Send SMS From Capacitor App without opening native app

Capacitor
1

I want to Send SMS From Capacitor App without opening native app. The requirement is to send sms on some frequent events so user don’t need to click on native sms app button to send every time. Please help on this

2

This is not possible out of the mobile app itself. If your requirement is to send sms you need a server to do this.

3

Is here any third party plugin which can help in this. I just want to send the sms from background without user knowing

4

No, absolutly not. Imagine this would be possible, this would be a huge problem.

You need a server and a provider to send sms to users.

5

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

6

I ended up writing a simple backend that handles the SMS sending and called it from my Capacitor app via HTTP; works fine and keeps everything in the background.

7

I needed this for bulk sms too, and ended up using a plugin that lets me hit a backend API which then sends the messages out server-side using a gateway. That way I don’t rely on the user’s SMS app at all. You can also add a queue system on the server to control sending speed if you’re hitting limits. Worked better for sending hundreds of texts without any user interaction.