Receiving SMS BroadcastReceiver Intent Android

In this blog post, you can learn how to receive an sms using a Broadcast Receiver with Intent in android programming. By learning this basic sample you can develop complex android based sms applications.

1. Create a broadcast receiver class for receiving the sms.

Receiver.java

package com.udhaya.sms;

import android.content.*;

import android.os.Bundle;

import android.telephony.*;

import android.util.Log;

import android.widget.Toast;

public class SimpleSmsReciever extends BroadcastReceiver {

 private static final String TAG = "SMS Recieved";

 @Override

 public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {    

     Bundle pudsBundle = intent.getExtras();

     Object[] pdus = (Object[]) pudsBundle.get("pdus");

     SmsMessage messages =SmsMessage.createFromPdu((byte[]) pdus[0]);    

     Log.i(TAG,  messages.getMessageBody());

     Toast.makeText(context, "SMS Received : "+messages.getMessageBody(),

     Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

 }

}

2. Configure and use the below android manifest file. Give Uses permission as highlighted below.

AndroidManifest.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<manifest android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" 

package="com.javaorigin.android.sample" versioncode="1" versionname="1.0">

 <application icon="@drawable/icon" label="@string/app_name">

     <receiver name=".SimpleSmsReciever">

         <intent-filter>

             <action name="android.provider.Telephony.SMS_RECEIVED">

            </action>

         </intent-filter>

     </receiver>

</application>

 <uses-sdk minsdkversion="6">

 <uses-permission name="android.permission.INTERNET">