Recently a question on SO ported this to my attention. Android doesn't have a public API for listening to incoming SMS. There used to be an actionandroid.provider.Telephony.SMS_RECEIVED, but it has been removed from the official API and even if it still works, it's obviously not future-proof. I don't need this feature right now, but I may in the future, and I find it very strange it's not available because:
- Android has always encouraged the deep customization of every little part of the system (think of tha launcher, the dialer, the contact app)
- There are plenty of alternatives to the standard SMS app already in the Market (not to mention the vendors' ones)
Maybe I am missing something or maybe there's a technical reason - I admit not know how SMS works
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