The installation guide might be slightly off...

[J-Cake]

Can I just say that while this module is bloody brilliant, I've had a hard time installing it. I'd like to know whether you actually meant to add the stuff to MainActivity.java or to MainApplication.java because the latter contains a function called OnCreate, the prior doesn't.

[fc]

Yeah it's broken, until #15 is merged it won't work.

You can use my branch though:

yarn add "fc/react-native-android-sms#fc/react-native-compat"

The install instructions are also wrong which I did not address in the PR/README but can be understood below in this patch:

diff --git a/android/app/build.gradle b/android/app/build.gradle
index 4fa84e8..71de8de 100644
--- a/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ apply from: 'expo.gradle'
 dependencies {
     compile project(':react-native-call-log')
   implementation fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
+    compile project(':react-native-android-sms')
 
   implementation 'com.android.support:multidex:1.0.1'
 
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/host/exp/exponent/MainApplication.java b/android/app/src/main/java/host/exp/exponent/MainApplication.java
index af14912..48b3dd2 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/java/host/exp/exponent/MainApplication.java
+++ b/android/app/src/main/java/host/exp/exponent/MainApplication.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import expo.modules.sensors.SensorsPackage;
 import expo.modules.sms.SMSPackage;
 import expo.modules.taskManager.TaskManagerPackage;
 import expolib_v1.okhttp3.OkHttpClient;
+import my.qash.react.SmsPackage;
 
 // Needed for `react-native link`
 // import com.facebook.react.ReactApplication;
@@ -54,7 +55,8 @@ public class MainApplication extends ExpoApplication implements AppLoaderPackage
 
         // Needed for `react-native link`
         // new MainReactPackage(),
-            new CallLogPackage()
+            new CallLogPackage(),
+            new SmsPackage()
     );
   }
 
diff --git a/android/settings.gradle b/android/settings.gradle
index 5f52356..c48799f 100644
--- a/android/settings.gradle
+++ b/android/settings.gradle
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 include ':app'
 include ':react-native-call-log'
 project(':react-native-call-log').projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir, '../node_modules/react-native-call-log/android')
+include ':react-native-android-sms'
+project(':react-native-android-sms').projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir, '../node_modules/react-native-android-sms')
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7554430..a133af3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
     "expokit": "32.1.1",
     "react": "16.5.0",
     "react-native": "https://github.com/expo/react-native/archive/sdk-32.0.0.tar.gz",
+    "react-native-android-sms": "fc/react-native-android-sms#fc/react-native-compat",
     "react-native-call-log": "^2.1.1",
     "react-navigation": "^3.0.9"
   },
diff --git a/screens/HomeScreen.js b/screens/HomeScreen.js
index ad650e4..197db7d 100644
--- a/screens/HomeScreen.js
+++ b/screens/HomeScreen.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
 } from "react-native";
 import { WebBrowser, Contacts, Permissions } from "expo";
 import CallLogs from "react-native-call-log";
+import SmsAndroid from "react-native-android-sms";
 
 import { MonoText } from "../components/StyledText";
 
@@ -56,6 +57,49 @@ export default class HomeScreen extends React.Component {
         console.log(contacts, 5)
       );
     }
+
+    const grantedReadSms = await PermissionsAndroid.request(
+      PermissionsAndroid.PERMISSIONS.READ_SMS,
+      {
+        title: "Read SMS Example",
+        message: "Access your SMS logs",
+        buttonNeutral: "Ask Me Later",
+        buttonNegative: "Cancel",
+        buttonPositive: "OK"
+      }
+    );
+
+    if (grantedReadSms === PermissionsAndroid.RESULTS.GRANTED) {
+      const filter = {
+        box: "inbox", // 'inbox' (default), 'sent', 'draft', 'outbox', 'failed', 'queued', and '' for all
+        // the next 4 filters should NOT be used together, they are OR-ed so pick one
+        read: 0, // 0 for unread SMS, 1 for SMS already read
+        //_id: 1234, // specify the msg id
+        //address: '+97433------', // sender's phone number
+        //body: 'Hello', // content to match
+        // the next 2 filters can be used for pagination
+        indexFrom: 0, // start from index 0
+        maxCount: 10 // count of SMS to return each time
+      };
+
+      SmsAndroid.list(
+        JSON.stringify(filter),
+        fail => {
+          console.log("OH Snap: " + fail);
+        },
+        (count, smsList) => {
+          console.log("Count: ", count);
+          console.log("List: ", smsList);
+          var arr = JSON.parse(smsList);
+          for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
+            var obj = arr[i];
+            console.log("Index: " + i);
+            console.log("-->" + obj.date);
+            console.log("-->" + obj.body);
+          }
+        }
+      );
+    }
   };
 
   // async componentDidlMount() {