Open SMS Inbox in iOS 7

Question

I want to open the SMS inbox when I touched a button in my app. I can write message using MFMessageComposeViewController , is there a counterpart for this?

Answer 1

You can use the sms URL scheme on the iPhone for this. Use the following code to open the Messages app:

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

Apple documents the sms: URL scheme in some detail here.

As has already been pointed out, if you wish to do this entirely in-app, you will have to jailbreak your device. The messages database is not accessible through the app sandbox, as it used to be in earlier (pre-4.0) versions of iOS.