agarrharr/phonegap-sms-plugin

This plugin lets a mobile app send text messages (SMS) directly from within the app, working across Android, iOS, and Windows Phone 8. For a founder or developer building a cross-platform mobile app, this means you can add a "send text" feature, like sharing a link, sending a verification code, or inviting a contact, without building separate logic for each operating system. At a high level, a plugin like this acts as a bridge between your web-based app code (the kind of app Phonegap/Cordova builds) and the native texting functionality built into the phone. Instead of rewriting the SMS-sending code in Java for Android, Swift for iOS, and whatever Windows Phone uses, you write one set of instructions in your app's shared codebase, and the plugin handles translating that into the right native command for whichever device the user is on. This would be useful for anyone building a mobile app that needs SMS capabilities, for example, a referral app where users text friends an invite link, or a utility app that sends quick status updates. Rather than integrating a paid third-party SMS API (which sends texts from a server), this plugin sends the message through the user's own phone and messaging app, which means no per-message cost but the user does need to confirm or allow the send on their device. The most important thing to note is that this repository is deprecated, it's no longer maintained or updated. The README directs users to a new home for the project, meaning anyone looking to use this functionality should go to the replacement repo instead. The original code here is essentially archived, and any new projects should use the successor.