How to use an html link to open the sms app with a pre-filled body?
Everything I have read seems to indicate that sms:18005555555?body=bodyTextHere
Should work, but on the iPhone, this doesn't work. If I take out the ?body=bodyTextHere, and just use sms:phonenumber, it works.
I have seen several instances where QR codes do this through a safari link. How are they able to pre-populate the body text?
There is not need for two separate anchor tags for Android and iOS. This should help.
// Without Contact Number
<a href="sms:?&body=message">Text Message</a>
// With Contact Number
<a href="sms:1234567890;?&body=message">Text Message</a>
// Works on both Android and iOS
Android and iOS body only:
<a href="sms://;?&body=Hello%20World">Only body</a>
Android and iOS one recipient only with body:
<a href="sms://+15552345678;?&body=Hello%20World">one recipient only with body</a>
Only Android multiple recipients with body:
<a href="sms://+15552345678, +15552345679;?&body=Hello%20World">Android multiple recipients with body</a>
Only iOS multiple recipients with body:
<a href="sms://open?addresses=+15552345678,+15552345679;?&body=Hello%20World">iOS multiple recipients with body</a>
Note that the body should be URI encoded.
For those wanting a solution that works in 2022 I set up a small web app that just uses the correct format for iOS, macOS, and Android automatically.
https://copy.gives/18005555555?body=Body+text+here
The issue in 2022 is that on iOS you * must * use double slashes as well as /&
So the respective working URLs are the following
sms://18005555555/&body=Body%20text%20here - iOS and macOS
sms://18005555555/?body=Body%20text%20here - Android
Notice the /& for Apple devices and /? for Android
You can try some working examples here(doesn't work embedded):
For using Android you use below code
<a href="sms:+32665?body=reg fb1>Send SMS</a>
For iOS you can use below code
<a href="sms:+32665&body=reg fb1>Send SMS</a>
below code working for both iOs and Android
<a href="sms:+32665?&body=reg fb1>Send SMS</a>
Well not only do you have to worry about iOS and Android, there's also which android messaging app. Google messaging app for Note 9 and some new galaxys do not open with text, but the samsung app works. The solution seems to be add // after the sms:
so sms://15551235555
<a href="sms:/* phone number here */?body=/* body text here */">Link</a>
should be
<a href="sms://15551235555?body=Hello">Link</a>
Was struggling with ability to open SMS app with body only message, no recipients on iOS 11+.
None of the solutions above worked for me, it didn't open at all or opened with something pre-populated in recipients (like ';').
Finally I ended up with this syntax for body only:
sms:///?body=Hello%20World