Android Question [SOLVED] Android 5.1.1 and received SMS

[Claudio Parmigiani]

Hi all,
I'm not able to handle/parse received SMS with a 5.1.1 device.

No problems (with other devices) up to release 5.0.2.

The service dedicated to handle SMSs, which usually come up at the first sms received, does not show any sign of life.
Even if I start it "manually" it seems to ignore every SMS event.

Here follows my manifest:

AddManifestText(
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="4" android:targetSdkVersion="14"/>
<supports-screens android:largeScreens="true"
    android:normalScreens="true"
    android:smallScreens="true"
    android:anyDensity="true"/>)
SetApplicationAttribute(android:icon, "@drawable/icon")
SetApplicationAttribute(android:label, "$LABEL$")
AddPermission(android.permission.MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS)
AddPermission("android.permission.CALL_PHONE")
AddPermission(android.permission.DISABLE_KEYGUARD)
AddPermission(android.permission.RECEIVE_SMS)
AddReceiverText(SMSIntercept,
<intent-filter>
    <action android:name="android.provider.Telephony.SMS_RECEIVED" />
</intent-filter>)

Any clue ?
Thank you for the support, as usual.
Regards,
Claudio.

 

[Erel]

I guess that you've implemented this code: Intent Filters - Intercepting SMS messages in the background
right?

Are you testing it in release mode?

Make sure not to kill the app from the recent apps list as it will stop receiving intents.

 

[Claudio Parmigiani]

Erel,
that is exactly the code I've been using since a long time.

The app is running in release mode and it is in foreground.

BR,
C.

 

[Claudio Parmigiani]

Solved,
for some reason... something goes wrong between the "SMS service" and another one:

If I remove the

#StartCommandReturnValue: android.app.Service.START_STICKY

from the other service, the SMSes are handled correctly.

This thing does not happen with previous Android versions...

Thank you for the support,
BR,
Claudio.

 

[Claudio Parmigiani]

Hi,
just to mark this thread as "definitively closed": the mistake was mine and the previous suggestion is irrelevant.

My APP wasn't receiving SMS because... I wasn't sending SMS to it.
Instead, I was sending "chat" messages.

Chat service is enabled by default on new Samsung devices, 'SMS mode' must be activated manually.
Unfortunately the messages appearance is the same of SMSes, and they are generated by the usual SMS APP.

My apologies.
Best Regards,
Claudio