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How to use FCMClient to send messages to both Android and iPhone

Im using FCMClient in an MVC application to send alerts/messages to Android and iPhones.
I initialise https://github.com/tiagomtotti/firebaseNet/blob/master/src/FirebaseNet/Messaging/Message.cs and then send a message.....
var msg = new Message
{
To = token,
Data = someData
}
This sends alerts to an Android but not an iPhone. I looked at the documentation https://github.com/tiagomtotti/firebaseNet
and can see two classes AndroidNotifcation and IosNotification (https://github.com/tiagomtotti/firebaseNet/tree/master/src/FirebaseNet/Messaging)
I now noticed the Message class takes in an Interface for both notifications but how could setup the Message class to take in a notification but targets both Android and IoS?

Use SmsManager to open the default sms app

I am building a Xamarin Android application (API version>=23) that should call the SMS default application with a prefilled-in number and prefilled-in text.
I figure out how to send the SMS using SmsManager
SmsManager.Default.SendTextMessage("Number", null, "Text", null, null);
The above line send the SMS text directly after the user grants the permission to the app. Is there a way to open the default SMS app instead with prefilled in destination number and text, and let the user press send ?
Any help would be appreciated.

Setting up an Intent can bring up the default SMS massager app:
var intent = new Intent(Intent.ActionSendto);
intent.SetData(Android.Net.Uri.Parse("smsto:" + "555-555-1212"));
intent.PutExtra("sms_body", "StackOverflow rocks");
StartActivity(intent);
It is doubtful that there is no SMS registered app, but you can use the Intent that you populated to check for for which app/activity will launched:
var packagename = intent.ResolveActivity(PackageManager)?.PackageName;

Send sms Silently in WP8

I was trying to send sms to a group of contacts via SmsComposeTask class.
But this class's Show() method only composes message in message app. I also want my code to send those texts automatically. Please help!!
Here is what i am using:
SmsComposeTask smsComposeTask = new SmsComposeTask();
smsComposeTask.To = recipients; // recipients is the group of contacts
smsComposeTask.Body =
"Hello! This is a test sms message!";
smsComposeTask.Show();

See: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/wpapps/en-us/85dc6ef5-98a9-4a17-a5f0-171372d8d9a3/how-to-send-sms-from-a-windows-phone-page
using Microsoft.Phone.Tasks;
SmsComposeTask smsComposeTask = new SmsComposeTask();
smsComposeTask.To = "2065550123"; smsComposeTask.Body = "Your SMS
text";
smsComposeTask.Show();
After that a dialog will be show asking the
user whether to send the message.
You cannot silently send an SMS
Also: https://developer.nokia.com/Community/Wiki/How_to_send_an_SMS_in_Windows_Phone
Note: In contrast to Symbian, Windows Phone does not allow you to send
sms "directly" or "silently" from your own app. As soon as sms sending
initiation code below is executed the native sms editor app will be
launched, giving the user the option to send the message or not.
I image this is done so that rouge apps can't send out a bunch of texts that will cost someone money.

Making telephone call from ASP.NET application

I have a requirement that we need to make a telephone call using ASP.NET application.
Our ASP.NET application is used in call center. Currently, they make a call to customer manually. Now, the call should go from our application by clicking the phone number link and starts recording the conversation between the agent (application user) and customer.
What all would be the hardware requirements for the above scenario?
How can we implement telephone calling in asp.net application and what are the required components to implement the same?

Nexmo offers a range of cloud communication APIs including Voice API that allows you to fulfil this requirement.
All you need is to install the Nuget package:
Install-Package Nexmo.Csharp.Client
Then use the Call class:
Call.Do(new Call.CallCommand
{
to = new[]
{
new Call.Endpoint
{
type = "phone",
number = NEXMO_TO_NUMBER
}
from = new Call.Endpoint
{
type = "phone",
number = NEXMO_FROM_NUMBER
},
answer_url = new[]
{
NEXMO_CALL_ANSWER_URL
}
});
Here's a detailed post on how to make a phone call with Nexmo Voice API and ASP.Net

If you want to use phone line you should use Computer-telephony boards, for example Dialogic: http://www.dialogic.com/products/ip_enabled/ip_boards.htm They should have API, so you will be able to use it from your application.

In addition to Asterisk, you might also consider Twilio, a web based telephony service that provides you a rest based api for making and receiving phone calls. See http://www.twilio.com/docs/howto/ for info.

You Can Use Third party API To Make a Call Using Asp.net Code.First You Need To Register. Here's a detailed post on
How To Make a Call Using Asp.net Code
protected void btnCall_click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// Call porcessing happens here.
// Use your account SID and authentication token instead of
// the placeholders shown here.
var accountSID = "C0d09f4042d1ff4acb55329cf8e5efb";
var authToken = "05b278c6f3538d3a35f13b25c73dff";
// Instantiate an instance of the Twilio client.
TwilioClient.Init(accountSID, authToken);
// Retrieve the account, used later to retrieve the
var account = AccountResource.Fetch(accountSID);
// this.varDisplay.Items.Clear();
// Retrieve the values entered by the user.
var To =new PhoneNumber(txtMobileNumber.Text);
//twlio=14155992671
var from = new PhoneNumber("+918098641075");
var myMessage = this.txtMessage.Text;
// Create a URL using the Twilio message and the user-entered
// text. You must replace spaces in the user's text with '%20'
// to make the text suitable for a URL.
var url = #"http://twimlets.com/message?Message%5B0%5D={myMessage.Replace()}";
var twimlUri = new Uri(url);
// Display the endpoint, API version, and the URL for the message.
this.varDisplay.Items.Add(#"Using Twilio endpoint { }");
this.varDisplay.Items.Add(#"Twilioclient API Version is {apiVersion}");
this.varDisplay.Items.Add(#"The URL is {url}");
// Place the call.
var Call=CallResource.Create(To,from,url:twimlUri);
// var call = CallResource.create(to, from, url: twimlUri);
this.varDisplay.Items.Add("Call status: " + Call.Status);
}

Sending SMS with delivery message

How can i write code for send SMS with delivery message in Windows Mobile? please guide me with C# or C++ code.
I want to use SmsSendMessage API in this code because this API have more features.

You could use SmsSendMessage to send the message and use SmsGetMessageStatus to get the status report of the sent SMS. This is all C++ code, but you can pinvoke it as well.

Microsoft.WindowsMobile.PocketOutlook Namespace
The Microsoft.WindowsMobile.PocketOutlook namespace provides classes that allow you to create and access PIM data items (Appointments, Tasks, and Contacts), and MAPI messaging items (e-mail and SMS messages), on mobile devices
SmsMessage Class in msdn
This sample shows how to send an SMS message to a mobile phone.
public void SmsMessageSend()
{
SmsMessage smsMessage = new SmsMessage();
//Set the message body and recipient.
smsMessage.Body = "Would you like to meet for lunch?";
smsMessage.To.Add(new Recipient("John Doe", "2065550199"));
smsMessage.RequestDeliveryReport = true;
//Send the SMS message.
smsMessage.Send();
return;
}