How to search word in SMS inbox within the application?

Question

I am new to Android. I want to know how to search by word in SMS inbox within the application. Can anyone help me. Please give me the source code if you could.

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 31 '12 at 11:24

** Use Content Resolver ("content://sms/inbox") to read SMS which are in inbox.**

   Cursor cursor = getContentResolver().query(Uri.parse("content://sms/inbox"), null,     null, null, null);    
   cursor.moveToFirst();

   do{
   String msgData = "";
   for(int idx=0;idx<cursor.getColumnCount();idx++)
   {
       msgData += " " + cursor.getColumnName(idx) + ":" + cursor.getString(idx);
   }
   if(msgData.contains(yourWord))
       ;// do something

   }while(cursor.moveToNext());

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:55

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This seems to have been answered several times already here and there for pointer for instance. Please do search for existing questions before creating new ones.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:55

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answered Jul 31 '12 at 11:19

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how to speed up search? this will take time when lots of sms in inbox – Gaurav Aug 11 '15 at 11:57

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:24

first you have to query the inbox content provider for sms

  Uri uriSMSURI = Uri.parse("content://sms/inbox");
  Cursor cur = getContentResolver().query(uriSMSURI,new String[] { "_id", "thread_id",      "address", "person", "date", "body" }, null, null,null);

Then search iterate and get sms body

      if(cur.getCount()>0) {
        while(cur.moveToNext()) {
            String smsBody = cur.getString(5);
            Log.v("body",smsBody);

            if(smsBody.contains("matching string")) {


            }

also refer this link

how can i read inbox in android mobile?

How to search word in SMS inbox within the application?

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