Android Question Intent does not open SMS & Take pictures applications

[ciginfo]

Bonjour,
Intent opens the SMS app on certain Smartphones, not on all smartphones. Idem to take pictures

Sub Btn_Click   
    Dim number, message As String
    number = "0123456789"
    message = "Hello"
    Dim In As Intent
    In.Initialize(In.ACTION_VIEW, "sms:" & number)
    In.PutExtra("sms_body",  Message)
    StartActivity(In)
End sub

This code works on some smartphones and not others
Thank you

 

[JohnC]

Try this code (if it works, please mark it as the "solution"):

Dim iIntent As Intent  

iIntent.Initialize("android.intent.action.SEND", "")  

iIntent.SetType("text/plain")  

iIntent.PutExtra("address", TelNum)        'TelNum = number to send to (just numbers)
   
iIntent.PutExtra("sms_body", SMSText)        'SMSText is text to be included in message
iIntent.PutExtra("android.intent.extra.TEXT", SMSText)
   
iIntent.Flags = 268435456    'FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK

Dim JO As JavaObject      
JO.InitializeContext
JO.RunMethod("startActivity", Array(iIntent))

 

[ciginfo]

No, This code refers to Whatsapp and not to SMS.

And what means

iIntent.Flags = 268435456    'FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK

 

[JohnC]

No, This code refers to Whatsapp and not to SMS.

And what means

iIntent.Flags = 268435456    'FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK

Try doing a "Clear Defaults" for the Whatsapp and when you run your app again, select your SMS app and select "Always".

I believe I added that flag so that if you try to run your app again, it won't instantly jump to the SMS app by mistake because the last intent was still active.

 

[ciginfo]

Like this it works, but the person who downloads the app will not know that this is necessary. My previous code went directly to SMS