There is no "default" messaging app. Any messaging application that chooses
to handle MMS can respond to this intent. If the *user* chooses to make one
of the applications a default, then it becomes one until the user unsets it
as the default.
You seem to have a reason for wanting "one" application to handle MMS. I
would like to know why. Perhaps I can provide further wisdom in this
regard. In general, Android promotes the idea of letting the *user* decide
which application to use.
On Sunday, March 25, 2012 4:21:57 PM UTC-7, Farhan wrote:
>
> Intent picMessageIntent = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_SEND);
> picMessageIntent.putExtra("address", "Some Numbers");
> picMessageIntent.setType("image/jpeg");
> picMessageIntent.putExtra("sms_body", "Some Text");
> picMessageIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, Uri.fromFile(file));
> picMessageIntent.setPackage("com.android.mms");
>
> Yes, I understand now that the package may not be there in a device, so it
> is giving a chooser.
>
> Is there a way to find the default messaging application or the built-in
> messaging, and set its package in the intent above?
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 5:29 PM, Justin Anderson <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> I tried to set package of the intent as "com.android.mms" and it seems to
>>> work fine on my phone, as well as emulator
>>>
>> You don't want to do this... Not all phones will have the stock android
>> app with that package name. Many manufacturers replace stock android apps
>> with their own for things like the camera, sms, etc...
>>
>> Also, there are a lot of 3rd party apps out there that handle sms/mms...
>> If a user has installed a 3rd party app then they probably don't want to be
>> tied down to the one that came on the device.
>>
>>
>> but it is showing a chooser for the mms intent to my friend. I am not
>>> creating a chooser anywhere
>>>
>> If that is the case then what is most likely happening is that your
>> friend has more than one sms/mms app on the device. You probably also will
>> notice that the chooser has a checkbox that, if checked, will make their
>> selection the default from then on. If they check that box and choose
>> which app they want to use to send the sms/mms message then the next time
>> you run your app you will not get a chooser.
>>
>> This is how standard Android works. Please don't force people out of the
>> standard.
>>
>>
>> Intent it = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
>>> it.setType("vnd.android-dir/mms-sms");
>>>
>> I have never created an app dealing with sms/mms messages before, but I
>> don't think this is the way to go... ACTION_VIEW generally means that you
>> are wanting to display something, not create and/or edit something. Unless
>> I am misunderstanding what you are trying to accomplish, you should
>> probably use ACTION_SEND. What does your intent actually look like?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Justin Anderson
>> MagouyaWare Developer
>> http://sites.google.com/site/magouyaware<http://sites.google.com/site/magouyaware>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 5:02 AM, Daniel Hoeggi <[email protected]
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> try this
>>>
>>> Intent it = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
>>> it.setType("vnd.android-dir/mms-sms");
>>>
>>> On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 11:27 AM, Farhan Tariq <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>> I am working on an application that allows user to create mms messages
>>>> according to a template, for android 2.2. I am done with most of the work,
>>>> but I am stuck with one thing. I want to be able to launch the android's
>>>> default messaging application to send the mms. I tried to set package of
>>>> the intent as "com.android.mms" and it seems to work fine on my phone, as
>>>> well as emulator, but it is showing a chooser for the mms intent to my
>>>> friend. I am not creating a chooser anywhere, still. Can anyone help me
>>>> get
>>>> through this. A little guidance is I think all I need. Thank you
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>>
>>>> Farhan
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