How send a message to the emulator using DDMS in Android studio

Question

i am trying to build a text messaging application in android, the code works, but the only thing wrong about it is that i cannot send messages to the emulator using DDMS. I have pasted my code below, just in case it is necessary, and i have the screen shot immediately after

package com.example.oghenekaroedoh.sms;

import android.content.BroadcastReceiver;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.telephony.SmsMessage;
import android.util.Log;
import android.widget.Toast;

/**
 * Created by OGHENEKARO EDOH on 15/04/2015.
 */
public class SMSReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
    @Override
    public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent)
    {
        //---get the SMS message passed in---
        Bundle bundle = intent.getExtras();
        SmsMessage[] msgs = null;
        String str = "SMS from ";
        if (bundle != null)
        {
            //---retrieve the SMS message received---
            Object[] pdus = (Object[]) bundle.get("pdus");
            msgs = new SmsMessage[pdus.length];
            for (int i=0; i<msgs.length; i++){
                msgs[i] = SmsMessage.createFromPdu((byte[])pdus[i]);
                if (i==0) {
                    //---get the sender address/phone number---
                    str += msgs[i].getOriginatingAddress();
                    str += ": ";
                }
                //---get the message body---
                str += msgs[i].getMessageBody().toString();
            }
            //---display the new SMS message---
            Toast.makeText(context, str, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
            Log.d("SMSReceiver", str);
        }
    }
}

Here is the code for the Activity, paste this code in another file..

package com.example.oghenekaroedoh.sms;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.PendingIntent;
import android.content.BroadcastReceiver;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.content.IntentFilter;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.telephony.SmsManager;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.Toast;

/**
 * Created by ALEX IRABOR on 16/04/2015.
 * NOTES..
 * This code illustrates how to create send and receive sms, but unlike the others, the messages are displayed in a view
 * for more information on this code check out page 334-338 beginning android 4 application development
 */
public class SMSActivity3 extends Activity {
    String SENT = "SMS_SENT";
    String DELIVERED = "SMS_DELIVERED";
    PendingIntent sentPI, deliveredPI;
    BroadcastReceiver smsSentReceiver, smsDeliveredReceiver;
    IntentFilter intentFilter;

        private BroadcastReceiver intentReceiver = new BroadcastReceiver() {

            public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
                //---display the SMS received in the TextView---
                TextView SMSes = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.textView1);
                SMSes.setText(intent.getExtras().getString("sms"));
            }
        };

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_sms);

        sentPI = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this, 0,
                new Intent(SENT), 0);

        deliveredPI = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this, 0,
                new Intent(DELIVERED), 0);

        //---intent to filter for SMS messages received---
        intentFilter = new IntentFilter();
        intentFilter.addAction("SMS_RECEIVED_ACTION");
    }

    @Override
    public void onResume(){
        super.onResume();

        //---register the receiver---
        registerReceiver(intentReceiver, intentFilter);

        /*A broadcastReceiver receives broadcast from any of the pendingIntents created. So when
         sentPI sends a broadcast, it knows that the message has been sent, and when the
         deliveredPI sends a broadcast, it knows that the message has been delivered..
        * */

        //---create the BroadcastReceiver when the SMS is sent---
        smsSentReceiver = new BroadcastReceiver(){
            @Override
            public void onReceive(Context arg0, Intent arg1) {
                switch (getResultCode())
                {
                    case Activity.RESULT_OK:
                        Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), "SMS sent",
                                Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                        break;
                    case SmsManager.RESULT_ERROR_GENERIC_FAILURE:
                        Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), "Generic failure",
                                Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                        break;
                    case SmsManager.RESULT_ERROR_NO_SERVICE:
                        Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), "No service",
                                Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                        break;
                    case SmsManager.RESULT_ERROR_NULL_PDU:
                        Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), "Null PDU",
                                Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                        break;
                    case SmsManager.RESULT_ERROR_RADIO_OFF:
                        Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), "Radio off",
                                Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                        break;
                }
            }
        };
        smsDeliveredReceiver = new BroadcastReceiver(){
            @Override
            public void onReceive(Context arg0, Intent arg1) {
                switch (getResultCode())
                {
                    case Activity.RESULT_OK:
                        Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), "SMS delivered",
                                Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                        break;
                    case Activity.RESULT_CANCELED:
                        Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), "SMS not delivered",
                                Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                        break;
                }
            }
        };
        //---register the two BroadcastReceivers---
        registerReceiver(smsDeliveredReceiver, new IntentFilter(DELIVERED));
        registerReceiver(smsSentReceiver, new IntentFilter(SENT));
    }

    public void onPause(){
        super.onPause();
        //---unregister the receiver---
        unregisterReceiver(intentReceiver);

        //---unregister the two BroadcastReceivers---
        unregisterReceiver(smsSentReceiver);
        unregisterReceiver(smsDeliveredReceiver);
    }

    public void onClick(View v) {
        sendSMS("5556", "Hello my friends!");
    }

    public void onClick2 (View v) {
        Intent i = new
                Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
        i.putExtra("address", "5556; 5558; 5560");
        i.putExtra("sms_body", "Hello my friends!");
        i.setType("vnd.android-dir/mms-sms");
        startActivity(i);
    }

    //—-sends an SMS message to another device—-
    private void sendSMS(String phoneNumber, String message)
    {
        SmsManager sms = SmsManager.getDefault();
        sms.sendTextMessage(phoneNumber, null, message, sentPI, deliveredPI);
    }


}

here is how the DDMS output looks like: The main problem here is that the radio buttons for the telephony actions are not clickeable. Someone please help me fix this

Solution 1

There is no need use DDMS to send sms to emulator. You have to hit the following keys:-

Ctrl + Shift + P

For other options click here

Solution 2

You can send using emulator extended controls, working perfectly for me, I was unable to send using DDMS

Solution 3

You can also send through terminal. its answered by @Andi Krusch Sending and receiving text using android emulator

make sure you emulator is online adb devices

1. Open a console (Terminal)
2. Connect via telnet to the running emulator: telnet localhost 5554 (you can find the portnumber in the title of the emulator)
3. type this: sms send senderPhoneNumber textmessage

UPDATED : Another tutorial : mobiforge : SMS Messaging in Android