String message of an SMS

Question

I am learning how to develop Apps on Android. I have a button that onClick, it should read my SMS and check the body of each SMS, if one SMS contains "WORD" then DO something.

It should be achieved using this, right?

 String body = sms.getMessageBody().toString();



                while (body.contains("WORD"))
                   DO SOMETHING

Thanks in advance.

EDIT

Is there any way to do this without hitting the button, progamatically every hour for example?

do you wanna check with new message or with all messages in inbox..?? — SilentKiller, Aug 12 '13 at 11:34
youcan use timer for every button and do button.performclick so user doesnt have to click — Marko Niciforovic, Aug 12 '13 at 11:34

SilentKiller · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-13T05:20:12.930

if you want ot check it with new message you need to create BroadcastReceiver

AndroidManifest.xml Declaration :

<receiver android:name=".MySMSReceiver "> 
<intent-filter> 
        <action android:name="android.provider.Telephony.SMS_RECEIVED" /> 
</intent-filter>

BroadcastReceiver :

public class MySMSReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {

@Override
public void onReceiver(Context context, Intent intent) {

   Object[] pdus=(Object[])intent.getExtras().get("pdus");
   String sender="";

   StringBuilder text=new StringBuilder();

   // get sender from first PDU
   SmsMessage shortMessage=SmsMessage.createFromPdu((byte[]) pdus[0]);

   sender=shortMessage.getOriginatingAddress();

   for (int i=0;i<pdus.length;i++) {
       shortMessage=SmsMessage.createFromPdu((byte[]) pdus[i]);
       text.append(shortMessage.getDisplayMessageBody());
   }

   while (text.contains("WORD")) {
       // DO SOMETHING 
   }

   Log.d("SMSReceiver","SMS message sender: " + shortMessage.getOriginatingAddress());
   Log.d("SMSReceiver","SMS message text: " + shortMessage.getDisplayMessageBody());
 }
}

Hello, THIS is what I have, what should I put into? thank you! — user2667879, Aug 12 '13 at 18:37
`last = (Button) findViewById(R.id.last); last.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() { @Override public void onClick(View arg0) { String body = sms.getMessageBody().toString(); while (body.contains("WORD")) DO SOMETHING } });` — user2667879, Aug 12 '13 at 18:38

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 12 '13 at 12:37

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instead of while you need to use an if statement...
if (body.contains("WORD"){ DO SOMETHING }

answered Aug 12 '13 at 12:37

AndroidCB

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score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:20

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You can use AlarmManager to schedule some task to be run at some point in the future

See https://stackoverflow.com/a/8801990/1051147 for example

edited May 23 '17 at 12:20

Community

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answered Aug 12 '13 at 11:35

Arun C

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String message of an SMS

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