How To Send an SMS in Sailforms

[Chris]

With Version 1.9.9k you can now execute Android Uri Intents.

Here's how to send an SMS

Create a PHONE Text field and a BODY Text field.

Create a URI Text Field and add the math equation

="smsto:"+PHONE+"?sms_body="+encode(BODY)

You need to encode the Body to make sure special Uri values are encoded correctly.

You actually can do multiple values following the ?. Separate each with a &

Make sure your unknown values are encoded

?address=encode(Address)&body=encode(body)&more=encode(Value)

Add a button and set the command

Uri Intent SENDTO "yourForm" URI field

In Android Code it would look like this

Intent intent = new Intent(ACTION_SENDTO, Uri.parse("smsto:1234567890")

intent.putExtra("sms_body", BodyValue);

startActivity(intent);

[schotterfahrer]

Hey interesting! Could we have this for email fields too? I mean BODY and SUBJECT?

[technologic]

Schotterfahrer,

You already have it for email

[Octazid]

Hi,
great stuff! And can we make an attachment to the mail?
Thanks!

[technologic]

Octazid,

I don’t think ‘mailto’  supports attachments.

[Octazid]

Ok, thanks!

[Chris]

mainto: requires the addresses to be an Array of names. I am thinking of a "Hack" way to do this.

Attachements are filenames.

[davro]

HI!

I am new to Sailforms and found it very useful

I am wondering how do I enter the "encode(BODY)" in the formula

[MikeG]

encode should be available as a command (URL encode text) in your URI text field, and body is a reference to the field holding the message body.

[davro]

Thanks MikeG. I will try that.

[Doyler]

Hi

I tried to enter   ="smsto:"...   and couldn't enter an = before the double quotes - how?

Also, why can Sailforms not introduce a very simple means of opening an SMS option from a phone icon in Sailforms in the same way as it opens an email option from an email icon?   This would then be universal throughout Sailforms no matter in which form a phone number occurred?   In the Mememto database clicking on a phone number gives 2 options - phonecall or SMS.  Surely this can't be very complicated?  In hope.  Mary

[Chris]

Here is how you send an SMS

Add a Text Field for the PHONE number.

Add a Text Field for the MESSAGE.

Add a Text Field for the SMS.

Setup a Math Equation for the SMS

"smsto:"+PHONE+"?sms_body="+encode(MESSAGE)

Add a Button

Add the command Uri Intent

Pick the action ACTION_SENDTO

Pick the Field SMS

Clicking on the button will execute the Android Action SEND_TO with the SMS as a Uri.

 

Since this is a Uri, the MESSAGE must be encoded to allow all characters. encode(MESSAGE)