Given that Microsoft has managed to get sms via their phone app integration working on iOS, is it possible or feasible to re-examing the possiblilities via kde-connect? I do think they are using bluetooth rather then the tcpip to work the connection, and their implementation lacks grace, but, it does seem to be possible.
Unfortunately I don’t think anything has changed on the iOS side of things, which is where the issue would lie:
https://www.reddit.com/r/iOSProgramming/comments/11l3jkb/how_to_access_sms_messages_in_my_app/
Normally I would agree, however, I’ve been doing so with microsoft window’s phone link app successfully (mostly) for a while now. I was poking around their api docs a bit, and it does look like they are allowing access to the imessages api’s with an app on the phone. it would require an app on device, but I think this can be done. I may research and chase this a bit this winter perhaps if other priorities subside.
From what I can see, when Apple refers to iMessage APIs they’re referring to building “iMessage apps”, like the things people use to send fancy stickers or play games from inside of the Messages app on the Apple device itself - rather than enabling non-Apple devices to access iMessage data:
Microsoft is basically simulating a limited version of Phone Link’s Android functionality on iOS by treating your PC as a paired Bluetooth device (like a smartwatch or something like that), and receiving notification data / sending messages that way - hence why it can’t see existing messages sitting on your device, and why it specifically has to be Bluetooth, not a USB connection:
Could still be interesting at least on the notification mirroring side - even “just” getting phone notifications to surface on a PC desktop screen would be quite a feat and a really cool add-on bonus for folks.
These might be good links for anyone capable who wants to dig in?