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MozMobileMessageManager.getMessages()

In This Article
  1. Summary
  2. Syntax
    1. Parameters
    2. Return
  3. Specifications
  4. Browser compatibility
  5. See also

This API is available on Firefox OS for internal applications only.

Summary

The getMessages method is used to access a list of messages.

Syntax

var cursor = navigator.mozMobileMessage.getMessages(filter, reverse);

Parameters

filter
A MozSmsFilter object used to filter the messages to retrieve.
reverse
A boolean indicating if the order to access the messages is reversed (true) or not (false).

Return

A DOMCursor object to handle the success or error of the operation and iterate through the messages. In case of success, the request's result will be a MozSmsMessage or MozMmsMessage object.

Specifications

This is a non-standard implementation, but it is discussed at W3C as part of the System Application Working Group.

Specification Status Comment
Messaging API Editor's Draft Editor Draft (WIP).

Browser compatibility

For obvious reasons, support is primarily expected on mobile browsers.

  • Desktop
  • Mobile
Feature Chrome Firefox (Gecko) Internet Explorer Opera Safari
Basic support No support No support No support No support No support
Feature Android Firefox Mobile (Gecko) IE Mobile Opera Mobile Safari Mobile
Basic support No support 12.0 (12.0) Moz No support No support No support

See also

  • MozMobileMessageManager
  • MozMmsEvent
  • MozSmsEvent

Document Tags and Contributors

Tags: 
  • API
  • B2G
  • DOM
  • Firefox OS
  • Method
  • Mobile
  • Non Standard
  • Reference
  • Référence
  • SMS
  • WebSMS
 Contributors to this page: chrisdavidmills, Vanessa, fscholz, MHasan, jsx, kscarfone, Jeremie
 Last updated by: chrisdavidmills, Feb 27, 2017, 2:08:20 AM
See also
  1. Mobile Messaging API
  2. Archive
  3. Events
    1. open
    2. message
    3. error
    4. close
    5. sending
    6. sent
    7. failed
    8. deliverysuccess
    9. deliveryerror
    10. retrieving
    11. received
  4. Related pages for Mobile Messaging API
    1. MozMmsEvent
    2. MozMmsMessage
    3. MozMobileMessageManager
    4. MozMobileMessageThread
    5. MozSmsEvent
    6. MozSmsFilter
    7. MozSmsManager
    8. MozSmsMessage
    9. MozSmsSegmentInfo
    10. Navigator.mozMobileMessage