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How to read SMS messages from the inboxin Android

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The following sample program is describe how to read SMS messages from the inbox in Android Phone

Step 1

Edit AndroidManifest.xml File To Add manifest permission ,This uses-permission tag will allow the

application to read SMS messages from the inbox

Step 2

 Now ,We will create an activity called MainActivity that will reading SMS messages from the inbox.

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public class MainActivity extends Activity { 

@Override  protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

  super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);  TextView view = new TextView(this);  Uri uriSMSURI = Uri.parse("content://sms/inbox"); 

Cursor cur = getContentResolver().query(uriSMSURI, nu 

String sms = ""; 

while (cur.moveToNext()) { 

sms += "From :" + cur.getString(2) + " : " + cur.

  } 

view.setText(sms); 

setContentView(view);  }  }

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