HB Blog 5: How to send sms programmatically using phonegap and android?

The mobile application development landscape is filled with many ways to build a mobile app.
Among the most popular are:

    Native iOS,
    Native Android,
    PhoneGap,
    PhoneGap Android Cordova Library,
    Appcelerator Titanium.

1)PhoneGap Android Cordova Library:-

 Refer the below link for starting with phonegap:-

    http://docs.phonegap.com/en/2.0.0/guide_getting-started_android_index.md.html

Refer the below link for complete sample code:-
Download Sample Code
Download Apk File

 Few important snippets for sms:-

   MainActivity.java

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public class MainActivity extends DroidGap { @Override public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); // Set by <content src="index.html" /> in config.xml super.loadUrl(Config.getStartUrl()); //super.loadUrl("file:///android_asset/www/index.html") } }

  
  smsplugin.js

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var SmsPlugin = function () {}; SmsPlugin.prototype.send = function (phone, message, method, successCallback, failureCallback) { return PhoneGap.exec(successCallback, failureCallback, 'SmsPlugin', "SendSMS", [phone, message, method]); }; PhoneGap.addConstructor(function() { PhoneGap.addPlugin("sms", new SmsPlugin()); });

  
  index.html

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<script type="text/javascript"> $(document).ready(function() { //leave empty for sending sms using default intent $("#btnDefaultSMS").click(function(){ var number = $("#numberTxt").val(); var message = $("#messageTxt").val(); SmsPlugin.prototype.send(number, message, '', function () { alert('Message sent successfully'); }, function (e) { alert('Message Failed:' + e); } ); }); }); </script>

2)Native Android:-

 Refer the below link for starting with android:-

   https://developer.android.com/training/index.html

Refer the below link for complete sample code:-
Download Sample Code
Download Apk File

 Few important snippets for sms:-

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public void sendSMS(String phoneNumber,String message) { SmsManager smsManager = SmsManager.getDefault(); String SENT = "SMS_SENT"; String DELIVERED = "SMS_DELIVERED"; SmsManager sms = SmsManager.getDefault(); ArrayList<String> parts = sms.divideMessage(message); int messageCount = parts.size(); Log.i("Message Count", "Message Count: " + messageCount); ArrayList<PendingIntent> deliveryIntents = new ArrayList<PendingIntent>(); ArrayList<PendingIntent> sentIntents = new ArrayList<PendingIntent>(); PendingIntent sentPI = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this, 0, new Intent(SENT), 0); PendingIntent deliveredPI = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this, 0, new Intent(DELIVERED), 0); for (int j = 0; j < messageCount; j++) { sentIntents.add(sentPI); deliveryIntents.add(deliveredPI); } // ---when the SMS has been sent--- registerReceiver(new BroadcastReceiver() { @Override public void onReceive(Context arg0, Intent arg1) { switch (getResultCode()) { case Activity.RESULT_OK: Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), "SMS sent", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); break; case SmsManager.RESULT_ERROR_GENERIC_FAILURE: Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), "Generic failure", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); break; case SmsManager.RESULT_ERROR_NO_SERVICE: Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), "No service", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); break; case SmsManager.RESULT_ERROR_NULL_PDU: Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), "Null PDU", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); break; case SmsManager.RESULT_ERROR_RADIO_OFF: Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), "Radio off", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); break; } } }, new IntentFilter(SENT)); // ---when the SMS has been delivered--- registerReceiver(new BroadcastReceiver() { @Override public void onReceive(Context arg0, Intent arg1) { switch (getResultCode()) { case Activity.RESULT_OK: Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), "SMS delivered", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); break; case Activity.RESULT_CANCELED: Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), "SMS not delivered", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); break; } } }, new IntentFilter(DELIVERED)); smsManager.sendTextMessage(phoneNumber, null, message, sentPI, deliveredPI); /* sms.sendMultipartTextMessage(phoneNumber, null, parts, sentIntents, deliveryIntents); */ }