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title: "Describe the SmsManager class in android."  
description: "Describe the SmsManager class in android."  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2015-05-29  
updated: 2020-09-23  
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category: "android"  
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# Describe the SmsManager class in android.

SmsManager class is responsible for sending SMS from one emulator to another or device.

You cannot directly instantiate this class; instead, you call the getDefault() static method to obtain an SmsManager object. You then send the SMS message using the sendTextMessage() method:

```
SmsManager sms = SmsManager.getDefault();sms.sendTextMessage("5556", null, "Hello from MindStick", null, null);
```

**sendTextMessage() method takes five argument.**

- **destinationAddress —** Phone number of the recipient.
- **scAddress —** Service center address; you can use null also.
- **text —** Content of the SMS message that you want to send.
- **sentIntent —** Pending intent to invoke when the message is sent.
- **deliveryIntent —** Pending intent to invoke when the message has been delivered.

## Answers

### Answer by Anonymous User

SmsManager class is responsible for sending SMS from one emulator to another or device.

You cannot directly instantiate this class; instead, you call the getDefault() static method to obtain an SmsManager object. You then send the SMS message using the sendTextMessage() method:

```
SmsManager sms = SmsManager.getDefault();sms.sendTextMessage("5556", null, "Hello from MindStick", null, null);
```

**sendTextMessage() method takes five argument.**

- **destinationAddress —** Phone number of the recipient.
- **scAddress —** Service center address; you can use null also.
- **text —** Content of the SMS message that you want to send.
- **sentIntent —** Pending intent to invoke when the message is sent.
- **deliveryIntent —** Pending intent to invoke when the message has been delivered.


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