Cordova SMS plugin

Ionic Framework ionic-v3
#1

Hi All.

I’m looking to build an Android app that will listen and read incoming SMS. Based on the content of the SMS the app builds an object that I would like to persist in DB. The app should listen to SMS even if it is closed.

e.g SMS recieved from +974594746 and content is “please visit our website at www.sms.com, quote 1234 to purchase”

construct an object from that SMS, MyObject = from: +974594746, webUrl: www.sms.com: quotenumber: 1234

then I want to persist MyObject on my storage. So every time that I get SMS from +974594746 I repeat this process.

Your help is appreciated…

#2

I really would suggest that you do not build an app like this. For security reasons, I can say that I would not install an app that intercepts/reads my text messages.

#3

This is for a small team/company…you install the app knowing exactly what it does.

@mhartington, feasibility study and market research has been done already. I just need to implement this. Please assist if you can.

#4

Hello @simcard

cordova-plugin-sms is a good start if you haven’t looked at it already. One thing I am not sure though is listening for messages even when the app is not running?

Regards
Vijay

#5

Thank you @vijquick, I could not get the onSMSArrive arrive event to fire. I could only read, i’m still exploring this plugin.

I’m new to mobile dev, isn’t there something like a service I could do when the app is not running?