Search code examples
androidsmsmessagingandroid-contentprovider

What is the Android sent sms intent?

Hey! I'd like to know which is the intent android sends when it sends a message. And how can I listen for this intent in my application. I wanted that, when I send a message in native android messaging, my application listen this intent, so it will know a new message has been sent.

So, which one is it, and how to listen for this intent?

Thanks.

Solution

  • I believe the Intent is:

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

    This guy had an article about how to build a BroadcastReceiver to do this.

    http://mobiforge.com/developing/story/sms-messaging-android

    However, I did a quick search through the Android documentation and couldn't find an android.provider.Telephony class. It may no longer be supported in the latest version of Android. However, its worth trying out. If you could respond back with a comment to let me know if this intent still works or not that'd be awesome. Not sure why it's not on the documentation site.

    Here's a similar question about listening for sms received events:

    android.provider.Telephony.SMS_RECEIVED not available