Archived:Send SMS using Qt Mobility

ID		Creation date	15th Mar 2010
Platform	S60 5th Edition	Tested on devices	Nokia N97 Mini
Category	Qt for Symbian	Subcategory	Qt Mobility API

Keywords (APIs, classes, methods, functions): QMessageServiceAction, QMessageId

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Tip: Read this article before moving forward: Setting up environment for Qt Mobility API

Overview

The below code shows how to send a SMS using Qt Mobility

Project configuration file (.Pro file)

• Add the Qt Mobility project configuration option in the .Pro file as shown below

CONFIG += mobility
MOBILITY += messaging

Headers

#include <qtmessaging.h>
<code cpp>
<code cpp>
private slots:
    void messageStateChanged(QMessageServiceAction::State s);
private:
    QMessageServiceAction m_MessageServiceAction;
    QMessageId m_sendId;  
 
<code cpp>
 
=== Source file ===
 
<code cpp>
// connect messageseives statechange signal to our slot, to get notification    
connect(&m_MessageServiceAction, SIGNAL(stateChanged(QMessageServiceAction::State)), this, SLOT(messageStateChanged(QMessageServiceAction::State)));    
 
void send_sms::QtSendSMSMessage(QString address, QString body) {
    // Prepare QMessage with address & body
    QMessage message;
    message.setType(QMessage::Sms);
    message.setTo(QMessageAddress(address, QMessageAddress::Phone));
    message.setBody(body);
 
    if (iMessageServiceAction.send(message)) {
        sendId = message.id();
        } 
    else {
        // message sending failed
        }
    }    
 
void send_sms::messageStateChanged(QMessageServiceAction::State s) {
    if (s == QMessageServiceAction::Successful) {
        // message send successfull
        }
    else {
        // message sending failed
        }
    }
<code cpp>
 
===Classes===
* QMessageServiceAction
* QMessageId
 
== Reference links==
* [http://qt.nokia.com/ Qt - cross-platform application and UI framework]
* [http://labs.trolltech.com/page/Projects/QtMobility Qt Mobility API]
* [http://qt.nokia.com/developer/new-qt-apis New Qt APIs Beta - Mobility Project]
* SDK help