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Debianuser
Debianuser

Reputation: 181

Sending SMS from Android phone connected to Linux

I am trying to get an Android phone connected to a Linux server running Nagios to send out SMS when a system it is monitoring goes down.

The Android version on the phone is 7(not rooted). I have adb installed on the Linux computer and the phone is connected over a USB cable.

I have tried with the following code:

adb shell am start -a android.intent.action.SENDTO -d sms:$mobile_number --es sms_body $sms_text --ez exit_on_sent true
adb shell input keyevent 22
adb shell input keyevent 66

It works fine for a while and somewhere along the way it stops working. It types the message, which I can see on the phone's screen but fails to send.

When I run the commands manually from the command line I get an error similar to:

"Warning: Activity not started, its current task has been brought to the front"

I was wondering if there is a better way to send SMS from a Linux computer? I could install a suitable application on the phone if needed, I just need a reliable way.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3121

Answers (1)

Omar Aflak
Omar Aflak

Reputation: 2962

There is a solution but you will have to create your own app (very very simple one).

Create an new app and copy-paste this code into the onCreate() method of the MainActivity:

if(getIntent()!=null && getIntent().getExtras()!=null){
    String number = getIntent().getStringExtra("number");
    String message = getIntent().getStringExtra("message");

    SmsManager manager = SmsManager.getDefault();
    manager.sendTextMessage(number, null, message, null, null);
}

Build and install the app on your phone. Then you would simply do this :

adb shell am start -n "com.example.your_app/.MainActivity" -e number XXXXXXXXXX -e message "Hello World !"

Upvotes: 1

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