By setting the action to ACTION_VIEW and type to "vnd.android-dir/mms-
sms" on the calling intent, multiple phone numbers can be passed via
the address attribute using a semi-colon delimited list:

<a href="http://andmobidev.blogspot.com/2010/01/launching-smsmessages-
activity-using.html" target="_blank">http://andmobidev.blogspot.com/
2010/01/launching-smsmessages-activity-using.html</a>

Don't know if this will work for you.

On Jan 17, 4:42 pm, Steve <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Jan 14, 9:22 am, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > The stockSMS/MMS application handles the SENDTO action with ansms:,
> > smsto:, mms:, or mmsto: URI.  I can't guarantee that devices shipping with a
> > custom MMS app will also handle these, though.
>
> After experimenting with the SENDTO action and mms: URIs, I think an
> extra intent filter is needed in the stockSMS/MMS application.
>
> Currently the ComposeMessageActivity intent filter for the SENDTO
> action and "mms" scheme is as follows:
>
> <intent-filter>
> <actionandroid:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
> <actionandroid:name="android.intent.action.SENDTO" />
> <categoryandroid:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
> <categoryandroid:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />
> <dataandroid:scheme="mms" />
> <dataandroid:scheme="mmsto" />
> </intent-filter>
>
> Notice that there is currently no provision for mimeType.  This means
> that I can't specify the mimeType of the attachment in the intent when
> I try to launch the mms app via SENDTO. The result of this is that any
> image I specify via intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, imageUri)
> gets ignored.  The messing app opens but with no attachment.
>
> If I specify both the URI scheme ("mms") and the Mime Type ("image/
> jpeg") via intent.setDataAndType() with action SENDTO, the intent does
> not resolve to anyactivity.
>
> It seems a bit pointless offering support for the "mms" scheme, but
> providing no way to provide an attachment.  To fix this I suggest that
> a new intent filter be added to ComposeMessageActivity as follows:
>
> <intent-filter>
> <actionandroid:name="android.intent.action.SENDTO" />
> <categoryandroid:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
> <dataandroid:scheme="mms" />
> <dataandroid:scheme="mmsto" />
> <dataandroid:mimeType="image/*" />
> <dataandroid:mimeType="video/*" />
> <dataandroid:mimeType="audio/*" />
> </intent-filter>
>
> If that is a workable solution, any chance of including this in the
> next release of the stockSMS/MMS application?
>
> Is there a more appropriate forum to make requests forAndroid
> platform enhancements?
>
> Cheers
> Steve
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