android: handover sms to default application

Please guide, in Android how can I pass my string (less开发者_如何学编程 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.

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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.

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

Uri uri = Uri.parse("smsto:123456789");   
    Intent it = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO, uri);   
    it.putExtra("sms_body", "The Hello How R U...");   
    startActivity(it); 

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Beyond Thomas' answer, you can use ACTION_SEND and createChooser() to allow the user to pick the application with which to send your message, whether that be the built-in SMS application or a third-party SMS application or email or GMail or Twidroid or whatever.

You can also use SmsManager to send the SMS yourself, but that will not pop up any built-in activity.

With luck, there is a spot in the documentation that covers Thomas's answer (elsewhere in this StackOverflow page), as that is the simplest solution to your request.