@eabdullazyanov/react-native-sms-user-consent

React Native SMS User Consent

React Native wrapper for Android's SMS User Consent API, ready to use in React Native components with minimum effort.

iOS

SMS User Consent API exists only on Android, so this package is Android-only. Calling the APIs on iOS is no-op.

If you want auto-filling on iOS, textContentType="oneTimeCode" for TextInput is the way to go. Basically, this is the only way for iOS

Getting started

yarn add @eabdullazyanov/react-native-sms-user-consent

or

npm install @eabdullazyanov/react-native-sms-user-consent

Basic usage

import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
import { TextInput } from 'react-native';

import { useSmsUserConsent } from '@eabdullazyanov/react-native-sms-user-consent';

const Example = () => {
  const [code, setCode] = useState();

  const retrievedCode = useSmsUserConsent();

  useEffect(() => {
    if (retrievedCode) setCode(retrievedCode);
  }, [retrievedCode]);

  return <TextInput value={code} onChangeText={setCode} />;
};

In the example we use a controlled TextInput for the code entry. sms equals to the empty string initially, and whenever an SMS is handled sms receives its content. We use the useEffect to update the value when an SMS is handled. Inside the effect we use the retrieveVerificationCode method to retrieve the code from the SMS and update the input value with it.

API

useSmsUserConsent()

useSmsUserConsent(codeLength = 6): string

React hook that starts SMS handling and provides the handled SMS as its return value, which is the empty string initially. Stops handling SMS messages on unmount. Uses startSmsHandling and retrieveVerificationCode internally.

This hook is the way to go in most cases. Alternatively, you can use startSmsHandling and retrieveVerificationCode directly if dealing with something that is not a functional component or you need some more flexibility.

On iOS it just returns the empty string, so no additional code to handle iOS is needed.

startSmsHandling()

type Event = {
  sms?: string;
}

startSmsHandling(onSmsReceived: (event: {sms?: string}) => void): (
  stopSmsHandling(): void
)

Starts the native SMS listener that will show the SMS User Consent system prompt. If the user has allowed reading the SMS, then the onSmsReceived callback is called. onSmsReceived receives the event object containing the SMS.

Returns stopSmsHandling function that stops showing the system prompt and stops SMS handling.

retrieveVerificationCode()

retrieveVerificationCode(sms: string, codeLength: number = 6): string | null

Retrieves the verification code from an SMS if there is any.

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You can import the whole API as one object if you prefer

import SmsUserConsent from 'react-native-sms-user-consent';

// ...
SmsUserConsent.useSmsUserConsent();
// ...

Help

If you have any ideas about the project or found a bug or have a question, feel free to create an issue with all the relevant information. We are engaged to response ASAP.

Contribution

PRs are always welcome. If you're feeling like contributing to the project, please do. It would be great to have all the relevant information with the PR.

To make changes, you'll need to follow these steps:

1. clone the repo
2. go to /example folder
3. run yarn and npx react-native run-android to build and view the example project
4. make changes
5. repeat steps 3 and 4 until the desired result is achieved
6. create a PR
7. 🥳