Custom Android Mms/sms Application From Source Code?

Okay here's the deal: I want to download the full source of the MMS/SMS application that ships with Android phones. I want to be able to modify it, and add a little custom functio

Solution 1:

There's a mirror of the SMS/MMS app on GitHub here. Just import that to Eclipse and customise away.

Solution 2:

Unless you want to customize and use it only on your own phone (without publishing), this is not a good idea. This is because it uses classes that are hidden from the sdk. By default you won't even be able to build the apk via eclipse, but there is a way. The reason why this is a bad idea is that the hidden apis are not guaranteed to remain the same through different api-levels and your app can stop working with the next android update, and might also not work on previous api-levels. In-fact your app might not even work on selected phones running the same api-level.