Make as Default SMS Application

[madSac]

I want to make my SMS application as default smsing application.
Like on hitting send option comes to select an app to send SMS & make it default too

 

[Erel]

You can add an intent filter as described here: Making alternative SMS sender default in Android - Stack Overflow
See also this tutorial (about intent filters): Intent Filters - Intercepting SMS messages in the background

It will most probably not work from other SMS apps as they send the messages directly (compared to sending intents).

 

[madSac]

You can add an intent filter as described here: Making alternative SMS sender default in Android - Stack Overflow
See also this tutorial (about intent filters): Intent Filters - Intercepting SMS messages in the background

It will most probably not work from other SMS apps as they send the messages directly (compared to sending intents).

i used below code but it didn't worked...?

AddManifestText(
<activity android:name="MainActivity">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
<action android:name="android.intent.action.SENDTO" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
<data android:scheme="sms" />
<data android:scheme="smsto" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>)

 

[Erel]

It will most probably not work from other SMS apps as they send the messages directly (compared to sending intents).

This is why I wrote the above sentence...

 

[madSac]

So what should i do now ?

 

[Erel]

It is not possible to intercept SMS messages from apps that send them directly.

 

[madSac]

Any method to just open application ...?

 

[Erel]

I'm sorry but I do not understand your question.

 

[madSac]

I'm sorry but I do not understand your question.

can i just make app to appear in options menu when user open an contact to send sms. & also to make it as default app ?

 

[Erel]

Have you followed the steps I wrote in post #2? The user should be able to choose your app.

 

[madSac]

Have you followed the steps I wrote in post #2? The user should be able to choose your app.

yes, I followed may be I would be wrong somewhere
Sorry,
But can you please post the code........


I am again sorry if I irritated you.......

 

[Erel]

You should add the intent filter to the activity.

You shouldn't use AddManifestText. Instead use AddActivityText(main, ...) and only add the intent filter not the activity declaration.

You can open AndroidManifest.xml after you compile your program to see the result.

 

[madSac]

It worked ...but how to get mobile number of selected contact to an object/variable ?
<code>
AddActivityText(main,<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.SENDTO" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
<data android:scheme="sms" />
<data android:scheme="smsto" />
</intent-filter>)</code>

 

[Roger Garstang]

You will need to parse the Intent data to get any number or information passed to your application. (Activity.GetStartingIntent)

 

[madSac]

You will need to parse the Intent data to get any number or information passed to your application. (Activity.GetStartingIntent)

Can you please explain it i am new to b4a.

 

[madSac]

done thank you for guiding me
i used below code

Dim tmpint As Intent
Dim su As StringUtils
tmpint=Activity.GetStartingIntent
If tmpint.Action="android.intent.action.SENDTO" Then
Dim splt() As String
splt=Regex.Split(":", tmpint.GetData)
tomobile.text=su.DecodeUrl(splt(1),"UTF8")
End If