send_message 📱

A actively maintained Flutter plugin for sending SMS and MMS messages on Android, iOS, and Web platforms. This plugin automatically handles iMessage on iOS when available.

🚀 Why This Fork?

This plugin is forked from flutter_sms by Navaghan Dabhi due to:

• ❌ No active maintenance of the original package
• ❌ No recent updates or bug fixes
• ❌ Lack of community activity and support
• ✅ Ensuring continued support and updates
• ✅ Bug fixes and improvements
• ✅ Active maintenance and community support

✨ Features

• 📱 Cross-platform: Android, iOS, and Web support
• 💬 SMS & MMS: Send both text and multimedia messages
• 📞 Multiple recipients: Send to one or multiple contacts
• 🍎 iMessage integration: Automatic iMessage support on iOS
• 🚀 Direct sending: Skip confirmation dialogs (Android)
• 🔧 Easy integration: Simple and intuitive API

🛠️ Installation

Add this to your pubspec.yaml:

dependencies:
  send_message: ^1.0.0

Then run:

flutter pub get

📋 Platform Setup

Android

For direct SMS sending (without confirmation dialog), add this permission to your android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.SEND_SMS"/>

iOS

No additional setup required. The plugin works out of the box and will use iMessage when available.

Web

Web platform opens the default mail client with pre-filled message content.

🚀 Quick Start

Import the package:

import 'package:send_message/send_message.dart';

Basic Usage

// Simple SMS sending
Future<void> send_simple_sms() async {
  String message = "Hello from send_message plugin!";
  List<String> recipients = ["1234567890"];
  
  try {
    String result = await sendSMS(
      message: message, 
      recipients: recipients
    );
    print("SMS sent: $result");
  } catch (error) {
    print("Error: $error");
  }
}

Advanced Usage

// Send with multiple recipients and custom options
Future<void> send_advanced_sms() async {
  String message = "Hello everyone!";
  List<String> recipients = ["1234567890", "0987654321", "5556667777"];
  
  try {
    String result = await sendSMS(
      message: message,
      recipients: recipients,
      send_direct: true,  // Skip confirmation dialog (Android only)
    );
    print("SMS sent: $result");
  } catch (error) {
    print("Error: $error");
  }
}

Check SMS Capability

Future<void> check_sms_capability() async {
  bool can_send = await canSendSMS();
  
  if (can_send) {
    print("Device can send SMS");
  } else {
    print("Device cannot send SMS");
  }
}

📖 Complete Example

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:send_message/send_message.dart';

class SmsScreen extends StatefulWidget {
  @override
  _SmsScreenState createState() => _SmsScreenState();
}

class _SmsScreenState extends State<SmsScreen> {
  final TextEditingController _message_controller = TextEditingController();
  final TextEditingController _phone_controller = TextEditingController();
  List<String> recipients = [];

  Future<void> _send_sms() async {
    if (_message_controller.text.isEmpty || recipients.isEmpty) {
      ScaffoldMessenger.of(context).showSnackBar(
        SnackBar(content: Text('Please enter message and recipients')),
      );
      return;
    }

    try {
      String result = await sendSMS(
        message: _message_controller.text,
        recipients: recipients,
      );
      
      ScaffoldMessenger.of(context).showSnackBar(
        SnackBar(content: Text('SMS sent successfully: $result')),
      );
    } catch (error) {
      ScaffoldMessenger.of(context).showSnackBar(
        SnackBar(content: Text('Error: $error')),
      );
    }
  }

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Scaffold(
      appBar: AppBar(title: Text('Send SMS')),
      body: Padding(
        padding: EdgeInsets.all(16.0),
        child: Column(
          children: [
            TextField(
              controller: _phone_controller,
              decoration: InputDecoration(
                labelText: 'Phone Number',
                suffixIcon: IconButton(
                  icon: Icon(Icons.add),
                  onPressed: () {
                    if (_phone_controller.text.isNotEmpty) {
                      setState(() {
                        recipients.add(_phone_controller.text);
                        _phone_controller.clear();
                      });
                    }
                  },
                ),
              ),
              keyboardType: TextInputType.phone,
            ),
            SizedBox(height: 16),
            TextField(
              controller: _message_controller,
              decoration: InputDecoration(labelText: 'Message'),
              maxLines: 3,
            ),
            SizedBox(height: 16),
            if (recipients.isNotEmpty)
              Wrap(
                children: recipients.map((phone) => Chip(
                  label: Text(phone),
                  deleteIcon: Icon(Icons.close),
                  onDeleted: () => setState(() => recipients.remove(phone)),
                )).toList(),
              ),
            SizedBox(height: 16),
            ElevatedButton(
              onPressed: _send_sms,
              child: Text('Send SMS'),
            ),
          ],
        ),
      ),
    );
  }
}

📚 API Reference

sendSMS()

Sends an SMS/MMS message to specified recipients.

Future<String> sendSMS({
  required String message,        // The message content
  required List<String> recipients, // List of phone numbers
  bool send_direct = false,       // Skip confirmation dialog (Android only)
})

Parameters:

• message: The text message to send
• recipients: List of phone numbers (with or without country codes)
• send_direct: If true, sends directly without confirmation (Android only)

Returns: A String indicating the result of the operation.

canSendSMS()

Checks if the device can send SMS messages.

Future<bool> canSendSMS()

Returns: true if the device can send SMS, false otherwise.

🔧 Usage Options

Option	Description	Platform
Message only	Pre-fill message, let user choose recipients	All
Recipients only	Pre-fill recipients, let user type message	All
Message + Recipients	Complete SMS ready to send	All
Direct send	Skip confirmation dialog	Android only

⚠️ Important Notes

Direct Sending Warning

WARNING: Using send_direct: true is only recommended for specific app categories. Most apps should use the default behavior to comply with Play Store policies.

iOS Behavior

• On iOS, if the recipient has an iPhone and iMessage is enabled, the message will be sent as an iMessage
• For multiple recipients, the message will be sent as MMS
• The plugin must be tested on a real iOS device

Web Limitations

• Web platform opens the default mail client instead of SMS
• Direct sending is not available on web

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

Development Setup

1. Fork the repository
2. Clone your fork: git clone https://github.com/DabhiNavaghan/send_message.git
3. Create a feature branch: git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature
4. Make your changes and test them
5. Commit your changes: git commit -m 'Add amazing feature'
6. Push to the branch: git push origin feature/amazing-feature
7. Open a Pull Request

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

👨‍💻 Maintainer

Navaghan Dabhi (@DabhiNavaghan)

• 🌐 Website: navaghandahbi.dev
• 🐱 GitHub: DabhiNavaghan

🙏 Acknowledgments

• Original flutter_sms package by Flutter Community
• Flutter team for the amazing framework
• All contributors who help improve this plugin

📈 Changelog

See CHANGELOG.md for a detailed list of changes.

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