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Kelvn
Kelvn

Reputation: 21

Permission Declaration Form for SMS in Android

My question is not how to implement SMS in android. I just want to get clarification regarding a post which says something about removing apps from Google store that ask for SMS permission for those that have not submitted a permission Declaration form.

https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2019/01/reminder-smscall-log-policy-changes.html …

Upvotes: 0

Views: 921

Answers (2)

Kelvn
Kelvn

Reputation: 21

The Answer suggested above worked for me. I used an Intent to open the default SMS app. And yes the permission declaration form is real. So i will advice looking for an alternative to figure out the problem.

Upvotes: 1

TheScribbler2019
TheScribbler2019

Reputation: 187

The permission declaration form is more or less useless. Google wants to remove all Apps which use read/write SMS from the store.

There are a few cases in which the declaration form helped. Tasker was allowed to use read/write SMS but that was an exception because Tasker is very popular.

If you want to use read/write SMS in your App you won't be able to publish it on the Play Store. Google won't allow it.

This all happened because some developers from India and China used read/write SMS for illegal activities.

There still are ways to send SMS from your App but you are not allowed to use read/write SMS permission or do it automatically from you App.

Read more here:

https://proandroiddev.com/no-more-sms-call-log-permissions-now-what-9b8226de7827

Upvotes: 1

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