Android SMS History | Get Messages Record in Android | Read SMS Log in Android Phone

Hello Friends,

This is a very simple demo application for Reading SMS log from Android phone. All codes are below copy paste and enjoy:)

1)MainActivity.java

package com.manish.smshistory;

import java.util.Date;

import android.app.Activity;

import android.database.Cursor;

import android.net.Uri;

import android.os.Bundle;

import android.widget.TextView;

/**

 *

 * @author manish

 *

 */

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

       TextView textView;

       @Override

       protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

              super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

              setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

              textView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.textview);

              getSMSDetails();

       }

       private void getSMSDetails() {

              StringBuffer stringBuffer = new StringBuffer();

              stringBuffer.append("*********SMS History*************** :");

              Uri uri = Uri.parse("content://sms");

              Cursor cursor = getContentResolver().query(uri, null, null, null, null);

              if (cursor.moveToFirst()) {

                     for (int i = 0; i < cursor.getCount(); i++) {

                           String body = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow("body"))

                                         .toString();

                           String number = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow("address"))

                                         .toString();

                           String date = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow("date"))

                                         .toString();

                           Date smsDayTime = new Date(Long.valueOf(date));

                           String type = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow("type"))

                                         .toString();

                           String typeOfSMS = null;

                           switch (Integer.parseInt(type)) {

                           case 1:

                                  typeOfSMS = "INBOX";

                                  break;

                           case 2:

                                  typeOfSMS = "SENT";

                                  break;

                           case 3:

                                  typeOfSMS = "DRAFT";

                                  break;

                           }

                           stringBuffer.append("\nPhone Number:--- " + number + " \nMessage Type:--- "

                                         + typeOfSMS + " \nMessage Date:--- " + smsDayTime

                                         + " \nMessage Body:--- " + body);

                           stringBuffer.append("\n----------------------------------");

                           cursor.moveToNext();

                     }

                     textView.setText(stringBuffer);

              }

              cursor.close();

       }

}

2)activity_main.xml

<ScrollView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"

    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"

    android:layout_width="match_parent"

    android:layout_height="match_parent"

    tools:context=".MainActivity" >

    <TextView

        android:id="@+id/textview"

        android:layout_width="wrap_content"

        android:layout_margin="10dp"

        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

</ScrollView>

3)manifest.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"

    package="com.manish.smshistory"

    android:versionCode="1"

    android:versionName="1.0" >

    <uses-sdk

        android:minSdkVersion="8"

        android:targetSdkVersion="19" />

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

    <application

        android:allowBackup="true"

        android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"

        android:label="@string/app_name"

        android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >

        <activity

            android:name="com.manish.smshistory.MainActivity"

            android:label="@string/app_name" >

            <intent-filter>

                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />

            </intent-filter>

        </activity>

    </application>

</manifest>

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