Question

Please guide, in Android how can I pass my string (less then 160 char) to the default built-in SMS applicaion or queue, which will complete the process.

I mean, from my activity I want to call a built-in SMS application and pass my SMS string to that, then the built-in application will be responsible to rest of activity like SMS resending, etc.

Answer 1

To call the default sms application, with sms body and phone number :

Intent intent = new Intent( Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse( "sms:" + phoneNumber ) );
intent.putExtra( "sms_body", smsBody );
context.startActivity( intent );

By default I mean the application chosen by the user. Actually it’s better to start the default sms application than the built-in because you have to respect the user choice. If the device owner has chosen ChompSms as default SMS application, he will prefer your application launches ChompSms and not an other.