Send SMS from within a service

Question

I am trying to send SMS from within a service but the following error is thrown. The service Java file has been attached with the error code. Need assistance for the service as the service is not able o send the SMS.

I want to know if there is some way in which i can give permission to the service for sending the SMS or in any way i can complete the same.

 Sending SMS message: uid 10235 does not have android.permission.SEND_SMS.

My Code is as follows :-

SmsManager smsManager = SmsManager.getDefault();
smsManager.sendTextMessage(num1, null, sms_message+"", null, null);
smsManager.sendTextMessage(num2, null, sms_message+"", null, null);
smsManager.sendTextMessage(num3, null, sms_message+"", null, null);

My Manifest File is show below

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.SEND_SMS" />

Stack trace is there for you to read with understanding not for us to read it for you. — Marcin Orlowski, Nov 04 '17 at 07:17
if you are testing on marshmallow or above, you have to request user to allow sms permission at runtime.You can send sms, only if the user grants permission — Aswin P Ashok, Nov 04 '17 at 07:43
[Possible answer](https://stackoverflow.com/a/33650177/7557205) — Aswin P Ashok, Nov 04 '17 at 07:52

LdBach · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-04T07:26:19.897

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First make sure you have added uses-permission in the AndroidManifest.xml Second if you target android 6.0 and above, make sure to have a look at Runtime Permission

edited Nov 04 '17 at 07:26

answered Nov 04 '17 at 07:23

LdBach

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I have added the SMS Permission to the manifest and i am having trouble sending SMS from the Service. – Cyborg Nov 04 '17 at 07:24
May I ask what version of Android are you testing on? – LdBach Nov 04 '17 at 07:41
I am using Marshmallow. Thanks got the error. – Cyborg Nov 04 '17 at 07:51

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 04 '17 at 07:16

You have not set the android.permission.SEND_SMS in your AndroidManifest.xml file

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        package="com.example.snazzyapp">

    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.SEND_SMS"/>


    <application ...>
        ...
    </application>

</manifest>

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