EnvayaSMS SMS gateway for Android

Installing EnvayaSMS

In order to install and deploy EnvayaSMS, you will need the following prerequisites:

One or more Android phones (1.6 or higher), registered on a mobile network
A way for the phones to connect to the internet, either via Wi-Fi or the mobile data service
(Even if using Wi-Fi, mobile data service is necessary to receive MMS messages.)
A web server accessible from the public internet

Note: If you don't have these prerequisites yet, you can test EnvayaSMS on your computer.

To install EnvayaSMS on an Android phone, open EnvayaSMS on Android Market by clicking the link below from your phone's browser, or scanning the barcode with a QR code app.

Open Android Market

In order to download from Android Market, you will need a Google account and the Market app on your phone. Alternatively, you can also install download EnvayaSMS directly from the link below:

EnvayaSMS-release.apk

Software developers may also download the source code from GitHub and build EnvayaSMS themselves.

Configuring EnvayaSMS

Server Configuration

It is assumed that your organization already has an HTTP server, or has the technical expertise to set up an HTTP server.

Follow the instructions in the API Reference page to learn how to construct a resource on your HTTP server that can communicate with EnvayaSMS.

Phone Configuration

After your server is configured, configure EnvayaSMS on your phone to connect to your server as follows:

Open the EnvayaSMS app
Click the Menu button, then "Settings"
Configure EnvayaSMS to work with your server by entering:

your server URL
your phone number
the password shared with the server

Choose an interval to poll for new outgoing messages
Recommended: under Wi-Fi sleep policy, select "always stay connected". (Otherwise, EnvayaSMS will be unable to forward messages after the phone goes to sleep.)
Optional: enable Network Failover so that the phone will automatically switch to mobile data if the Wi-Fi network stops working.
Check "Enable EnvayaSMS"
Click the Back button to return to the main screen

To test if EnvayaSMS has been configured properly and can connect to your server, open the EnvayaSMS app, click the Menu button, then click "Test Connection".

Important: After EnvayaSMS is enabled, it will forward all SMS messages regardless of whether the EnvayaSMS app is open. If you want to use SMS normally again, return to EnvayaSMS' settings screen and uncheck "Enable EnvayaSMS".

If you're testing EnvayaSMS with an Android phone that you're also using for normal communication, you can enable "Test mode" on the settings screen so that EnvayaSMS only handles SMS messages from particular phone numbers.

Installing Expansion Packs

By default, Android prevents EnvayaSMS from sending more than 100 outgoing SMS messages per hour. However, that limit can be increased by installing EnvayaSMS Expansion Packs.

Each Expansion Pack allows EnvayaSMS to increase its sending limit by an additional 100 outgoing SMS messages per hour. For example, if you install 14 expansion packs, EnvayaSMS will be able to send up to 1500 outgoing SMS messages per hour.

Install EnvayaSMS Expansion Pack 01

With Expansion Packs, EnvayaSMS is limited only by how fast your phone can send and receive SMS, and by your mobile provider's usage limits and terms of service.