Receive broadcast when send an sms

Question

How to receive broadcast when a user sends SMS from his Android phone? I am creating an application which is taking track of sent SMS and calls. I am done with the calls part, please help me with the SMS. Note that sms are sent by the phone not any application.

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  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
            super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
            setContentView(VIEW_RESOURCE_ID);

            SendSmsObserver smsObeserver = (new SendSmsObserver(new Handler()));
            ContentResolver contentResolver = this.getContentResolver();
            contentResolver.registerContentObserver(Uri.parse("content://sms"),true, smsObeserver);
        }


    public class SendSmsObserver extends ContentObserver {

            public SendSmsObserver(Handler handler) {
                super(handler);
            }

            @Override
            public void onChange(boolean selfChange) {
                super.onChange(selfChange);
                // save the message to the SD card here

                 Log.d("sent sms", "one text send");

            }
        }

check this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7550178/intercepting-outgoing-sms/7790755#7790755 — Vineet Shukla, Mar 16 '12 at 05:36
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5808577/android-listen-outgoing-sms-or-sent-box — Calvin, Mar 16 '12 at 05:38
Duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/990558/android-broadcast-receiver-for-sent-sms-messages — Dheeraj Vepakomma, Mar 16 '12 at 06:13
see this question [link][1] [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8991339/observe-sms-sending-app-in-emulator/9582426#9582426 — Girish Bhutiya, Mar 20 '12 at 13:47
there is an difference between both i was asking for phone and http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8991339/observe-sms-sending-app-in-emulator/9582426#9582426 was asked for emulator @Girish bhutia — vipin, Aug 28 '12 at 11:55

vipin · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-27T06:29:18.273

2

I found the answer

public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
                super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
                setContentView(VIEW_RESOURCE_ID);

                SendSmsObserver smsObeserver = (new SendSmsObserver(new Handler()));
                ContentResolver contentResolver = this.getContentResolver();
                contentResolver.registerContentObserver(Uri.parse("content://sms"),true, smsObeserver);
            }


        public class SendSmsObserver extends ContentObserver {

                public SendSmsObserver(Handler handler) {
                    super(handler);
                }

                @Override
                public void onChange(boolean selfChange) {
                    super.onChange(selfChange);
                    // save the message to the SD card here

                     Log.d("sent sms", "one text send");

                }
            }

edited Apr 27 '13 at 06:29

answered Mar 20 '12 at 13:33

vipin

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what about if i want to track the sms sent but for which the sms that was delivered by the app instead of the built-in function? – gumuruh Aug 06 '14 at 23:30
The SMS sending application is your application or any third party application ? – vipin Aug 07 '14 at 05:50
I don't know why but it logs each sms sent event 5 times. – Usman Apr 22 '17 at 16:13

score 1 · Answer 2 · 2012-03-20T16:19:43.097

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You could build on CallLog. The CallLog provider contains information about placed and received calls.

The Following code can work

Cursor c = null; try {
    c = getContentResolver().query(CallLog.Calls.CONTENT_URI, null, null, null, null);
    if (c != null && c.moveToFirst()) {
        do {
            int duration = c.getInt(c.getColumnIndex(CallLog.Calls.DURATION));
            // do something with duration
        } while (c.moveToNext());
    } } finally {
    if (c != null) {
        c.close();
    } }

--------------------------ADDED NEW SOLUTION------------------------

Have a look at: http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/thread/9bc7d7ba0229a1d2

and : http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=914

Basically, you can do it by registering a content observer on the SMS message store.Try this:

  ContentResolver contentResolver = this.getContentResolver();
        contentResolver.registerContentObserver(Uri.parse("content://sms"),true, smsObeserver);

edited Mar 20 '12 at 16:19

answered Mar 16 '12 at 05:40

with calls i have done but the only problem is in getting sent sms broadcast – vipin Mar 19 '12 at 05:23
have you checked http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5808577/android-listen-outgoing-sms-or-sent-box – Mar 19 '12 at 06:11
yes i have checked and i am not getting logs please take a look at my code – vipin Mar 19 '12 at 06:24
i see you have done the content observer part... see the two new link i have added...it may help you out – Mar 19 '12 at 07:18
this line was causing problem madcontentResolver.registerContentObserver(Uri.parse("content:// sms/out"),true, myObserver); – vipin Mar 20 '12 at 13:26

Receive broadcast when send an sms

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