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jbr000
jbr000

Reputation: 441

Android: RCS ContentObserver permissions on Galaxy devices

I am working on an Android application that registers a ContentObserver to listen for MMS and SMS messages. I am looking into doing the same for RCS so that the same functionality can be provided on Galaxy devices using RCS for messaging. I seem to have found some valid URIs.

However, whenever I try to access those URIs, I receive a SecurityException with the following message:

Permission Denial: opening provider com.sec.internal.tapi.service.provider.ChatProvider from ProcessRecord requires com.gsma.services.permission.RCS or com.sec.imsservice.WRITE_IMS_PERMISSION

I added both of the permissions mentioned above to the application's manifest and even attempted to request the permissions at runtime (although I was never prompted), but I am still getting the same SecurityException...

In addition to that, I came across the documentation.

As suggested in section 4.4.5.5, I attempted to add the following permissions, but again, with no success.

CHATMESSAGE

4.4.5.5 Permissions Access to the Chat API requires the following permissions:

com.gsma.services.rcs.RCS_USE_CHAT: this is a new permission that governs access to the chat API, and is required both to receive and to send over an RCS chat session.

com.gsma.services.rcs.RCS_READ_CHAT: this is a new permission that is required by a client in order to read the chat history from the content provider.

Has anyone had any success accessing RCS data? If so, how were you able to access it?

Alternatively, does anyone know if it is even possible for third-party applications to access that data? Thanks!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1527

Answers (1)

Jayson Stephenson
Jayson Stephenson

Reputation: 1

No, RCS is currently not supported for 3rd-party applications an Android just yet. The only app that currently utilizes RCS is the Android Messages app on supported carriers.

I believe an update to the Carrier Services app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.ims will allow developers the tools to utilize the features.

Upvotes: -1

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