A lot of people are waiting on updates to their favorite SMS tweaks?BiteSMS is in beta, but we still have no Messages, Messages+, or Anemo to work with on iOS 7.
If you're not a fan of Bite, here's a trick to make life a little easier: by using Activator, we can now create an SMS Quick Compose sheet anywhere (except the lock screen). Just go to Settings>Activator>Anywhere>[choose your favorite gesture here]>Sharing>Compose Text and from then in your gesture (I use a status bar swipe) will open a new SMS window. From there you can compose and send a new message without leaving whatever app you're in.
A few notes: this is not a Quick Reply solution?tapping an incoming banner notification will still open the Messages app. As mentioned before it is not available from the lock screen; hopefully that is something Activator developer Ryan Petrich can get working. And finally, this tip works for any of the Sharing menu items?just change the last step to choose Compose Mail, Compose Tweet, or Compose Facebook Post, among other options.
Update: this seems a little buggy right now. After working for a bit, it now hangs during composing, and I no longer receive the test messages I send myself. If anyone else tries it please let us know how/if it works for you!
If you're not a fan of Bite, here's a trick to make life a little easier: by using Activator, we can now create an SMS Quick Compose sheet anywhere (except the lock screen). Just go to Settings>Activator>Anywhere>[choose your favorite gesture here]>Sharing>Compose Text and from then in your gesture (I use a status bar swipe) will open a new SMS window. From there you can compose and send a new message without leaving whatever app you're in.
A few notes: this is not a Quick Reply solution?tapping an incoming banner notification will still open the Messages app. As mentioned before it is not available from the lock screen; hopefully that is something Activator developer Ryan Petrich can get working. And finally, this tip works for any of the Sharing menu items?just change the last step to choose Compose Mail, Compose Tweet, or Compose Facebook Post, among other options.
Update: this seems a little buggy right now. After working for a bit, it now hangs during composing, and I no longer receive the test messages I send myself. If anyone else tries it please let us know how/if it works for you!
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