You have to create a broadcast receiver which does this. I made a quick sample for you from some of the old threads on the list. ChrisNTR was so kind to help someone else before with this and made this gist: https://gist.github.com/cc8eec0c5b35fffc05cb
The full BroadcastReceiver can be seen below: using System.Text; using Android.App; using Android.Content; using Android.Runtime; using Android.Util; using Android.Widget; using Android.Telephony; using Environment = System.Environment; namespace MonoDroid.SMSFun { [BroadcastReceiver(Enabled = true, Label = "SMS Receiver")] [IntentFilter(new[] { "android.provider.Telephony.SMS_RECEIVED" })] public class SMSBroadcastReceiver : BroadcastReceiver { private const string Tag = "SMSBroadcastReceiver"; private const string IntentAction = "android.provider.Telephony.SMS_RECEIVED"; public override void OnReceive(Context context, Intent intent) { Log.Info(Tag, "Intent received: " + intent.Action); if (intent.Action != IntentAction) return; var bundle = intent.Extras; if (bundle == null) return; var pdus = bundle.Get("pdus"); var castedPdus = JNIEnv.GetArray<Java.Lang.Object>(pdus.Handle); var msgs = new SmsMessage[castedPdus.Length]; var sb = new StringBuilder(); for (var i = 0; i < msgs.Length; i++) { var bytes = new byte[JNIEnv.GetArrayLength(castedPdus[i].Handle)]; JNIEnv.CopyArray(castedPdus[i].Handle, bytes); msgs[i] = SmsMessage.CreateFromPdu(bytes); sb.Append(string.Format("SMS From: {0}{1}Body: {2}{1}", msgs[i].OriginatingAddress, Environment.NewLine, msgs[i].MessageBody)); } Toast.MakeText(context, sb.ToString(), ToastLength.Long).Show(); } } } Remember to add the RECEIVE_SMS permission in your AndroidManifest: <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_SMS" /> On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 9:21 AM, Александр <varlamov...@mail.ru> wrote: > How can i handle and read incoming SMS message? On android. > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://mono-for-android.1047100.n5.nabble.com/Handle-incoming-SMS-tp5711524.html > Sent from the Mono for Android mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > Monodroid mailing list > Monodroid@lists.ximian.com > > UNSUBSCRIBE INFORMATION: > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monodroid -- Med Venlig Hilsen / With Best Regards Tomasz Cielecki http://ostebaronen.dk _______________________________________________ Monodroid mailing list Monodroid@lists.ximian.com UNSUBSCRIBE INFORMATION: http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monodroid