have got all four wheels how can I build a car. — Ishaan, Jun 26 '16 at 11:10

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 21 '12 at 03:42

Its Really Work... save with Message.java

package mzsay.com.provider;
import android.content.ContentResolver;
import android.content.ContentValues;
import android.database.Cursor;
import android.net.Uri;
public class Message {



final Uri SMS_INBOX = Uri.parse("content://sms/inbox");
@SuppressWarnings("unused")
private ContentResolver resolver;

public Message(ContentResolver ConResolver){
    resolver = ConResolver;
}

public String getMessage(int batas) {
      Cursor cur = resolver.query(SMS_INBOX, null, null, null,null);
      String sms = "Message >> \n";
      int hitung = 0;
      while (cur.moveToNext()) {
          sms += "From :" + cur.getString(2) + " : " + cur.getString(11)+"\n";
          if(hitung == batas)
              break;
          hitung++;
      }
      return sms;
}

public int getMessageCountUnread(){
    Cursor c = resolver.query(SMS_INBOX, null, "read = 0", null, null);
    int unreadMessagesCount = c.getCount();
    c.deactivate();
    return unreadMessagesCount;
}

public String getMessageAll(){
      Cursor cur = resolver.query(SMS_INBOX, null, null, null,null);
      String sms = "Message >> \n";
      while (cur.moveToNext()) {
          sms += "From :" + cur.getString(2) + " : " + cur.getString(11)+"\n";
      }
      return sms;
}

public String getMessageUnread() {
    Cursor cur = resolver.query(SMS_INBOX, null, null, null,null);
      String sms = "Message >> \n";
      int hitung = 0;
      while (cur.moveToNext()) {
          sms += "From :" + cur.getString(2) + " : " + cur.getString(11)+"\n";
          if(hitung == getMessageCountUnread())
              break;
          hitung++;
      }
      return sms;
}

public void setMessageStatusRead() {
    ContentValues values = new ContentValues();
    values.put("read",true);
    resolver.update(SMS_INBOX,values, "_id="+SmsMessageId, null);
}

}

And than call with this method in your Main Activity

public synchronized String getMessage(int batas) {
    Message ambilpesan = new Message(context.getContentResolver());
            //this a return of All unread from your Inbox
    return ambilpesan.getMessageUnread();
}

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 09 '12 at 10:02

If you are extending DroidGap, no need to do setContentView in onCreate, DroidGap will display webView by default.

Create a Class say ReadSMS having method to read unread sms and add ReadSMS class object as a javascriptInterfcae to droidGap webview, as below:

Class ReadSMS{

public ReadSMS(){
}

public String[] readUnreadSMS(){
return smsArray;
}

}

In SMSActivity's onCreate add:

ReadSMS readSms = new ReadSMS();
appView.addJavascriptInterface(readSms , "ReadUnreadSMS");
super.loadUrl("file:///android_asset/www/index.html");

Then in Javascript, you can access readUnreadSMS() in ReadSMS class as below:

<script>
  $(function(){
        var smsArray[] = window.ReadUnreadSMS.readUnreadSMS();
  });
</script>

To know, how to read unread sms, refer: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/848728/how-can-i-read-sms-messages-from-the-inbox-programmatically-in-android — Swathi EP, Jul 09 '12 at 10:01

How can I read unread sms from inbox in android programatically?

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