Open iOS Messages app and go directly to the Inbox/Messages list

Question

My goal is to view the messages in the SMS inbox.

I recognize that one cannot access the SMS inbox from within another application, so I have gone the route of:

[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"sms:"]];

The problem with this, is that is pulls up the "New Message" screen.

Is there anyway I can avoid this and go directly to the list of messages?

Answer 1

Unfortunately there are only two URL schemes for Messages,

• "sms:" , that opens the "New message" screen
• "sms:1-408-555-1212" , that opens the "New message" screen with the number provided

As Apple developer documentation refers: https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/featuredarticles/iPhoneURLScheme_Reference/iPhoneURLScheme_Reference.pdf

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