Hi, once you read the SMS into a String, you can use the
String.substring() method to find the first character of the sms. E.g,
if the SMS is "hello" and it is stored in String foo, you would use
foo.substring(0,1) for the first char.
On Jan 6, 7:33 am, "IPEG Student" <ipeg.stud...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Thanks a lot for the problem, but I'm still unfortunately at square one.
>
> ####
> Here is what I need:
>
> Read an SMS into a string variable, then do some string operations.
>
> For example, how can I find the first character of an SMS?
>
> Thanks in advance for helping me out.
>
> ###########################
>
> On 1/6/09, Ninad <mnina...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hi..
>
> > All you need is simple SQL..
>
> > Modify the Cursor as:
>
> > Cursor c= getContentResolver().query(uri, null, "body like
> > '%hello%'", null,null);
>
> > Since the query takes the following argument:
>
> > public final Cursor query(Uri uri, String[] projection, String
> > selection, String[] selectionArgs, String sortOrder)
> > .
> > Arguments:
>
> > uri: The URI, using the content:// scheme, for the content to
> > retrieve.
> > projection: A list of which columns to return. Passing null will
> > return all columns, which is discouraged to prevent reading data from
> > storage that isn't going to be used.
> > selection: A filter declaring which rows to return, formatted as an
> > SQL WHERE clause (excluding the WHERE itself). Passing null will
> > return all rows for the given URI.
> > selectionArgs: You may include ?s in selection, which will be
> > replaced by the values from selectionArgs, in the order that they
> > appear in the selection. The values will be bound as Strings.
> > sortOrder: How to order the rows, formatted as an SQL ORDER BY clause
> > (excluding the ORDER BY itself). Passing null will use the default
> > sort order, which may be unordered.
>
> > I hope this solves your simple query for 'experts'!
>
> > On Jan 6, 9:31 am, ipeg.stud...@gmail.com wrote:
> > > Hi! am Suman. I have a code by which i can access all the sms from
> > > inbox. The code is written below.
>
> > > import android.app.ListActivity;
> > > import android.content.ContentUris;
> > > import android.content.Intent;
> > > import android.database.Cursor;
> > > import android.net.Uri;
> > > import android.os.Bundle;
> > > import android.provider.Contacts.People;
> > > import android.provider.Telephony.Carriers;
>
> > > import android.telephony.gsm.SmsMessage;
> > > import android.view.View;
> > > import android.widget.ListAdapter;
> > > import android.widget.ListView;
> > > import android.widget.SimpleCursorAdapter;
>
> > > public class niceandroid8 extends ListActivity {
>
> > > private ListAdapter mAdapter;
>
> > > /** Called when the activity is first created. */
> > > @Override
> > > public void onCreate(Bundle icicle) {
> > > super.onCreate(icicle);
> > > Uri uri = Uri.parse("content://sms/inbox");
> > > Cursor c = getContentResolver().query(uri, null, null,
> > > null,null);
> > > // Cursor c = getContentResolver().query(Carriers.CONTENT_URI,
> > > null, null, null, null);
> > > startManagingCursor(c);
>
> > > String[] columns = new String[]{"body"}; // Comment
> > > int[] names = new int[]{R.id.row_entry};
>
> > > mAdapter = new SimpleCursorAdapter(this, R.layout.con1, c,
> > > columns, names);
>
> > > this.setListAdapter(mAdapter);
> > > }
>
> > > }
>
> > > xml coding is..........
>
> > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
>
> > > <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/
> > > android"
> > > android:orientation="horizontal"
> > > android:layout_width="fill_parent"
> > > android:layout_height="wrap_content"
>
> > > <TextView
> > > android:layout_width="wrap_content"
> > > android:layout_height="wrap_content"
> > > android:text="Sms: "
> > > />
> > > <TextView
> > > android:id="@+id/row_entry"
> > > android:layout_width="wrap_content"
> > > android:layout_height="wrap_content"
> > > />
> > > </LinearLayout>
>
> > ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
> > /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
> > > Now my problem is i want to access those sms which have a specific
> > > string . As a example ....
> > > if any sms contains "Hello". So i want to search the string. i have
> > > tried a lot. But i cant do this beacause i cant convert the
> > > Listadapter to String. Please help me and give me the correct code.
>
> > ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
> > /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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