How to read the message content of a new in coming message in android?

Question

I want to read the message body of a new incoming SMS in android, programmatically.

I tried something but that doesn\'t return any contents:

Answer 1

listitem=(ListView)findViewById(R.id.list_view);

            Uri mSmsQueryUri = Uri.parse("content://sms/inbox");
            List messages = new ArrayList();

            Cursor cursor = null;
            try {
                cursor = getContentResolver().query(mSmsQueryUri, null, null, null, null);
                if (cursor == null) {
                   // Log.i(TAG, "cursor is null. uri: " + mSmsQueryUri);

                }
                for (boolean hasData = cursor.moveToFirst(); hasData; hasData = cursor.moveToNext()) {
                    final String body = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow("body")).toString();
                    final String sender_no= cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow("address")).toString();
                    final String date= cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow("date"));
                    final String type =cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow("type"));


                    messages.add(body);
                    messages.add(sender_no);
                    messages.add(date);
                    messages.add(type);
                }
            } catch (Exception e) {
                //Log.e(TAG, e.getMessage());
            } finally {
                cursor.close();
            }

            listitem.setAdapter(new ArrayAdapter(MainActivity.this, android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1,messages));
     }
}