How to open incoming sms from notification directly to my application's intent as textview or listview?

Question

I want to open incoming sms from notification directly to my application's intent , Please help I tried following code to read sms from inbox

public class SmsReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver
    {
        public static String BODY = "Test";
        public static String ADDRESS = "5556";
        @Override
        public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) 
        {
            //---get the SMS message passed in---
            Bundle bundle = intent.getExtras();        
            SmsMessage[] msgs = null;
            String str = "";            
            if (bundle != null)
            {
                //---retrieve the SMS message received---
                Object[] pdus = (Object[]) bundle.get("pdus");
                msgs = new SmsMessage[pdus.length];            
                for (int i=0; i<msgs.length; i++){
                    msgs[i] = SmsMessage.createFromPdu((byte[])pdus[i]);                
                    str += "SMS from " + msgs[i].getOriginatingAddress();                     
                    str += " :";
                    str += msgs[i].getMessageBody().toString();
                    str += "\n";
                    ADDRESS=msgs[i].getOriginatingAddress();
                    BODY=str;

                }
                //---display the new SMS message---
                Toast.makeText(context, str, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
            }    

Answer 1

When a new SMS is received by your device, the android creates a intent and broadcasts the SMS_RECEIVED_ACTION. What you are going to do is create an Intent Filter for the activity of your application that handles the SMS that the phone receives.

When the phone gets a new SMS message and the user clicks on the notification, she is presented with a dialog of apps that can handle this action*****. Your app should be there, and when she decides that she wants your app to handle the incoming message then you can use the getMessagesFromIntent method in order to extract the message (you use that method inside your app).

PS: You cannot set your app as the default message app, which you probably need to do. The user has to explicitly choose your app to open the message, and if she wants it to be the default messaging app (by ticking the set as default checkbox).

Note: It looks like you have to create a broadcast receiver that receives the SMS_RECEIVED_ACTION which you can use prior to API 19 as a constant at android.provider.Telephony.SMS_RECEIVED and launch your own notifications in which you direct the user directly to the application of yours. Unfortunately it seems that the default messaging app will still issue notifications.

Credit: @Mike M.