androidsms

Read all SMS from a particular sender


How do I read all SMSes from a particular sender to me? E.g. I want to scan a) the body, and b) the date/time of all SMSes that came from 'TM-MYAMEX' to the phone.

Some websites seem to indicate this can be read from "content://sms/inbox". I couldn't figure out exactly how. Also not sure if it is supported on most phones. I am using a Galaxy S2.


Solution

  • try this way:

    StringBuilder smsBuilder = new StringBuilder();
           final String SMS_URI_INBOX = "content://sms/inbox"; 
            final String SMS_URI_ALL = "content://sms/";  
            try {  
                Uri uri = Uri.parse(SMS_URI_INBOX);  
                String[] projection = new String[] { "_id", "address", "person", "body", "date", "type" };  
                Cursor cur = getContentResolver().query(uri, projection, "address='123456789'", null, "date desc");
                 if (cur.moveToFirst()) {  
                    int index_Address = cur.getColumnIndex("address");  
                    int index_Person = cur.getColumnIndex("person");  
                    int index_Body = cur.getColumnIndex("body");  
                    int index_Date = cur.getColumnIndex("date");  
                    int index_Type = cur.getColumnIndex("type");         
                    do {  
                        String strAddress = cur.getString(index_Address);  
                        int intPerson = cur.getInt(index_Person);  
                        String strbody = cur.getString(index_Body);  
                        long longDate = cur.getLong(index_Date);  
                        int int_Type = cur.getInt(index_Type);  
    
                        smsBuilder.append("[ ");  
                        smsBuilder.append(strAddress + ", ");  
                        smsBuilder.append(intPerson + ", ");  
                        smsBuilder.append(strbody + ", ");  
                        smsBuilder.append(longDate + ", ");  
                        smsBuilder.append(int_Type);  
                        smsBuilder.append(" ]\n\n");  
                    } while (cur.moveToNext());  
    
                    if (!cur.isClosed()) {  
                        cur.close();  
                        cur = null;  
                    }  
                } else {  
                    smsBuilder.append("no result!");  
                } // end if  
                }
            } catch (SQLiteException ex) {  
                Log.d("SQLiteException", ex.getMessage());  
            }  
    

    AndroidManifest.xml:

    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_SMS" />