Im trying to send a SMS message from my own app using 'sendTextMessage' or 'sendMultipartTextMessage'. For phones higher then API 19 (KitKat) this message is then saved to the sent folder. However on my Android 8.0 Oreo Phone it is not saving to the sent items.
I have created a very basic Test Application for purposes of posting here. This App will simply check permissions and send a text when the Resume function fires for the MainActivity. Here is the code.
Manifest:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.focus4software.www.myapplicationtest">
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.SEND_SMS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_SMS" />
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
android:supportsRtl="true"
android:theme="@style/AppTheme">
<activity android:name=".MainActivity">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
Build.Grade
apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
android {
compileSdkVersion 28
defaultConfig {
applicationId "com.focus4software.www.myapplicationtest2"
minSdkVersion 14
targetSdkVersion 28
versionCode 1
versionName "1.0"
testInstrumentationRunner "android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
}
buildTypes {
release {
minifyEnabled false
proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
}
}
}
dependencies {
implementation fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
implementation 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:28.0.0-alpha3'
implementation 'com.android.support.constraint:constraint-layout:1.1.2'
testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
androidTestImplementation 'com.android.support.test:runner:1.0.2'
androidTestImplementation 'com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.0.2'
}
MainActivity:
package com.focus4software.www.myapplicationtest;
import android.Manifest;
import android.content.ContentValues;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Build;
import android.provider.Telephony;
import android.support.v4.app.ActivityCompat;
import android.support.v4.content.ContextCompat;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.telephony.SmsManager;
import android.widget.Toast;
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
private static final int REQUEST_RESULTCODE = 1;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
}
@Override
public void onResume(){
super.onResume();
//Check Permissions first
if (android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 23) {
if (ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(MainActivity.this, Manifest.permission.SEND_SMS) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
//Permissions not found.. request them
ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(MainActivity.this, new String[]{Manifest.permission.SEND_SMS}, REQUEST_RESULTCODE);
}
else {
this.SendSMS();
}
}
else {
this.SendSMS();
}
}
@Override
public void onRequestPermissionsResult(int requestCode, String permissions[], int[] grantResults) {
switch (requestCode) {
case REQUEST_RESULTCODE: {
if (grantResults.length == 1) {
//Make sure none of the permissions were denied
boolean somethingDenied = false;
for (int result : grantResults){
if (result != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED){
somethingDenied = true;
}
}
if (somethingDenied){
//a permission was denied
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Failed to Send The TEST SMS, Permission was denied", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
else {
//turn the app on.. permissions accepted
this.SendSMS();
}
}
else {
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Failed to Send The TEST SMS, incorrect amount of permissions returned.", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
return;
}
}
}
private void SendSMS (){
String phone = "[INSERT PHONE NUMBER]";
String message = "InCodeTestExtra";
//send sms
SmsManager sms = SmsManager.getDefault();
sms.sendTextMessage(phone, null, message, null, null);
//Show we got here
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Code Executed... SMS Passed on.", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
//Save SMS
//this.SaveSMS(getApplicationContext(), phone, message);
}
private void SaveSMS(Context inContext, String inAddress, String inBody) {
try {
ContentValues values = new ContentValues();
values.put("address", inAddress);
values.put("body", inBody);
values.put("read", 1);
values.put("date", System.currentTimeMillis());
//values.put("status", delivered);
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.KITKAT) {
Uri uri = Telephony.Sms.Sent.CONTENT_URI;
inContext.getApplicationContext().getContentResolver().insert(uri, values);
}
else {
inContext.getApplicationContext().getContentResolver().insert(Uri.parse("content://sms/sent"), values);
}
//notify of the save
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "SMS SAVED (Maybe)", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
} catch (Exception ex) {
//notify of the Failure
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "SMS Failed to save (" + ex.getMessage() + ")", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
}
}
As Mentioned this is not saving the Message to the Send folder for my Android Oreo Phone.
According the the Android documentation this is meant to happen.
Note: Beginning with Android 4.4 (API level 19), if and only if an app is not selected as the default SMS app, the system automatically writes messages sent using this method to the SMS Provider (the default SMS app is always responsible for writing its sent messages to the SMS Provider). For information about how to behave as the default SMS app, see Telephony.
As a workaround I tried to save the message manually. At the bottom of the SendSMS function this is commented out. However running this code did not cause an exception but did not save the SMS to the send folder either. This also works fine on older phones. I am unsure if this is a related issue.
Am I missing anything here?? Can anyone help? :)
