react-native-android-sms-listener

A utility that allows you to listen for incoming SMS messages.

Example

import SmsListener from 'react-native-android-sms-listener'

SmsListener.addListener(message => {
  console.info(message)
})

The contents of message object will be:

{
  originatingAddress: string,
  body: string,
  timestamp: number
}

SmsListener#addListener returns a CancellableSubscription so if you want to stop listening for incoming SMS messages you can simply .remove it:

let subscription = SmsListener.addListener(...)

subscription.remove()

In recent versions of Android you might also have to ask for permissions:

async function requestReadSmsPermission() {
  try {
    await PermissionsAndroid.request(
      PermissionsAndroid.PERMISSIONS.READ_SMS,
      {
        title: "(...)",
        message: "Why you're asking for..."
      }
    );
  } catch (err) {}
}

class MyComponent extends Component {
  // ...

  componentDidMount() {
    requestReadSmsPermission();
  }

  // ...
}

Example of using it for verification purposes:

...and if in your sign up process you have the phone number verification step which is done by sending a code via SMS to the specified phone, you might want to verify it automatically when the user receive it — pretty much like what Telegram or WhatsApp does:

let subscription = SmsListener.addListener(message => {
  let verificationCodeRegex = /Your verification code: ([\d]{6})/

  if (verificationCodeRegex.test(message.body)) {
    let verificationCode = message.body.match(verificationCodeRegex)[1]

    YourPhoneVerificationApi.verifyPhoneNumber(
      message.originatingAddress,
      verificationCode
    ).then(verifiedSuccessfully => {
      if (verifiedSuccessfully) {
        subscription.remove()
        return
      }

      if (__DEV__) {
        console.info(
          'Failed to verify phone `%s` using code `%s`',
          message.originatingAddress,
          verificationCode
        )
      }
    })
  }
})

If you're using Twilio or a similar third-party messaging service which you have a fixed phone number to deliver messages you might want to ensure that the message comes from your service by checking message.originatingAddress.

Installation

$ npm install --save react-native-android-sms-listener
$ react-native link react-native-android-sms-listener

Manual Installation

For a manual installation, all you need to do to use this so-called utility is:

android/settings.gradle

include ':react-native-android-sms-listener'
project(':react-native-android-sms-listener').projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir,'../node_modules/react-native-android-sms-listener/android')

android/app/build.gradle

dependencies {
  compile project(':react-native-android-sms-listener')
  // (...)
}

MainApplication.java

import com.centaurwarchief.smslistener.SmsListenerPackage;

@Override
protected List<ReactPackage> getPackages() {
  return Arrays.<ReactPackage>asList(
    new MainReactPackage(),
    new SmsListenerPackage()
    // (...)
  );
}