Question

When i am deleting a SMS message from android system, with this code:

context.getContentResolver().delete(
                            Uri.parse("content://sms/"), "_id=?",
                            new String[] { String.valueOf(_id) });

sometimes, it will pop this exception, and … i don’t know how this happens. is it the problem of the system’s Sqlite module?

android.database.sqlite.SQLiteException: near "(": syntax error: , while compiling: SELECT _id FROM threads WHERE _id IN (SELECT DISTINCT thread_id FROM sms UNION SELECT DISTINCT thread_id FROM pduWHERE (_id=?))
at android.database.DatabaseUtils.readExceptionFromParcel(DatabaseUtils.java:158)
at android.database.DatabaseUtils.readExceptionFromParcel(DatabaseUtils.java:114)
at android.content.ContentProviderProxy.delete(ContentProviderNative.java:487)
at android.content.ContentResolver.delete(ContentResolver.java:692)
at com.comodo.a.e.l.onChange(Unknown Source)
at android.database.ContentObserver$NotificationRunnable.run(ContentObserver.java:43)
at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:587)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:92)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:130)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:3686)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:507)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:864)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:622)
at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

Answer 1

 String WHERE =""; //any criteria or where condition
 String pid = cursor.getString(0); // Get id;
 String uri = "content://sms/" + pid;
 context.getContentResolver().delete(Uri.parse(uri),  WHERE, null);

by using this code you can delete sms based on any condition….