>> you can always check if the intent will succeed >> by checking to see if there's anyone registered to receive it.
How to go about these? On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 5:32 AM, Kristopher Micinski <[email protected] > wrote: > If that's the case, then you've written the intent wrong. > > However. If you want to artificially impose the constraint of using a > specific messenger, you can always check if the intent will succeed > and fall back to a more generic intent otherwise, by checking to see > if there's anyone registered to receive it. > > kris > > On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 8:10 PM, Farhan Tariq <[email protected]> > wrote: > > 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 > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> 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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