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I need to test a feature of the app which requires SMS (messaging) feature.

I searched and found (here) that one can do so by setting the recipient's number to the Emulator number. But my requirement is a bit different now. How to do the same in VS Emulator?

The issues I'm encountering are:

  • The emulator number is not just a number in this. It seems like it's an IP address with the port number. I don't have any idea to input an IP with the port in Phone number (which, in my app, is not allowing to enter more than a single dot, let alone the colon required to separate the port).

No simple emulator number

  • It should have been the first issue though - Messaging is not enabled in VS Emulator. I couldn't find any documentation (or workaround) to enable it either.

Yes, I can test it using the default Android Studio Emulators but they are painfully slow and will also need to disable hyper-V and then rebooting. So it'd be great if there's any way to accomplish the same in VS Emulator only.

Moreover in the article at MSDN, they've not said anything about messaging in the 'Limitation' section, so maybe there is some way to get it done.

Thanks

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  • did you find a solution to this..I am having the same issue..Can't find the sms app – krv Jul 14 '16 at 04:17
  • @krv No, I couldn't. I'll suggest you to use Android Studio emulator only (if you are not developing the app in Xamarin, to which I really have no answer; try posting on Xamarin forums maybe). The reason I switched to VS emulator was the speed and the latest AS emulator is quite fast as well. – T.M Jul 15 '16 at 10:43

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