Read all SMS from a particular sender

Question

How do I read all SMSes from a particular sender to me? E.g. I want to scan a) the body, and b) the date/time of all SMSes that came from \'TM-MYAMEX\' to the phone.

Answer 1

 protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        inbox = (Button) findViewById(R.id.inbox);
        list = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.list);
        arlist = new ArrayList();
        inbox.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                Uri inboxUri = Uri.parse("content://sms/inbox");
                String[] reqCols = {"_id", "body", "address"};
                ContentResolver cr = getContentResolver();
                Cursor cursor = cr.query(inboxUri, reqCols, "address='+919456'", null, null);
                adapter = new SimpleCursorAdapter(getApplicationContext(), R.layout.msg_content_layout, cursor,
                        new String[]{"body", "address"}, new int[]{R.id.txt1, R.id.txt2});
                list.setAdapter(adapter);
            }
        });

    }

Here I have added the number +919456 as the value of the address field.

Apart from this you need to add the READ_SMS permission to manifest: