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1 files changed, 32 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/telephony/java/android/telephony/TelephonyManager.java b/telephony/java/android/telephony/TelephonyManager.java
index ea0d220..8f17e72 100644
--- a/telephony/java/android/telephony/TelephonyManager.java
+++ b/telephony/java/android/telephony/TelephonyManager.java
@@ -127,19 +127,40 @@ public class TelephonyManager {
/**
* The Phone app sends this intent when a user opts to respond-via-message during an incoming
- * call. By default, the MMS app consumes this message and sends a text message to the caller. A
- * third party app can provide this functionality in lieu of MMS app by consuming this Intent
- * and sending the message using their own messaging system. The intent contains a URI
- * describing the recipient, and an EXTRA containing the message itself.
+ * call. By default, the device's default SMS app consumes this message and sends a text message
+ * to the caller. A third party app can also provide this functionality by consuming this Intent
+ * with a {@link android.app.Service} and sending the message using its own messaging system.
+ * <p>The intent contains a URI (available from {@link android.content.Intent#getData})
+ * describing the recipient, using either the {@code sms:}, {@code smsto:}, {@code mms:},
+ * or {@code mmsto:} URI schema. Each of these URI schema carry the recipient information the
+ * same way: the path part of the URI contains the recipient's phone number or a comma-separated
+ * set of phone numbers if there are multiple recipients. For example, {@code
+ * smsto:2065551234}.</p>
+ *
+ * <p>The intent may also contain extras for the message text (in {@link
+ * android.content.Intent#EXTRA_TEXT}) and a message subject
+ * (in {@link android.content.Intent#EXTRA_SUBJECT}).</p>
+ *
* <p class="note"><strong>Note:</strong>
- * The intent-filter which consumes this Intent needs to be in a service which requires the
+ * The intent-filter that consumes this Intent needs to be in a {@link android.app.Service}
+ * that requires the
* permission {@link android.Manifest.permission#SEND_RESPOND_VIA_MESSAGE}.</p>
- *
- * <p>
- * {@link android.content.Intent#getData} is a URI describing the recipient of the message.
- * <p>
- * The {@link android.content.Intent#EXTRA_TEXT} extra contains the message
- * to send.
+ * <p>For example, the service that receives this intent can be declared in the manifest file
+ * with an intent filter like this:</p>
+ * <pre>
+ * &lt;!-- Service that delivers SMS messages received from the phone "quick response" -->
+ * &lt;service android:name=".HeadlessSmsSendService"
+ * android:permission="android.permission.SEND_RESPOND_VIA_MESSAGE"
+ * android:exported="true" >
+ * &lt;intent-filter>
+ * &lt;action android:name="android.intent.action.RESPOND_VIA_MESSAGE" />
+ * &lt;category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
+ * &lt;data android:scheme="sms" />
+ * &lt;data android:scheme="smsto" />
+ * &lt;data android:scheme="mms" />
+ * &lt;data android:scheme="mmsto" />
+ * &lt;/intent-filter>
+ * &lt;/service></pre>
* <p>
* Output: nothing.
*/