Downloading SMShow

You can download SMShow from the Android^TM Market.

What is SMShow?

SMShow is a very simple application for the Android^TM Mobile OS. It has been created by a developer at Vivo who just wanted a simple popup app which could handle multiple messages and allow them to reply / forward the messages as they needed. It also gave the developer the chance to see how Android handled incoming messages and to learn some new skills.

SMShow was designed and tested with the 1.5 release of Android

The idea behind the application is to show you your text messages directly when they come in, and enable you to scroll through a list of messages if more than one comes in before you've read the first. This web page is a simple introduction into SMShow and the features and options available in the current release (1.0.0). When additional releases are made for added features and bug fixes, amendments will be made to this site to show you what's been changed and how to use the changes. If you have any questions or problems with SMShow then please e-mail us as android@vivosystems.co.uk

Features and Options

Below is a quick overview of the features and options provided by SMShow.

Options Overview

When SMShow is first installed and ran the first thing which will be displayed is the options box which provides you with a set of configuration options.

1. Enable SMShowThis is the flag which activates SMShow. If this is unchecked (gray) then SMShow will receive the messages but will then disregard them. If you want SMShow to popup make sure this option is checked (green)
2. Mark as ReadEach message can have three buttons depending on the options you select below (explained in points 3, 4 and 5). One of these buttons is the close button, aside from its default functionality, when this is checked (green) the message which is closed will also be marked as read.
3. Show Reply ButtonThis option when checked displays the reply button to the user for each message contained within the SMShow popup. If this button is checked (green) then the button is displayed and functional. If it is unchecked (gray) then the button is disabled and not displayed.
4. Show Forward ButtonThis option when checked displays the forward button to the user for each message contained within the SMShow popup. If this button is checked (green) then the button is displayed and functional. If it is unchecked (gray) then the button is disabled and not displayed.
5. Show Close ButtonThis option when checked displays the close button to the user for each message contained within the SMShow popup. If this button is checked (green) then the button is displayed and functional. If it is unchecked (gray) then the button is disabled and not displayed.
6. Show Vivo Logo on PopupThis option when checked (green) removes the VivoSys image from the bottom of the SMShow popup.
7. Show SMShow IconThis option when checked (green) removes the SMShow image and text from the title bar at the top of the SMShow popup.

SMShow popup

1. Displays the application icon and name. (not displayed if option "Show SMShow Icon" is unchecked (gray)
2. Displays a mini photo of the contact if a photo can not be found, or there is no contact registered for that number then a default image is displayed which is one of the following ->
3. Displays the message body. At the moment the message body is displayed for SMS messages, MMS messages show the subject of the message.
4. Displays the number of messages within the SMShow popup.
5. Displays the name of the contact who sent the message. If no contact is found then the phone number of the sender is displayed.
6. Displays the type of message received. At the moment SMS and MMS messages are supported, so when an SMS is received "SMS" is displayed here and for an MMS message "MMS" is displayed.
7. This is the reply button. When this is clicked the default message application is opened with the current message thread. If there is more than one application available which can handle the request then the user must choose. (not displayed if option "Show Reply button" is unchecked (gray))
8. This is the forward button. When this is clicked the default message application is opened with the current message thread. If there is more than one application available which can handle the request then the user must choose. (not displayed if option "Show Forward button" is unchecked (gray))

   Replying to the message

   

   Forwarding the message

   
9. This is the close button. When this is clicked the current message is removed from the list. If the option is selected to "Mark as Read" then the message status is also updates to reflect that the message has been read. (not displayed if option "Show Close button" is unchecked (gray))