How to send sms in android

We can send sms in android via intent. You need to write only 4 lines of code the send sms in android.

 //Getting intent and PendingIntent instance Intent intent=new Intent(getApplicationContext(),MainActivity.class); PendingIntent pi=PendingIntent.getActivity(getApplicationContext(), 0, intent,0);  //Get the SmsManager instance and call the sendTextMessage method to send message SmsManager sms=SmsManager.getDefault(); sms.sendTextMessage(“8802177690”, null, “hello tutoraspire”, pi,null); 

Example of sending sms in android

activity_main.xml

Drag the 2 edittexts, 2 textviews and 1 button from the pallete, now the activity_main.xml file will like this:

File: activity_main.xml

 <RelativeLayout xmlns:androclass=”http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android”     xmlns:tools=”http://schemas.android.com/tools”     android:layout_width=”match_parent”     android:layout_height=”match_parent”     tools:context=”.MainActivity” >      <EditText         android:id=”@+id/editText1″         android:layout_width=”wrap_content”         android:layout_height=”wrap_content”         android:layout_alignParentRight=”true”         android:layout_alignParentTop=”true”         android:layout_marginRight=”20dp”         android:ems=”10″ />      <EditText         android:id=”@+id/editText2″         android:layout_width=”wrap_content”         android:layout_height=”wrap_content”         android:layout_alignLeft=”@+id/editText1″         android:layout_below=”@+id/editText1″         android:layout_marginTop=”26dp”         android:ems=”10″         android:inputType=”textMultiLine” />      <TextView         android:id=”@+id/textView1″         android:layout_width=”wrap_content”         android:layout_height=”wrap_content”         android:layout_alignBaseline=”@+id/editText1″         android:layout_alignBottom=”@+id/editText1″         android:layout_toLeftOf=”@+id/editText1″         android:text=”Mobile No:” />      <TextView         android:id=”@+id/textView2″         android:layout_width=”wrap_content”         android:layout_height=”wrap_content”         android:layout_alignBaseline=”@+id/editText2″         android:layout_alignBottom=”@+id/editText2″         android:layout_alignLeft=”@+id/textView1″         android:text=”Message:” />      <Button         android:id=”@+id/button1″         android:layout_width=”wrap_content”         android:layout_height=”wrap_content”         android:layout_alignLeft=”@+id/editText2″         android:layout_below=”@+id/editText2″         android:layout_marginLeft=”34dp”         android:layout_marginTop=”48dp”         android:text=”Send SMS” />  </RelativeLayout> 

Write the permission code in Android-Manifest.xml file

You need to write SEND_SMS permission as given below:

File: Android-Manifest.xml

 <?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”utf-8″?> <manifest  xmlns:androclass=”http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android”     package=”com.example.sendsms”     android:versionCode=”1″     android:versionName=”1.0″ >      <uses-sdk         android:minSdkVersion=”8″         android:targetSdkVersion=”16″ />      <uses-permission android:name=”android.permission.SEND_SMS”/>        <uses-permission android:name=”android.permission.RECEIVE_SMS”/>      <application         android:allowBackup=”true”         android:icon=”@drawable/ic_launcher”         android:label=”@string/app_name”         android:theme=”@style/AppTheme” >         <activity             android:name=”com.example.sendsms.MainActivity”             android:label=”@string/app_name” >             <intent-filter>                 <action android:name=”android.intent.action.MAIN” />                  <category android:name=”android.intent.category.LAUNCHER” />             </intent-filter>         </activity>     </application>  </manifest> 

Activity class

Let’s write the code to make the phone call via intent.

File: MainActivity.java

 package com.example.sendsms;  import android.os.Bundle; import android.app.Activity; import android.app.PendingIntent; import android.content.Intent; import android.telephony.SmsManager; import android.view.Menu; import android.view.View; import android.view.View.OnClickListener; import android.widget.Button; import android.widget.EditText; import android.widget.Toast;  public class MainActivity extends Activity {  EditText mobileno,message; Button sendsms;     @Override     protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);         setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);                  mobileno=(EditText)findViewById(R.id.editText1);         message=(EditText)findViewById(R.id.editText2);         sendsms=(Button)findViewById(R.id.button1);          //Performing action on button click         sendsms.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {  @Override public void onClick(View arg0) { String no=mobileno.getText().toString(); String msg=message.getText().toString();  //Getting intent and PendingIntent instance Intent intent=new Intent(getApplicationContext(),MainActivity.class); PendingIntent pi=PendingIntent.getActivity(getApplicationContext(), 0, intent,0);  //Get the SmsManager instance and call the sendTextMessage method to send message SmsManager sms=SmsManager.getDefault(); sms.sendTextMessage(no, null, msg, pi,null);  Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), “Message Sent successfully!”, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show(); } });     }      @Override     public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {         // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.         getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.activity_main, menu);         return true;     }      }  

download this example

Install and Run the apk file on the Real Device (e.g. Mobile) to send the sms.

Output:

android send sms example output 1

android send sms example output 2

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activity_main.xml

Write the permission code in Android-Manifest.xml file

Activity class

Install and Run the apk file on the Real Device (e.g. Mobile) to send the sms.

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