Send a SMS Message

[jacob-briscoe]

Using the SMS api, send a text message to a contact.

[jacob-briscoe]

@rorpage I have been searching but haven't seen any libraries that would allow us to send a message without opening the native message app on the phone. Have you seen any yet?

If not, maybe we just roll with the current approach for this release and maybe find/build a native component solution in the future.

[rorpage]

@jacob-briscoe It doesn't appear so for iOS, and you can with Android using something like this: https://github.com/yeyintkoko/react-native-sms-x

I made an app once that does something similar that I can share with you, but I really wonder if we should just have it open the SMS app for now?

Here's a blog post that would allow us to register an Android module to do it: https://medium.com/@fatemefazli.bv/sending-direct-sms-in-react-native-android-d902d6bf1f04

[jacob-briscoe]

I made an app once that does something similar that I can share with you, but I really wonder if we should just have it open the SMS app for now?

Yeah, I think it makes sense to move forward with it as it is today. Its not terrible.