# Can I specify the texting app on an iPad to use for Share.SendTextMessage?

**URL:** https://community.thunkable.com/t/can-i-specify-the-texting-app-on-an-ipad-to-use-for-share-sendtextmessage/153615
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X
**Tags:** ios, sms
**Created:** [July 23, 2019, 7:43pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/can-i-specify-the-texting-app-on-an-ipad-to-use-for-share-sendtextmessage/153615 "2019-07-23T19:43:03Z")
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### Author: ![prof\_ellen\_spertus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/839c29/32.png) [@prof\_ellen\_spertus](https://community.thunkable.com/u/prof_ellen_spertus)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2019, 7:43pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/can-i-specify-the-texting-app-on-an-ipad-to-use-for-share-sendtextmessage/153615/1 "2019-07-23T19:43:04Z")

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I have not been able to send messages on my iPad with the built-in Messages app so I have installed a third-party texting app, Text Free. Is there a way for me to configure my iPad so that Text Free is opened, rather than Messages, when I call Sharing.SendTextMessage?

Thank you.

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### Author: ![Mark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/mark/32/18133_2.png) [@Mark](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Mark)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2019, 12:39am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/can-i-specify-the-texting-app-on-an-ipad-to-use-for-share-sendtextmessage/153615/2 "2019-07-24T00:39:19Z")

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If, by some chance, the Text Free app supports deep linking (via either a [universal link](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/inter-process_communication/allowing_apps_and_websites_to_link_to_your_content) or a [custom URL](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/inter-process_communication/allowing_apps_and_websites_to_link_to_your_content/defining_a_custom_url_scheme_for_your_app)) then you could use our [`'open link'`](https://docs.thunkable.com/control#open-an-installed-app-or-website-by-link) block.

-Mark

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### Author: ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2024, 12:12pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/can-i-specify-the-texting-app-on-an-ipad-to-use-for-share-sendtextmessage/153615/3 "2024-11-08T12:12:09Z")

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