I am trying to find out if there is a way to detect silent sms via android api. Also just for kicks, can you send it from the device?
Ok, I think I figured it out. There, the method in the telephony.SmsMessage class is called getMessageClass (). Class 0 indicates silent sms. As for sending them, this is still ongoing.
SMS ( ), 4-7 TP DCS (Data Coding Scheme) 1100 (Message Waiting Indication Group: Discard Message) - . , AFAIK Android SDK.0 SMS.3GPP 23.038 : " 0, MS , MS SC".
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You can also enter help in a telnet session, it will list all the possible actions you can do.