title: Send multiple sms in Android
body: <p>I was making an app that could send multiple sms messages (all with the same text) to one recipient. Currently, the app has a pretty poor set up for sending 5 messages at once.</p>
  
  <p>Here is what I used to send 5 sms messages. Is there a better way to send multiple messages, and a better way to store the messages in the users inbox? Because copying and pasting the same thing over and over is really messy. Thanks!</p>
  
  <pre><code>public void function1(int id){ 
              String phoneNo = phoneInput.getText().toString();
              String sms = textSMS.getText().toString();
              try {
                  Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),getString(R.string.sentMessages), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                  SmsManager smsManager = SmsManager.getDefault();
                  smsManager.sendTextMessage(phoneNo, null, sms, null, null);
                  smsManager.sendTextMessage(phoneNo, null, sms, null, null);
                  smsManager.sendTextMessage(phoneNo, null, sms, null, null);
                  smsManager.sendTextMessage(phoneNo, null, sms, null, null);
                  smsManager.sendTextMessage(phoneNo, null, sms, null, null);
                  SharedPreferences prefs = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(this);
                  final boolean save = prefs.getBoolean("addvalues", true);
                  if(save){
                      ContentValues values = new ContentValues();                       
                      values.put("address", phoneNo);                               
                      values.put("body", sms);
                      getContentResolver().insert(Uri.parse("content://sms/sent"), values); 
                      getContentResolver().insert(Uri.parse("content://sms/sent"), values); 
                      getContentResolver().insert(Uri.parse("content://sms/sent"), values); 
                      getContentResolver().insert(Uri.parse("content://sms/sent"), values); 
                      getContentResolver().insert(Uri.parse("content://sms/sent"), values);  
                  }
                } catch (Exception e) {
                    Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),getString(R.string.messageNotSent), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                  e.printStackTrace();
                } 
  </code></pre>