The reasoning to use 'one' app would simply be that my client wants it to be like that.
Plus, other applications in chooser do not work properly too. Like, the addresses do not get populated in the chosen application. It does not give a choice for the "SMS" applications, but from a HUGE list if different applications, like facebook, gmail that do not seem to work fine with the data being passed with the intent. On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 4:57 AM, A. Elk <[email protected]>wrote: > 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. 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