How to get raw SMS bytes on Android?

I know how to retrieve SMS in Android, I get plenty of details such as sender, date, thread_id etc. However, I would like to get raw GSM message (in form of byte array e.g.), that is received by the device.

Is that possible? How to get this?

Solution

Try SmsMessage.GetPdu, which returns a byte array.

The key term to look for is "PDU" = Protocol Data Unit, i.e. the contents of the SMS protocol message that is created when an SMS is sent or received over the network.