How to retrieve SMS list of your phone using Ionic Framework?

ionic-v1
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I am trying to access the phone’s SMS list.
I need all the SMSes that are present in my inbox.
I studied that the ngCordova SMS plugin helps to send SMS. But how can I retrieve all the SMSes? Is there an inbuilt functionality in ionic for doing this? If not, is there a plugin that I can use?

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This would not be done by Ionic, but via a Cordova plugin (if allowed by the mobile OS). I would search (https://cordova.apache.org/plugins/) to see what is available. Then you can see if it is available to IonicNative.

Chris

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Thank you so much, Chris, for the quick reply! Really appreciated! I am quite new to ionic.

Yes, I took a look at the plugins. There is one which claims to give me the SMS list for Android (just 10 SMS). I can have for all the SMS once I buy the license.

But how do I get the same for iOS? I chose Ionic cause of it being hybrid. Can’t I have any work around?
Is is possible for me to access the Database file that stores the SMS list in the file system using the ionic code itself?

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Did you found a good plugin that could do that for android and ios ?

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Did you find any solution to this problem ?

  1. Is there no plugin which allow us to list down all the sms free of cost rather than paying to do so ?
  2. How can we use it for iOS as well ? Are there any plugins for that too ?

Only reason to use Ionic for me is that, i can build android and ios both app with the same code.

Thanks.

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@rjayaswal I have developed an example project in Ionic 2 where:

  • Send SMS using @ionic-native/sms and cordova-sms-plugin (Uncomment code in sms-service provider).
  • Using cordova-plugin-sms
    • Send SMS.
    • Read and show user list SMS from inbox.
    • Show SMS details.
    • Watch for SMS arrive.
    • Update SMS list when sms arrive.

I hope it helps you.

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Thank you, I will take a look!!