Iphone app to access SMS and save it to iCloud
Is it possible to write an Iphone application that can access SMS messages on the phone and store them elsewhere? I've seen other questions like this and another question that says it is possible to send SMS with the MFMessageComposeViewController from the MessageUI Framework.
Since both questions have been for over a year, is it possible to do this now (accessing SMS messages and saving them in iCloud)?
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Apple Dev Library says, “In iOS 4.0 and later, you can send text messages from your app. Sending messages. Incoming SMS messages are sent to the built-in Messages app. I'd like them to explain why they don't allow programs access messages.
So, not with an iPhone app, apparently, but you can access them with a desktop app. See http://www.wired.com/2013/11/backup-sms-iphone :
"Apple keeps your text messages in their iPhone backups, whether they are stored locally on your PC or part of an iCloud backup, which is what you need. That's good! Unfortunately, they are not separated. Via the file system. If you back up locally on your Apple computer, you can find the file under Library> Application Support> MobileSync> Backup. There should be several folders, each with a different backup image of your phone. should have a file named "3d0d7e5fb2ce288813306e4d4636395e047a3d28.mddata" These are your texts in the form of a SQLite database.
You need SQLite to decrypt the file. There are some instructions here:
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