As per the tile, I use the following code:
SmsManager smsManager = SmsManager.getDefault();
smsManager.sendTextMessage(sms_receiver, null, sms_content, null, null);
No errors and no exceptions. While the above seems to work fine in android studio's emulator that I use, when I install my app on my device, again no errors or crashes, but the message goes to my default SMS app as a draft with no recipient.
After searching I, was lead to believe that the fact my mobile phone is dual sim (although I have only one inserted in my device) is the problem and can be addressed by using the "scAddress" argument.
I'm still not sure if the above is right and I couldn't find a way to get the scAddress programmatically.
If it is at all relevant, the model I have is a Xiaomi Redmi Note 6 Pro and the API of the android app:
minSdkVersion 25
targetSdkVersion 29