Android Question Accessing SMS's stored on your phone

[mariusturnkey]

Hello,

Is it possible to read through all the SMS's stored on a phone and save them to a database?

I tried to search, but the search option is not currently working.

Thank you
Marius

 

[Brian Dean]

You cannot read SMS messages using current Android without Google's permission which you are unlikely to get. Prior to Android 9 it was possible, using content resolver I think.

 

[JohnC]

For whatever reason, Google seems to allow some apps to access the SMS database and do backups/restores even though the app is not the default "SMS Messaging" app.

SMS Backup & Restore - Apps on Google Play

A simple app that backs up and restores SMS & MMS messages and call logs.

play.google.com

 

[drgottjr]

You cannot read SMS messages using current Android without Google's permission which you are unlikely to get. Prior to Android 9 it was possible, using content resolver I think.

still possible with android 14 through content resolver. just add runtime permission read_sms.