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Accessing SMS Content iPhone

Hi,

I want to confirm if it is allowed to access the SMS content programatically. Are developers allowed to access the content of incoming/outgoing SMS's in the iPhone?

Can I access the incoming/outgoing sms messages and retrieve the information related to them e.g sms sent by, sent to,body, time etc using my custom built application.

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No you cannot do so through public API.

You may have luck with private API and jailbreak, but I'd guess this is not what allowed means here.

Eiko  2010-08-20 18:56:07
Thanks Eiko , just wanted to know if you come across a link in which Apple itself officially disallowed this thing.
T. A.  2010-08-20 19:13:13
Everything that no public API exists for is disallowed. :-)
Eiko  2010-08-20 19:25:51
What if a puvlic APIi available and we not aware of that/!
T. A.  2010-08-20 19:53:15
Won't happen ;-)
Eiko  2010-08-20 20:10:32

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