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I use xamarin but any answer related to this would help.

Is it possible to access iMessages on a device, with the users permission obviously.

I know I can send iMessages programmatically but have a requirement to actually access the iMessages stored on the device.

Cœur
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No. Apple does not provide any public API to access Messages.

Jason
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    @iwayneo Dear God man, you think that would be a good idea? An app having access to your private messages? – Erik Kerber Dec 20 '13 at 21:28
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    @ErikKerber LOL!! even if it was just for me.. I had to go back through years of iMessages recently and it kept crashing when I got to a certain point. was so painful. –  Dec 21 '13 at 13:52
  • Had the same issue. Searching with the default app is PAINFUL!! I too wanted to write something that could inspect that info. No dice I guess. – Mark A. Donohoe Dec 09 '22 at 17:13