Multimedia Message Service(MMS) is an extension of the Short Message Service(SMS) protocol which allows for multimedia to be passed in messages. Microsoft Media Server(MMS) is Microsoft's proprietary network streaming protocol for Windows Media.
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Sending and Receiving SMS and MMS in Android (pre Kit Kat Android 4.4)
I have figured out how to send and receive SMS messages. To send SMS messages I had to call the sendTextMessage() and sendMultipartTextMessage() methods of the SmsManager class. To receive SMS messages, I had to register a receiver in the…

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How to Read MMS Data in Android?
I want to read MMS data I have seen the part table in the mmssms.db where the mms entries are stored; I am using a cursor and I want to know the appropriate URI; I am using "content://mms-sms/conversations" and the Column names of "Address"(Sent…

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How to send image via MMS in Android?
I am working on a multimedia application. I am capturing one image through the camera and want to send that image with a text to some other number. But I am not getting how to send the image via the MMS.

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Google's Messenger app not attach Image while send MMS
I'm unable to send MMS with image on Google's Messenger app.
While some of the android device by default install this SMS app and for that when I send MMS using Intent than it's not working.
The problem is ToNumber and MMS content set but the image…

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Android: Is there a universal way to send the MMS on any android devices?
This code works on the plain google devices with native android system. But there is no MMS app in the list on htc sense devices and I don't know about Motorola Blur etc.:
final Intent emailIntent = new…

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Save/Create MMS in inbox Android
I am working on an Application which needs to be able to Save/Create a new MMS in inbox or Sent folders but I cant figure out the way.
I tried the following code but it gave me exception:
ContentValues values = new…

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How to attach a Bitmap when launching ACTION_SEND intent
I have this code:
Intent intent = new Intent();
intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
startActivity(intent);
Which will successfully launch a Messaging App on Android.
But how can I attach a Bitmap object when launching the intent?
I have…

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MFMessageComposeViewController iOS7 addAttachmentData:typeIdentifier:filename: not working
I want to attach an image to a MMS, on iOS7. I wrote following code:
MFMessageComposeViewController *messageController = [[MFMessageComposeViewController alloc] init];
messageController.messageComposeDelegate = self;
NSData *imgData =…

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Send MMS from My application in android
I want to send MMS from my application to a specific number. I've searched and found this code but I have no idea if this code what I need or not.
My Questions is :
-can anyone explain this code to me.i am beginner in MMS.
-also, i thought this…

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Android: what to do with application/smil MIME type
I am using code similar to another SO post. But my MIME type for every MMS is "application/smil". How do I determine if the MMS contains a picture, audio, text, etc?
Here is the code I am using at the moment:
String selectionPart = "mid…

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Receive MMS messages in Android KitKat
So this video Android 4.4 SMS APIs from #DevBytes explains the recent changes to the SMS APIs in KitKat. They also provide a link with a sample project. http://goo.gl/uQ3Nih
They suggest that you handle the receive of an MMS in a service. Which…

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Special characters in Android sms
I've observed this issue for years now, not knowing where it came from. I am concerned that this bug is still observable in the new versions of Android, in 2011, and I hope you can finally help me to fully understand it, if not solve it.
Let's…

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MMS query only returns message size of sent attachments
I'm currently querying the Android sms/mms database to retrieve all MMS messages received and sent. Everything works fine, but I noticed that the column m_size only has a value for MMS messages that were sent (not received).
Here's the query:
final…

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android mms download mms content through mms url
I am trying to download the MMS picture content through the MMS url, but it returns with a 403 (Forbidden) server response with an invalid MSISDN number. I have pasted my code below for reference. Thanks in advance!
private static boolean…

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Is there a way to download an MMS from command line using curl or wget?
I'm doing some Android malware research for MMS based attacks. And I'm looking for a manual way to retrieve or download a received MMS message. I was hoping to find some curl or wget lines to be able to do so, but have not found anything useful.
So…

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