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How can I query all messages sent by a specific address?

I couldn't find my answer on StackOverflow after many days of searching.

I'm currently getting all messages like this:

Uri uri = Uri.parse("content://sms/");
Cursor managedCursor = getContentResolver().query(uri, null, ("thread_id = " + ThreadID), null, "date ASC");

But this only returns SMS messages (no MMS). I tried changing content://sms/ to content://mms-sms/ but that was unrecognized. I also tried to query content://mms-sms/conversations/xxx where xxx is the thread_id but that just gave me a NullPointerException.

I've been searching for a solution to this for days. Other SMS apps such as Go SMS and Sliding Messaging can do it perfectly but I just can't seem to figure it out...

Pkmmte
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A null projection argument to content://mms-sms/conversations/xxx is what's causing the NullPointerException --- if you explicitly project the columns you want (e.g, {"address", "body", "date"}), it should work just fine.

However, querying by thread_id isn't strictly selecting based on the address the message is sent from; if you want that, you should probably look in content://sms/inbox (which ignores messages you've sent) and use selection arguments to query for the address you're interested in:

Uri uri = Uri.parse("content://sms/inbox");
Cursor managedCursor = getContentResolver().query(uri, null, "address=?", {targetedAddress}, "date ASC");
haaksmash
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