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benhowdle89
benhowdle89

Reputation: 37494

Store value of AlertView in iphone

HI,

I'm aware that accessing the SMS incoming isn't possible in the iPhone SDk but could i read the alertView that is active on the iPhone (ie. new SMS alert) and store its values into a variable? Obviously this would require backgrounding but in theory could this work?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 131

Answers (3)

Dave
Dave

Reputation: 7717

As other stated, you cannot see the SMS message or associated alerts.

Not sure about iOS, but on other platforms (e.g. Java ME) it is possible to address an SMS to your application instead of the phone's "inbox" (default handler). This requires that you control the server sending the SMS message.

I imagine even if you could catch an SMS targeted at your iOS app, you wouldn't. Instead use Apple's Push Notification system.

I hesitate to type this in an iOS related question, but the Android OS makes it pretty trivial for an app to see SMS messages. You can even be woken up as they arrive. So, if you just want to test out some idea you have, consider that.

Upvotes: 1

Clad
Clad

Reputation: 1559

Unfortunately, you cannot access other application's data, be it in background or not.

Upvotes: 1

Stephen Darlington
Stephen Darlington

Reputation: 52565

No. You can access your own alerts but not those from other applications.

Upvotes: 1

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