Android send sms by intent.createChooser

Question

This how I let the user send an sms:

Intent intentt = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
intentt.setType("text/plain");
intentt.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "");
intentt.putExtra("address", selecteditem_phone);
startActivityForResult(Intent.createChooser(intentt, ""), 0);

This brings up a list of a lot of apps. How can I tell android to bring up only the sms capable apps?

Kurtis Nusbaum · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-25T17:49:00.640

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Create your intent like this instead:

Intent intentt = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);         
intentt.setData(Uri.parse("sms:"));
intentt.setType("vnd.android-dir/mms-sms");
intentt.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "");
intentt.putExtra("address", selecteditem_phone);
startActivityForResult(Intent.createChooser(intentt, ""), 0);

edited Oct 25 '11 at 17:49

answered Oct 24 '11 at 16:17

Kurtis Nusbaum

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Good. This brings up a file explorer and quickoffice :) – erdomester Oct 25 '11 at 15:52
Instead of intentt.setType("text/plain"); the solution was intentt.setType("vnd.android-dir/mms-sms"); – erdomester Oct 25 '11 at 16:01
That is correct. I've edited my response to include this for canonical purposes. – Kurtis Nusbaum Oct 25 '11 at 17:49

Android send sms by intent.createChooser

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