How to access the SMS/MMS database on Android without using "content://sms"

Question

Hi stackies,

I recently read that the content provider content://sms shouldn't be used to access the SMS store, as there could be some mobile phones that might not know how to deal with it.

So, what would be the best way to access the SMS database in Android? How can I access mmssms.db (this should be the database I need to deal with, right?) directly from my own application to query text messages and conversations?

Thanks!

S.