send a message through Xcode programmatically

Question

I am trying to send a message through Xcode programmatically but when I click the send button it opens the message sending box. But I want to send message directly without opening message box. Is this possible in iOS Xcode or not? Please help me.

but don't want open sending message box.

the code is

- (IBAction)sendSMS:(id)sender 
{
    MFMessageComposeViewController *controller = [[MFMessageComposeViewController alloc] init];
    if([MFMessageComposeViewController canSendText])
    {
        controller.body = @"Hello  this is anup";
        controller.recipients = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:@"7026144009", nil];
        controller.messageComposeDelegate = self;
        [self presentModalViewController:controller animated:YES];
    }
}


- (void)messageComposeViewController:(MFMessageComposeViewController *)controller didFinishWithResult:(MessageComposeResult)result
{
    switch (result) 
    {
        case MessageComposeResultCancelled:
            NSLog(@"Cancelled");
            break;
        case MessageComposeResultFailed:
        { 
            NSLog(@"faild");
            UIAlertController *alrt=[UIAlertController alertControllerWithTitle:@"my apps" message:@"unknown error" preferredStyle:UIAlertControllerStyleAlert];
            UIAlertAction *okAction = [UIAlertAction actionWithTitle:@"OK" style:UIAlertActionStyleDefault handler:^(UIAlertAction *action){
                //do something when click button
            }];
            [alrt addAction:okAction];
            break;
        }
        case MessageComposeResultSent:
            break;
        default:
            break;
    }

    [self dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:YES];
}

Have you passed in this way for sending message..[[UIApplication sharedApplication]openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"sms:+919999999999"]] — Uma Madhavi, Feb 01 '16 at 07:33
then create a own view and get all user details and finally sent the details to backend server, the backend server trigger the sms to the particular number. — Anbu.Karthik, Feb 01 '16 at 07:36
Possible duplicate of [How to programmatically send SMS on the iPhone?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10848/how-to-programmatically-send-sms-on-the-iphone) — Avi, Feb 01 '16 at 07:39
@Anbu.Karthik can u explain me in details please. because i don't have much more knowledge. — Anup Gupta, Feb 01 '16 at 11:47

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 01 '16 at 12:00

ya it is possible on that your scenario no need of MFMessageComposeViewController, just one webservice is enough, send the two (@"Hello this is anup",@"7026144009") to your backend , the backend developer send the SMS to that particular number using SMTP Server option.

Choice -2

if you want to handle in your own use some thirdparty SDK like skpsmtpmessage, it work like same SMTP.

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 01 '16 at 07:33

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You can't programatically send a message without the user's content. The most you can do is open the messages app and if the user decides to send it, he can send it.

answered Feb 01 '16 at 07:33

Ankit Srivastava

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@anupgupta Nope... this is it. – Ankit Srivastava Feb 01 '16 at 10:42

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited Jan 12 '17 at 12:58

You can't programatically send a message without the user's consent. The most you can do, is open the messages app and if the user decides to send it, he can send it.

(IBAction)sendingMessage:(id)sender {

        MFMessageComposeViewController *controller = [[MFMessageComposeViewController alloc] init];
        if([MFMessageComposeViewController canSendText])
        {
            controller.body = @"SMS message here";
            controller.recipients = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:@"+919015156562", nil];
            controller.messageComposeDelegate = self;
            [self presentModalViewController:controller animated:YES];
        }

}

And:

(void)messageComposeViewController:(MFMessageComposeViewController *)controller
didFinishWithResult:(MessageComposeResult)result {
    [self dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];
}

send a message through Xcode programmatically

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