Android Programming Tutorial 66: Displaying All Messages From Mobile Inbox Example in Android Studio

Displaying All Messages From Mobile Inbox In Android:

In the below example we are discussing, how we display the total messages from the phone inbox.


Message Inbox Example in Android:

File >> New >> Android Application
Enter Project name: InboxMessageExample
Package: com.listviewwithdb
Keep other default selections, click Next until you reach Finish

                                    


Copy and Past the following code in the MainActivity.java
package com.listviewwithdb;

import android.app.AlertDialog;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.DialogInterface;
import android.database.Cursor;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.design.widget.FloatingActionButton;
import android.support.design.widget.Snackbar;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.widget.AdapterView;
import android.widget.ListView;
import android.widget.SimpleCursorAdapter;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    ListView phoneBook;
    Context context;
    TextView txt_SMSSend;
    TextView txt_MsgBody;
    Cursor cursor;
    String[] arrayBody;
    int[] arrayID;
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        context =this;

        phoneBook = (ListView)findViewById(R.id.listViewSMS);
        arrayBody = new String[]{"address","body"};
        arrayID = new int[]{R.id.textSMSSend,R.id.textMsgBody};

        cursor = getContentResolver().query(Uri.parse("content://sms/inbox"),null,null,null,null);
        SimpleCursorAdapter simpleCursorAdapter = new SimpleCursorAdapter(this,R.layout.content_main,cursor,arrayBody,arrayID);
        Log.v("add","add"+simpleCursorAdapter);
        phoneBook.setAdapter(simpleCursorAdapter);
        Log.v("Phone","Phone"+phoneBook);

        phoneBook.setOnItemClickListener(new AdapterView.OnItemClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {
            txt_SMSSend = (TextView)view.findViewById(R.id.textSMSSend);
            txt_MsgBody = (TextView)view.findViewById(R.id.textMsgBody);
            String smsSend = txt_SMSSend.getText().toString();
            String msgBody = txt_MsgBody.getText().toString();

                final AlertDialog dialog = new AlertDialog.Builder(context).create();
                dialog.setTitle("SMS Form:"+smsSend);
                dialog.setIcon(android.R.drawable.ic_dialog_info);
                dialog.setMessage(msgBody);
                dialog.setButton(DialogInterface.BUTTON_POSITIVE, "OK", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {

                    @Override
                    public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
                        dialog.dismiss();
                        return;
                    }
                });
                dialog.show();
            }
        });
    }
} Copy and Past the following code in the layout file called activity_main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:background="#D1FFFF"
    tools:context="com.listviewwithdb.MainActivity">

    <ListView
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:id="@+id/listViewSMS"
        android:dividerHeight="0.1dp"
        android:divider="#0000CC" />
</RelativeLayout>


 Copy and Past the following code in the Manifest.xml


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="com.listviewwithdb">

    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_SMS"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_SMS"/>

    <application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:supportsRtl="true"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme">
        <activity
            android:name=".MainActivity"
            android:label="@string/app_name"
            android:theme="@style/AppTheme.NoActionBar">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
    </application>

</manifest>

Copy and Past the following code in the layout file called item_data.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent">

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="TextView"
        android:id="@+id/textSMSSend"
        android:paddingLeft="2dp"
        android:textStyle="bold"
        android:textSize="20dp"
        android:textColor="#0000FF"/>

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="TextView"
        android:id="@+id/textMsgBody"
        android:paddingLeft="2dp"
        android:textStyle="bold"
        android:layout_below="@+id/textSMSSend"
        android:textSize="20dp"
        android:textColor="#5C002C"/>
</RelativeLayout>

Run Your Project as the below by clicking on shift+10 or like the below-->Android Application and observe the output

Output:

                        

 Note: 


Here iam not displaying Other screen of the out put because of security reasons, because i do not want expose my messages


This Example will works on the devices(mobiles) and if the messages are there in the emulators our application also works in emulator.

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