Developing Android Applications with Flex 4.5

Create Text Message

The URLRequest class can be used to open the Messaging application to send text messages. By prepending the request with sms:, you will tell Android to launch the Messaging application when the navigateToURL method is called. Figure 6-3 shows the sample application running and Figure 6-4 shows the Messaging application with the phone number pre-populated. Unfortunately, at this time it is not possible to send a message along with the phone number when using the Messaging application:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:Application xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
                  xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark">

    <fx:Script>
          <![CDATA[
               protectedfunction sendIt_clickHandler(event:MouseEvent):void
               {
                     var s:String = "";
                     s += "sms:";
                     s+= sendTo.text;
                     navigateToURL(new URLRequest(s));

               }
          ]]>
    </fx:Script>

    <fx:Declarations>
          <!-- Place non-visual elements (e.g., services, value objects) here -->
    </fx:Declarations>

    <s:Label text="Send To" top="40" left="50"/>
    <s:TextInput id="sendTo" top="30" left="160" text="2125559999" width="250"/>
    <s:Button id="sendIt" label="Send" click="sendIt_clickHandler(event)" top="110" 
        left="160"/>
</s:Application>

Figure 6-3. Open a text message in the Messaging application

Figure 6-4. The Messenging application has opened