Can 3 party apps receive and send out SMS?

[dypark]

Can a 3rd party app, while running in the foreground, read incoming SMS and send out an SMS?

 

[robbieduncan]

No, not using the SDK. There is no access to this sort of functionality at all. The best they can do is open the built in SMS application with a pre-filled phone number.

 

[dypark]

No, not using the SDK. There is no access to this sort of functionality at all. The best they can do is open the built in SMS application with a pre-filled phone number.

Thanks. The limitations in the SDK is a bit frustrating. I hope they plan to open up more.

 

[Niiro13]

Or they can do what some of the social networking applications (the IM clients for example) do and set up their own server to send out SMS.

 

[dypark]

Or they can do what some of the social networking applications (the IM clients for example) do and set up their own server to send out SMS.

Yes, but that's a very expensive solution which could easily be solved if Apple opened up the SMS app.

 

[dypark]

Or they can do what some of the social networking applications (the IM clients for example) do and set up their own server to send out SMS.

So If I was interested in building an app that generates SMS, who can I talk to about using their SMS gateway?