this completes my sms trilogy. i've shared 2 earlier projects: my sms forwarder and my "out of office"
auto-reply. the current project - RSMS - involves sending sms from my laptop through an android device.
i, for one, have difficulty "typing" messages on a smartphone's keyboard. i do use a bluetooth keyboard
occasionally, but even that is not as responsive as a desktop keyboard (i am an all-fingers "touch" typist).
rather than re-invent the wheel, as is my wont, i've taken 2 of erel's examples (network sampler and
sendmultipartsmsmessage) and made a b4j driver and a b4a sms sender. images below.
you create your sms on your desktop pc, click on the send button, and your android device sends the sms.
since i already have sms forwarding in place, i could have the android device forward any responses back
to me on the desktop.
i realize it may be possible to send text messages from a pc (eg, through a dedicated service or even gmail), but
there are some legal issues in my part of the world relating to spoofing phone numbers for the purpose of sending texts.
in any case, i found it easy enough to use my pc to create an sms and then to let my phone send it.
auto-reply. the current project - RSMS - involves sending sms from my laptop through an android device.
i, for one, have difficulty "typing" messages on a smartphone's keyboard. i do use a bluetooth keyboard
occasionally, but even that is not as responsive as a desktop keyboard (i am an all-fingers "touch" typist).
rather than re-invent the wheel, as is my wont, i've taken 2 of erel's examples (network sampler and
sendmultipartsmsmessage) and made a b4j driver and a b4a sms sender. images below.
you create your sms on your desktop pc, click on the send button, and your android device sends the sms.
since i already have sms forwarding in place, i could have the android device forward any responses back
to me on the desktop.
i realize it may be possible to send text messages from a pc (eg, through a dedicated service or even gmail), but
there are some legal issues in my part of the world relating to spoofing phone numbers for the purpose of sending texts.
in any case, i found it easy enough to use my pc to create an sms and then to let my phone send it.
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