How can I read SMS messages from the device programmatically in Android?

Question

I want to retrieve the SMS messages from the device and display them?

Answer 1

This post is a little bit old, but here is another easy solution for getting data related to SMS content provider in Android:

Use this lib: https://github.com/EverythingMe/easy-content-providers

• Get all SMS:

  TelephonyProvider telephonyProvider = new TelephonyProvider(context);
  List smses = telephonyProvider.getSms(Filter.ALL).getList();
  

  Each Sms has all fields, so you can get any info you need:
  address, body, receivedDate, type(INBOX, SENT, DRAFT, ..), threadId, ...

• Gel all MMS:

  List mmses = telephonyProvider.getMms(Filter.ALL).getList();
  

• Gel all Thread:

  List threads = telephonyProvider.getThreads().getList();
  

• Gel all Conversation:

  List conversations = telephonyProvider.getConversations().getList();
  

It works with List or Cursor and there is a sample app to see how it looks and works.

In fact, there is a support for all Android content providers like: Contacts, Call logs, Calendar, ... Full doc with all options: https://github.com/EverythingMe/easy-content-providers/wiki/Android-providers

Hope it also helped :)