Unable to read all SMS from inbox on Specific Devices (MI devices)

Question

My inbox contain Approx. 2032 sms but this query return me only 206 sms. Total sms: 7024

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

        while (cur.moveToNext()) {
               String address = cur.getString(cur.getColumnIndex("address"));
               String body = cur.getString(cur.getColumnIndexOrThrow("body"));
              sms.add("Number: " + address + " .Message: " + body);  

          }
        return sms;

That query will only return SMS. Are you certain the missing messages are actually SMS? Not MMS, RCS, etc.? — Mike M., Mar 07 '17 at 04:27
i tested manually on MI Note 3 phone. and check inbox manually. — KKSINGLA, Mar 07 '17 at 04:33
Possible duplicate of [How can I read SMS messages from the device programmatically in Android?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/848728/how-can-i-read-sms-messages-from-the-device-programmatically-in-android) — Manoj Perumarath, Mar 07 '17 at 05:18
i had already done that. but issue is my MI phone contains 2032 sms in inbox when i try to fetch all sms it return me only 206 sms. — KKSINGLA, Mar 07 '17 at 05:20
Issue is solved by using this: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45032638/how-to-get-permission-for-read-service-sms-in-miui-8-programmatically — KKSINGLA, May 08 '18 at 12:46

Manoj Perumarath · Answer 1 · 2017-03-07T05:33:28.377

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From API 19 onwards you can make use of the Telephony Class for that; Since hardcored values won't retrieve messages in every devices because the content provider Uri changes from devices and manufacturers.

public void getAllSms(Context context) {

    ContentResolver cr = context.getContentResolver();
    Cursor c = cr.query(Telephony.Sms.CONTENT_URI, null, null, null, null);
    int totalSMS = 0;
    if (c != null) {
        totalSMS = c.getCount();
        if (c.moveToFirst()) {
            for (int j = 0; j < totalSMS; j++) {
                String smsDate = c.getString(c.getColumnIndexOrThrow(Telephony.Sms.DATE));
                String number = c.getString(c.getColumnIndexOrThrow(Telephony.Sms.ADDRESS));
                String body = c.getString(c.getColumnIndexOrThrow(Telephony.Sms.BODY));
                Date dateFormat = new Date(Long.valueOf(smsDate));
                String type = null;
                switch (Integer.parseInt(c.getString(c.getColumnIndexOrThrow(Telephony.Sms.TYPE)))) {
                    case Telephony.Sms.MESSAGE_TYPE_INBOX:
                        type = "inbox";
                        break;
                    case Telephony.Sms.MESSAGE_TYPE_SENT:
                        type = "sent";
                        break;
                    case Telephony.Sms.MESSAGE_TYPE_OUTBOX:
                        type = "outbox";
                        break;
                    default:
                        break;
                }
                if (type != null) {
                    Toast.makeText(context, "Message present", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                }

                c.moveToNext();
            }
        }
    } else {
        Toast.makeText(this, "No message to show!", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
    }
}

edited Mar 07 '17 at 05:33

answered Mar 07 '17 at 05:17

Manoj Perumarath

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please attach debugger and look any of the case is getting triggered – Manoj Perumarath Mar 07 '17 at 05:23
only 206 sms fetched not all and issue is on only on specific MI devices – KKSINGLA Mar 07 '17 at 05:39
i didn't get you – Manoj Perumarath Mar 07 '17 at 05:40
see buddy: "content://sms" is also working but the issue is my phone has 2032 total sms but when i tried to fetch all sms i able to fetch only 206 sms – KKSINGLA Mar 07 '17 at 05:41
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Try to fetch sms in worker thread. May be blocking issue by system. – Keyur Thumar Mar 07 '17 at 09:03
I dig more into it and come to know that I am able to read all messages except promotional, like, messages from banks, service providers etc.. which clubbed into notifications in MI. Any way to read them as well? – Mohit Pandey May 07 '17 at 18:26
@MohitPandey Did you find any solution? – Hemant Singh Dec 05 '18 at 18:30
i think the code which i had posted works for all the general SMS, but won't work on promotional messages, service provider messages, becuase Mi is considering them as notifications instead of SMS messages.so i suggest you to try for notification history to get that messages too. – Manoj Perumarath Dec 06 '18 at 04:05

Unable to read all SMS from inbox on Specific Devices (MI devices)

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