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Maintainers

maniac-tech Active maintainer

Installation

Install this in your managed Expo project by running this command:

$ npm install @maniac-tech/react-native-expo-read-sms --save

Usage

1. Import the startReadSMS function after installation

   import { startReadSMS } from "@maniac-tech/react-native-expo-read-sms";

2. Pass Success and Error callbacks startReadSMS(successCallbackFn, errorCallbackFn)

3. Everytime an SMS has been received successCallbackFn will be called with the sms

Example

You may refer to this sample application for how to use the library: GitHub Repo

Methods

| Method name | Description | Params | Returns | |-------------|-------------|--------|---------| | checkIfHasSMSPermission | Function which checks if the application has READ_SMS and RECEIVE_SMS permissions | - | { hasReceiveSmsPermission: true/false, hasReadSmsPermission: true/false } | | requestReadSMSPermission | Requests READ_SMS and RECEIVE_SMS permission, if missing | - | Returns true if granted, and false otherwise | | startReadSMS | Starts listening for incoming messages. Note: SMS Permissions should be present. | callback fn | Return a string with message orginating address, and message body. Example: [+919999999999, this is a sample message body] |

Important Note:

Ensure your app has READ_SMS, and RECEIVE_SMS, failing which you'll receive error on calling the function

Support

Tested on Expo SDK v44, v45 & v47 and Node JS v14

License

MIT