Sending SMS via wifi

AlpVir

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I would like to create an app that allows you to send SMS messages, using:
1) smartphone (with this particular app installed) and wifi enabled;
2) a PC with a specific program (also to be developed, preferably using VB6);
3) wi-fi router.
All of this can already be done (in part) with the free excellent app AirDroid (Google Play).
Unfortunately:
a) I need to send SMS by reading a database, not writing them one by one as you can do with AirDroid;
b) the interface is a browser on the PC side, I would conversely need to have a normal interface of a normal PC program.
Assuming that I have a great experience (I think) in VB6 and a discrete (in the course of aging) with B4A I was wondering if anyone can tell me what to begin studying to achieve the above.
If you want to know "B4A Bridge" (which if I remember correctly we have source) already does something like this (that connects the PC - via wifi - with your smartphone).
It is, for me, to act with a similar logic and work on SMS rather than installing new applications on your smartphone.
Suggestions are welcome, of course.
Thanks in advance.
 
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richard123

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There was an app on Google Play called RemoteSMS. Unlike all the other "send sms from your pc", this one ran as a web server on your phone and allowed you to POST (or GET - I can't recall right now) the number and the text - totally unencrypted in plain text - over your local wifi.

This meant you could very easily integrate it into your own software - whether the software runs as a standalone application or in a browser.

That's what I did. I have a CRM software thing that runs in a browser on a webserver. I have canned messages that I send to clients via sms. The messages are stored in a database and are customised for each client (with name etc).

RemoteSMS went hand in hand with RemoteCall (from the same developer), which gave you an interface so you can initiate a call over wifi by clicking a link in a browser or in a standalone desktop app.

That's why I'm here, by the way. Both these great apps recently disappeared from Google Play, and I need to re-create them (although will probably customize them a bit to suit my purposes even better).

I have copies of both these apps and can send to you if you like. RemoteSMS was not free, but as it's no longer on sale, I don't think anyone cares if I share.
 
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