Reading SMS from Inbox in Android

package com.srinivas;

import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.database.Cursor;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);


// get sms from inbox
        Uri uriSMSURI = Uri.parse("content://sms/inbox");
        Cursor cur = getContentResolver().query(uriSMSURI, null, null, null,null);
// 
        String sms = "";
        while (cur.moveToNext()) {
            sms += "" + cur.getString(3) + " : " + cur.getString(2);        
        }
             TextView tv=(TextView)findViewById(R.id.textView1);
      tv.setText(sms);
}
}



Manifest permission

 <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_SMS"/> 

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