How to send sms with URL_launcher package with flutter?

spark_sara

Hello I search a simple example (Android and iOS) to send SMS with this package https://pub.dartlang.org/packages/url_launcher In the plugin page I only see how to open sms native app with phone number, but no extra message sms:<phone number>, e.g. sms:5550101234 Send an SMS message to <phone number> using the default messaging app

Originally asked by Nitneuq on Stack Exchange (stackoverflow) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

On Android the full sms: URI is supported and you can send a message with a body like that ( RFC5724 ): _textMe() async { // Android const uri = 'sms:+39 348 060 888?body=hello%20there'; if (await canLaunch(uri)) { await launch(uri); } else { // iOS const uri = 'sms:0039-222-060-888?body=hello%20there'; if (await canLaunch(uri)) { await launch(uri); } else { throw 'Could not launch $uri'; } } } On iOS the official doc says you can only use the number field of The URI . Instead as Konstantine pointed out, if you use a non standard URI and instead and instead of starting the query string with ? you use & it still works as well. It seems like an undocumented feature. The sms scheme is used to...

Full answer by shadowsheep: https://stackoverflow.stackexchange.com/a/54314857 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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