C# – Windows Phone 8 – SMS Via Program

using Microsoft.Phone.Controls;
using Microsoft.Phone.Tasks;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using Windows.Phone.Speech.Recognition;
using Windows.System;

// Original Credit Goes To: AbundantCode
// http://abundantcode.com/how-to-send-sms-in-windows-phone-8-programatically-using-c/

namespace AbundantCodeWP8
{
    public partial class MainPage : PhoneApplicationPage
    {
        public MainPage()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }
        private void Button_Click_1(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            SmsComposeTask SMSCompose = new SmsComposeTask();
            SMSCompose.To = "<Number to which the SMS needs to be sent";
            SMSCompose.Body = "Message that needs to be sent";
            SMSCompose.Show();
        }
    }
}

GitHub: https://gist.github.com/dkittell/025bfa7e07b7a052eee6

Reference/Credit: http://abundantcode.com/how-to-send-sms-in-windows-phone-8-programatically-using-c/