How to Set Permission to Allow an Application to send SMS messages

public static final String SEND_SMS was  added in API level 1
Allows an application to send SMS messages.
Constant Value: "android.permission.SEND_SMS"

1. In the AndroidManifest.xml file, and add the following line Add the line between the <uses-sdk../> and the <application> tags.
<uses-permission android:name = "android.permission.SEND_SMS" />

2. Compile and run!

Resources:
Professional Android 4 Application Development by Reto Meier, pg 714
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/Manifest.permission.html#SEND_SMS