How to send an SMS to Android Emulator

Sending SMS is an useful feature of  the mobile devices, so if you want to send an SMS message to an android emulator running on your machine, then follow these steps:

1. In DDMS, choose the emulator you want a send an SMS to.
2. On the Emulator Control tab, input the Incoming phone number (for example,7856762) in the Telephony Actions section.
3. Select the SMS radio button.
4. Type an SMS message.
5. Click the Send button. In the emulator, you should see an incoming SMS notification.

Your emulator might look like this