android.provider.Telephony.SMS_RECEIVED not available

Question

I'm trying to create a new SMS receive listner.

I have googled the problem and all I found was it requires

android.provider.Telephony.SMS_RECEIVED

but it doesnt exist in android 2.2

how to listen to new incoming messages is my question.!

Answer 1

You are looking for android.provider.Telephony.SMS_RECEIVED_ACTION that corresponds to string value android.provider.Telephony.SMS_RECEIVED.

public static final String SMS_RECEIVED_ACTION =
                "android.provider.Telephony.SMS_RECEIVED";

Check out this question on how to do it: BroadcastReceiver + SMS_RECEIVED