CODEWITHSUNDEEP
javaandroidandroid-intentsmsandroid-4.4-kitkat
bluemotion
bluemotion

Reputation: 163

Android4.4 can not handle sms intent with "vnd.android-dir/mms-sms"

My application has a button to start default sms activity and it worked perfectly fine all android version except new one, Android 4.4(kitkat) Here is the code:

public void onClick(View arg0) {
    Intent smsIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
    smsIntent.setType("vnd.android-dir/mms-sms");
    smsIntent.putExtra("address", member.getPhoneNumber().trim());
    context.startActivity(smsIntent);
}

And I get error messages

11-08 02:08:32.815: E/AndroidRuntime(14733): android.content.ActivityNotFoundException: No Activity found to handle Intent { act=android.intent.action.VIEW typ=vnd.android-dir/mms-sms (has extras) }

I know that google made some changes on how the default sms app handles sms intents. but my app is not a sms app but it only has function to start default sms app with recipient number. so please help.

Upvotes: 16

Views: 15179

Answers (4)

Ahmad Shahwaiz
Ahmad Shahwaiz

Reputation: 1492

In Kotlin this code works:

val defaultSmsPackageName = Telephony.Sms.getDefaultSmsPackage(activity)  
            val sendIntent = Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND)
            sendIntent.type = "text/plain"
            sendIntent.putExtra("address", "sms:"+contactNumber)
            sendIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, getString(R.string.share_msg_body))
            Timber.e("defaultSmsPackageName: "+defaultSmsPackageName)
            if (defaultSmsPackageName != null){ //Can be null in case that there is no default, then the user would be able to choose any app that support this intent.
                sendIntent.setPackage(defaultSmsPackageName)
                activity!!.startActivity(sendIntent)
            }

Upvotes: 0

Suhad Bin Zubair
Suhad Bin Zubair

Reputation: 803

The issue happened when you are testing with Emulator,

Please test with the actual device.

Upvotes: 0

mohsen
mohsen

Reputation: 1235

to start the sms app without insert the number, you should delete setType

Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
intent.setData(Uri.parse("sms:"));
intent.putExtra("sms_body", "smsMsgVar");
startActivity(intent);

Upvotes: 0

AdamK
AdamK

Reputation: 21399

To start the SMS app with number populated use action ACTION_SENDTO:

Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO);
intent.setData(Uri.parse("smsto:" + Uri.encode(phoneNumber)));
startActivity(intent);

This will work on Android 4.4. It should also work on earlier versions of Android however as the APIs were never public the behavior might vary. If you didn't have issues with your prior method I would probably just stick to that pre-4.4 and use ACTION_SENDTO for 4.4+.

Upvotes: 34

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