Android | Set SMS Body?

[Henry]

Hello,

Does anyone know if you can create a new SMS AND pass text for the
body? I know the sms uri will create a new sms and you can pass a
recipient phone number - but I don't believe you can pass text for the
body? Anyone have any info on this?

I don't need the app to send the sms on it's own, just open the sms
app with pre-filled recipient and body info and the user can press the
send button.

Any ideas? I've searched around and can't find any answers :(

Thanks!

[Dezső Róbert]

Hi,

I have the same problem and tried different URIs on different phone without any success. I think simply you can't set the message body. I I think the only solution is to write a plugin in JAVA that sends an SMS.

Robert

2011/3/13 Henry <henry...@gmail.com>

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[Henry]

I think I may have a solution, but it will require me to edit
droidgap.java , I not know how to do that. It seems later version of
phonegap uses classes? And those are compiled files? Any idea how to
edit those? I hope I can try my solution and share it with everyone.

On Mar 13, 1:09 am, Dezső Róbert <drobee...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I have the same problem and tried different URIs on different phone without
> any success. I think simply you can't set the message body. I I think the
> only solution is to write a plugin in JAVA that sends an SMS.
>
> Robert
>

> 2011/3/13 Henry <henryle...@gmail.com>

[Joe McCann]

You'll need to create a custom URI and register it's intent in the
manifest. Essentially you'll need to "override" the default SMS://
scheme and create your own like

mysms://

Then, you'll most likely need to create the JavaScript bridge to
manage this intent resolution. Sounds possible, but definitely not
trivial.

[Henry Levak]

This is exactly what I'm going to take a stab at. I wanted to modify
the existing override.. Where do I do this?I was thinking
droidgap.class but don't don't think I can there..

[Henry Levak]

Here is what I was thinking.. in DroidGap.java  PhoneGap already overriders the sms uri..

// If sms:5551212

            else if (url.startsWith("sms:")) {

            	try {

            		Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);

            		intent.setData(Uri.parse(url));

            		intent.putExtra("address", url.substring(4));

            		intent.setType("vnd.android-dir/mms-sms");

            		startActivity(intent);

            	} catch (android.content.ActivityNotFoundException e) {

            		System.out.println("Error sending sms "+url+":"+ e.toString());

            	}

            	return true;

            }  	



If I could just change the "intent.putExtra("address", url.substring(4));" to 
"intent.putExtra("sms_body", url.substring(4));"


I think that may work? You wouldn't be able to put a recipient address there but you could fill in the body.
Clearly I'm not an Android developer, so maybe this is a waste of time - but I can't figure out how to even try this.

[Bryce Curtis]

Henry,

Thanks for pointing out this problem. It has been fixed in commit
https://github.com/phonegap/phonegap-android/commit/7344964c05cdaa3598eaf72de68ceb8157241d7f
and will be in 0.9.5. You can specify an sms message by using the uri
"sms:#?body=The message".

Thanks,
Bryce

On Mar 13, 2:34 pm, Henry Levak <henryle...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Here is what I was thinking.. in DroidGap.java  PhoneGap already overriders
> the sms uri..
>
> // If sms:5551212
>             else if (url.startsWith("sms:")) {
>                 try {
>                         Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
>                         intent.setData(Uri.parse(url));
>                         intent.putExtra("address", url.substring(4));
>                         intent.setType("vnd.android-dir/mms-sms");
>                         startActivity(intent);
>                 } catch (android.content.ActivityNotFoundException e) {
>                         System.out.println("Error sending sms "+url+":"+ e.toString());
>                 }
>                 return true;
>             }  
>
> If I could just change the "intent.putExtra("address", url.substring(4));" to
> "intent.putExtra("sms_body", url.substring(4));"
>
> I think that may work? You wouldn't be able to put a recipient address
> there but you could fill in the body.
> Clearly I'm not an Android developer, so maybe this is a waste of time
> - but I can't figure out how to even try this.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 10:10 AM, Henry Levak <henryle...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > This is exactly what I'm going to take a stab at. I wanted to modify
> > the existing override..  Where do I do this?I was thinking
> > droidgap.class but don't don't think I can there..
>

[@neavilag (Norman)]

Great, how or what we have to do to get the update? sorry new to PG and was looking for this, will this apply to BB and Iphone ??

[Henry Levak]

So cool, thanks Joe and Bryce!

[Bryce Curtis]

Norman,

To get this fix, you will need to download source from github - or
wait until 0.9.5 is available in about a month.

I will have to check with others to see if this already works
correctly on BB and iOS. If not a ticket will be opened to fix (if
possible).

Regards,
Bryce

On Mar 14, 12:08 am, Henry Levak <henryle...@gmail.com> wrote:
> So cool, thanks Joe and Bryce!
>

> On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 8:39 PM, Bryce Curtis <curtis.br...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
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> > Henry,
>
> > Thanks for pointing out this problem.  It has been fixed in commit
>

> >https://github.com/phonegap/phonegap-android/commit/7344964c05cdaa359...

[Norman E. Avila G.]

Thanks for your information.

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