How to send sms in Android/Send Sms in Android

How to send sms in Android/Send Sms in Android

In this article, I I’ll show you to how to send SMS in your android phone. I think one of the most simple application you are going to create is sending sms. You need only two lines of codes to send sms to your friends mobile

SmsManager smsManager=SmsManager.getDefault();

smsManager.sendTextMessage(“destinationnumber”, “sourcenumber”, “Subject”, null, null);

Here, sendTextMessage()method contain five arguments. Last two arguments indicates pending intent to monitor the sending process. If you are a beginner, and don’t know much about intents and pending intents then set those fields as null.  Also set permission in the manifest file to send SMS

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.SEND_SMS">

main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"     android:orientation="vertical"     android:layout_width="fill_parent"     android:layout_height="fill_parent"     >     <EditText     android:layout_height="wrap_content"     android:id="@+id/editText1"     android:hint="Phone number"     android:layout_width="match_parent"     android:inputType="phone">           </EditText>     <EditText     android:layout_height="200dp"     android:hint="Subject"     android:layout_marginTop="20dp"     android:id="@+id/editText2"     android:layout_width="match_parent"     android:inputType="textMultiLine">             </EditText>     <Button android:text="Send"     android:id="@+id/button1"     android:layout_width="match_parent"     android:layout_height="wrap_content"     android:layout_marginTop="10dp"     android:clickable="true"     android:onClick="sendSms">     </Button> </LinearLayout>

SendSMSActivity .java

package com.example.SendSMS; import android.app.Activity; import android.os.Bundle; import android.telephony.SmsManager; import android.view.View; import android.widget.EditText; public class SendSMSActivity extends Activity {                 EditText number,subject;                 String tonumber,totext;     /** Called when the activity is first created. */     @Override     public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);         setContentView(R.layout.main);         number=(EditText)findViewById(R.id.editText1);         subject=(EditText)findViewById(R.id.editText2);           }     public  void sendSms(View v)     {                 tonumber=number.getText().toString();                 totext=subject.getText().toString();                 SmsManager smsManager=SmsManager.getDefault();         smsManager.sendTextMessage(tonumber, null, totext, null, null);                 } }

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