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The First Step
June 14, 2021
Question

Image attached to SMS can't be viewed

I am trying to attach an image to an SMS created by my app. When I view the resulting message once I receive it on my phone or tablet, I see the attachment, but if I click on it I just see the word "Photo", followed by JPEG Image or PNG Image (depending on what I tried to send) and the image size. I can't actually see the image. Any idea what I could be doing wrong?

    5 replies

    PhongVu
    Community Manager
    Community Manager
    June 14, 2021

    Any kind of image or just a particular image? Try this simple image and let me know.test.jpg

    The First Step
    June 14, 2021

    Same result. I see the message, but can't see the image. Here is the response I get when I send the message:

    {

    "uri" : "https://platform.devtest.ringcentral.com/restapi/v1.0/account/296240004/extension/296240004/message-store/9648411004",

    "id" : 9648411004,

    "to" : [ {

    "phoneNumber" : "+1(a valid phone #)"

    } ],

    "from" : {

    "phoneNumber" : "+1(my sandbox phone #)",

    "name" : "Barney Stone",

    "location" : "Los Angeles, CA"

    },

    "type" : "SMS",

    "creationTime" : "2021-06-14T19:36:43.000Z",

    "readStatus" : "Read",

    "priority" : "Normal",

    "attachments" : [ {

    "id" : 9648411004,

    "uri" : "https://platform.devtest.ringcentral.com/restapi/v1.0/account/296240004/extension/296240004/message-store/9648411004/content/9648411004",

    "type" : "Text",

    "contentType" : "text/plain"

    }, {

    "id" : 2368032004,

    "uri" : "https://media.devtest.ringcentral.com/restapi/v1.0/account/296240004/extension/296240004/message-store/9648411004/content/2368032004",

    "type" : "MmsAttachment",

    "contentType" : "image/jpeg",

    "size" : 8170,

    "fileName" : "test.jpg"

    } ],

    "direction" : "Outbound",

    "availability" : "Alive",

    "subject" : "Test SMS using a RingCentral Developer account - Test with image",

    "messageStatus" : "Queued",

    "smsSendingAttemptsCount" : 1,

    "conversationId" : 4887734925872257461,

    "conversation" : {

    "id" : "4887734925872257461",

    "uri" : "https://platform.devtest.ringcentral.com/restapi/v1.0/conversation/4887734925872257461"

    },

    "lastModifiedTime" : "2021-06-14T19:36:43.893Z"

    }


    PhongVu
    Community Manager
    Community Manager
    June 15, 2021

    So the recipient number is your mobile number and on iPhone and tablet? Can you send a test MMS from the RingCentral soft phone?

    This works normally for others, so you need to try several ways to see what could be the root cause.

    The First Step
    June 15, 2021

    What is a soft phone? I can't find any reference to it in the developer documentation.

    PhongVu
    Community Manager
    Community Manager
    June 15, 2021

    https://support.ringcentral.com/download.html

    Scroll to the "RC Phone - Desktop" and select the appropriate platform to download.

    Switch to the "sandbox mode" before logging in the app:

    MacOS: press “fn + command + f2” keys

    Windows: press “Ctrl + F2” keys