[Ben]

Hi all,
I need to be able to send an sms to several phone numbers. I’ve tried using the following code

document.location='sms:' + number1+', ' + number2 + ', ' + number3;

This works fine when building for android, but not when building for ios.
So how can I submit multiple recipients in the sms url in native ios app?

Alternatively, can I send sms message without openning the phones sms manger?

Thanks in advance,
Ben

[support-michael]

Hi Ben,

On iOS the sms: scheme with multiple contacts is not supported.
See http://goo.gl/ZE2b9 which specifies precisely the valid chars that can appear in the number field. No phone number separator is specified. I did additionally googling and found others that tried your approach with no success on iOS.

>Alternatively, can I send sms message without openning the phones sms manger?

With iOS6 Apple recent closed a gap in the iOS api that supported silent sms sending. The answer is definitely no for iOS.

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