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sms

SMS library for Flutter applications. Its allow to send, receive, query sms messages, sms delivery and query contacts info. It exposes an easy and friendly API for developing a completely functional sms app in Flutter.

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flutter pub add sms

Package Overview

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The SMS package for Flutter provides a straightforward API to send, receive, query SMS messages, check delivery status, and access contact information. It enables developers to build fully functional SMS applications with minimal setup. Designed for ease of use, it abstracts platform-specific complexities, allowing seamless integration across Android and iOS. The package supports essential messaging operations and enhances app functionality with reliable communication features.

Use cases

  • Building SMS messaging apps
  • Implementing two-factor authentication
  • Automating message delivery
  • Integrating contact lookup
  • Tracking message delivery status
  • Creating notification systems

Key features

  • Send and receive SMS messages
  • Query message delivery status
  • Access contact information
  • Simple and intuitive API
  • Cross-platform compatibility
  • Support for Android and iOS

Suitable for

  • Developers creating messaging apps
  • Apps requiring SMS verification
  • Tools needing automated message handling
  • Applications integrating with contacts
  • Projects seeking reliable SMS functionality

Considerations

  • Requires appropriate permissions on Android and iOS
  • Limited to basic SMS operations
  • May require additional configuration for background message handling
  • Depends on device-level SMS access
  • Not suitable for high-volume commercial messaging

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[UNMAINTAINED] This project is unmaintained

Flutter SMS

This is an SMS library for flutter.

It only support Android for now (I can't do it for iOS because I don't own Mac).

Getting Started

For help getting started with Flutter, view our online documentation.

For help on editing plugin code, view the documentation.

Installation and Usage

Once you're familiar with Flutter you may install this package adding sms (0.1.4 or higher) to the dependencies list of the pubspec.yaml file as follow:

dependencies:
  flutter:
    sdk: flutter

  sms: ^0.2.0

Then run the command flutter packages get on the console.

Querying SMS messages

Add the import statement for sms and create an instance of the SmsQuery class:

import 'package:sms/sms.dart';

void main() {
  SmsQuery query = new SmsQuery();
}

Getting all SMS messages

List<SmsMessage> messages = await query.getAllSms;

Note: the use of await keyword means that getAllSms is resolved asynchronously and a Future is retorned.

Filtering SMS messages

The method querySms from the SmsQuery class returns a list of sms depending of the supplied parameters. For example, for querying all the sms messages sent and received write the followed code:

await query.querySms({
    kinds: [SmsQueryKind.Inbox, SmsQueryKind.Sent]
});

You can also query all the sms messages sent and received from a specific contact:

await query.querySms({
    address: getContactAddress()
});

Getting all Threads Conversations

With SmsQuery you can also get the entire list of conversations:

List<SmsThread> threads = await query.getAllThreads;

Getting the Contact info

Each conversation thread is related with a Contact. The class Contact contains all the info of a thread contact (address, photo, full name). To get access to Contact class you must import 'package:sms/contact.dart' into your dart file:

import 'package:sms/contact.dart';

void main() {
  ...
  Contact contact = threads.first.contact;
  print(contact.address);
}

Querying Contact

You can also query a contact by its address (phone number):

import 'package:sms/contact.dart';

void main() {
  ContactQuery contacts = new ContactQuery();
  Contact contact = await contacts.queryContact(someAddress());
  print(contact.fullName);
}
String getAddress() {...}

The Contact photo

You can retrieve the photo of the contact (full size or thumbnail):

...
Uint8List fullSize = contact.photo.bytes;
Uint8List thumbnail = contact.thumbnail.bytes;

User Profile

Some times it is useful to request basic info of the phone owner, like the contact photo, addresses, etc.

import 'package:sms/contact.dart';

UserProfileProvider provider = new UserProfileProvider();
UserProfile profile = await provider.getUserProfile();
print(profile.fullName);

Sending SMS

What about sending a SMS? All you have to do is to create an instance of the SmsSender class:

import 'package:sms/sms.dart';

void main() {
  SmsSender sender = new SmsSender();
  String address = someAddress();
  ...
  sender.sendSms(new SmsMessage(address, 'Hello flutter!'));
}

To be notified when the message is sent and/or delivered, you must add a listener to your message:

import 'package:sms/sms.dart';

void main() {
  SmsSender sender = new SmsSender();
  String address = someAddress();
  ...
  SmsMessage message = new SmsMessage(address, 'Hello flutter!');
  message.onStateChanged.listen((state) {
    if (state == SmsMessageState.Sent) {
      print("SMS is sent!");
    } else if (state == SmsMessageState.Delivered) {
      print("SMS is delivered!");
    }
  });
  sender.sendSms(message);
}

Some times it is useful to be notified of delivered messages regardless of the message. To do that you must subscribe to the onSmsDelivered of the SmsSender class instance:

void main() {
...
SmsSender sender = new SmsSender();
sender.onSmsDelivered.listen((SmsMessage message){
  print('${message.address} received your message.');
}));
}

You can also send with another SimCard:

void main() {
SimCardsProvider provider = new SimCardsProvider();
SimCard card = await provider.getSimCards()[0];
SmsSender sender = new SmsSender();
SmsMessage message = new SmsMessage("address", "message");
sender.sendSMS(message, simCard: card);
}

Note: Using the onSmsDelivered from the SmsSender will only notify to listeners of messages that has been sent through SmsSender.send().

Receiving SMS

If you want to be notified for incoming new messages you must subscribe to an instance of the SmsReceiver class:

import 'package:sms/sms.dart';

void main() {
  SmsReceiver receiver = new SmsReceiver();
  receiver.onSmsReceived.listen((SmsMessage msg) => print(msg.body));
}

Roadmap

  • [x] SMS Receiver
  • [x] SMS Sender
  • [x] SMS Delivery
  • [x] SMS Query
  • [x] SMS Thread
  • [ ] MMS Receiver
  • [ ] MMS Sender
  • [ ] MMS Delivery
  • [ ] MMS Query
  • [ ] Multi Sim Card
  • [x] Contact
  • [x] Contact Photo (full size, thumbnail)
  • [x] User profile (basic info)

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