EnvayaSMS SMS gateway for Android

Testing EnvayaSMS

If you don't yet have an Android phone, you can test EnvayaSMS in an emulated phone on your computer.

With this method, you can test EnvayaSMS for free and figure out if EnvayaSMS will work for your project without needing to get an actual phone or subscribe to mobile service.

The following steps explain how to set up EnvayaSMS on an Android Virtual Device:

1. Install the Android SDK on your computer (where you are running a "dev" copy of your website)
2. Create a new Android Virtual Device with a target of Android 1.6 or higher. Specify a size for the SD card (necessary to download EnvayaSMS via the browser)
3. Start the virtual device
4. Open the Browser app and go to sms.envaya.org/install
5. Click on the EnvayaSMS-release.apk link to download EnvayaSMS.
   Note: Android Market does not work in the emulator.
6. Install EnvayaSMS
7. Configure EnvayaSMS with the settings of your development server.
   Note: Do not enter localhost as the Server URL (since this would refer to the AVD itself). Instead, use your computer's IP address on the local network, as shown by the ipconfig or ifconfig utilities.
8. To simulate incoming SMS on the emulator:
   • using telnet from your host computer, connect to localhost:5554
     Note: on Windows, you can install puttytel.
   • type sms send [phonenumber] [text message] to send messages to the emulator.
     Note: the emulator cannot receive MMS messages.

Of course, you can also test EnvayaSMS by connecting a real Android phone to your development web server. For more information, see the FAQ.