SMS message send, receive, and SIM management sample

This sample shows how to use the Windows 8.1 Mobile Broadband SMS API (Windows.Devices.Sms). It demonstrates how to:

• Send a text message to a specified destination number.
• Receive a text SMS message.
• Send a binary SMS message (PDU format).
• Read a message from the Subscriber Identity Module (SIM).
• Delete a specified message from the SIM.
• Delete all messages from the SIM.

To obtain an evaluation copy of Windows 8.1, go to Windows 8.1.

To obtain an evaluation copy of Microsoft Visual Studio 2013, go to Visual Studio 2013.

Note  For Windows 8 app samples, download the Windows 8 app samples pack. The samples in the Windows 8 app samples pack will build and run only on Microsoft Visual Studio 2012.

Related topics

Mobile Broadband on the Windows Hardware Dev Center

SmsBinaryMessage

SmsDevice

SmsMessageReceivedEventArgs

SmsTextMessage

Windows 8 app samples

Related technologies

Operating system requirements

Build the sample

1. Start Visual Studio 2013 and select File > Open > Project/Solution.
2. Go to the directory in which you unzipped the sample. Go to the directory named for the sample, and double-click the Visual Studio 2013 Solution (.sln) file.
3. Press F7 or use Build > Build Solution to build the sample.

Run the sample

To debug the app and then run it, press F5 or use Debug > Start Debugging. To run the app without debugging, press Ctrl+F5 or use Debug > Start Without Debugging.

The SMS message send, receive, and SIM management sample requires access to the mobile broadband network adaptor. For info about Mobile Broadband, see the Windows Hardware Dev Center.