I wrote an Android app in Kotlin to post SMS from the Trump and Biden 2020 presidential campaigns to Twitter so that these private lines of communication to voters can be publicly documented. I originally wrote this using Twilio, but Twilio does not let you send or receive SMS from short codes. So I bought a cheap used Android phone and got the cheapest texting plan for it that I could find (US Mobile).
Trump texts some stupid shit, Biden's texts are pretty reasonable. Also Trump constantly offers 7x to 8x match on donations and most journalists think this is a total lie. Example:
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[ 2.9 ms ] story [ 17.0 ms ] threadTwitter Accounts:
https://twitter.com/BidenTexts
https://twitter.com/TrumpSMS
Source:
https://github.com/ryho/TextToTwitter
Lessons learned:
Kotlin is amazing.
Trump texts some stupid shit, Biden's texts are pretty reasonable. Also Trump constantly offers 7x to 8x match on donations and most journalists think this is a total lie. Example:
DECLASSIFIED: Biden's Deep State Cronies just gave him $364 MILLION! Pres. Trump doesn't have Mega Donors, but he has YOU. CLAIM 8X-MATCH NOW: https://twitter.com/TrumpSMS/status/1301971506185089025
You cannot message short code numbers from Twilio or any other service, it has to be a physical phone. https://support.twilio.com/hc/en-us/articles/223181668-Can-T...
I haven't published on the Play Store yet, but I am planning on it.