Messaging Plugin for Xamarin 4 released

I’ve just published the final build of the next major version of the Messaging Plugin to NuGet. I’ve added no new features since the last beta build.

Here is the complete list of changes for v4 of the plugin:

• Add support for sending SMS to multiple recipients
• Android+UWP: Add support for sending SMS without user interaction via the ISmsTask.CanSendSmsInBackground and ISmsTask.SendSmsInBackground
• Android: Add support for using FileProvider to add attachments using content Uri’s on Android Nougat and later
• Android: Add new Settings class to configure Android specific behavior when sending emails/making phone calls (see next bullets). Access from Android project only using CrossMessaging.Current.Settings() extension method.
  • Add new EmailSettings.UseStrictMode flag (default value false) to filter list of apps to only email apps and not other text messaging or social apps. Unfortunately adding attachments when using StrictMode does not seem to work, and is therefore currently not supported.
  • Add new PhoneSettings.AutoDial flag (default value false) to automatically phone the number instead of only showing the phone dialer with the number populated. Please note using this settings requires the android.permission.CALL_PHONE added to the manifest file.
• Breaking Change: Remove iOS Classic support
• Breaking Change: Remove Windows Phone 8.0 and 8.1 support
• Breaking Change: Reworked EmailMessageBuilder.WithAttachment platform API to provide consistent API

Full details of how to use the plugin can be found here. You can also find samples illustrating the use of the different features in the GitHub repo.

Messaging Plugin for Xamarin 4 Beta

I’ve just published another beta build of the next major version of the Messaging Plugin to NuGet.

New feature added in this build:

• Android+UWP: Add support for sending SMS without user interaction via the ISmsTask.CanSendSmsInBackground and ISmsTask.SendSmsInBackground. Thanks to soroshsabz for the initial contribution.

I’m hoping that this is the final build before publishing v4 of the plugin. Take it for a spin and let me know if you run into any issues

Messaging Plugin for Xamarin 4 Alpha2

I’ve just published another alpha build of the next major version of the Messaging Plugin to NuGet.

New features/changes in this build are Android related and include:

• Android: Add new CrossMessaging.Current.Settings().Email.UseStrictMode flag (default value false) to filter list of apps to only email apps and not other text messaging or social apps. This replaces the EmailMessageBuilder.UseStrictMode added in the first alpha.
• Android: Add new CrossMessaging.Current.Settings().Phone.AutoDial flag (default value false) to automatically phone the number instead of only showing the phone dialer with the number populated. Please note using this settings requires the android.permission.CALL_PHONE added to the manifest file.

Messaging Plugin for Xamarin 4

I’ve just published an early alpha build of the next major version of the Messaging Plugin to NuGet. Visit the Change Log to see what’s changed. Here are some highlights:

• Add support for sending SMS to multiple recipients
• Android: Add support for using FileProvider to add attachments using content Uri’s on Android Nougat and later
• Android: Add new EmailMessageBuilder.UseStrictMode to filter list of apps to only email apps and not other text messaging or social apps. (Unfortunately adding attachments when using StrictMode does not seem to work, and is therefore currently not supported.)
• Breaking Change: Remove iOS Classic support
• Breaking Change: Remove Windows Phone 8.0 and 8.1 support
• Breaking Change: Reworked EmailMessageBuilder.WithAttachment platform API to provide consistent API for adding attachments

Due to the breaking changes introduced, the version of the plugin has been bumped to v4.0.0. Take it for a spin and let me know if you run into any issues

Messaging Plugin for Xamarin 3

I’ve just published an update to the Messaging Plugin for Xamarin that includes support for the Windows Universal Platform (thanks to James Montemagno). The update introduces a breaking change whereby the default namespace for the plugin changes to Plugin.Messaging to align with the naming strategy for Xamarin plugins proposed by James Montemagno in his latest round of Xamarin plugin updates. Due to this breaking change, the version of the plugin has been bumped to v3.0.0.