Android Question SMS Permissions not available question

[aaronk]

Hi,

I got the email about SMS not available to developers anymore, and read the info here:
https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/t...og-permissions-are-no-longer-available.98100/

Just wondering if anyone knows, how does Google stop us from using SMS ?

Will this happen in the next Android OS update, Google Play Services update or some other way in stopping us from allowing SMS in our apps?

From what I understand, Google is going to stop us from January 2019 onwards, and they are giving us time to make changes to our apps, but can't work out how this rollout happens?

 

[Erel]

SMS and CALL_LOG permissions are no longer available

It is a Google Play policy. This means that you will not be able to upload your app to Google Play if it requires these permissions.

 

[aaronk]

Oh, so it's only if you upload the app to Google Play.

If you side load the app then it will be OK ?

 

[Erel]

Yes.

 

[ajk]

But according to Goggle Play Policy there are situations like eg. device automation stated as exceptions to main rule

 

[KMatle]

Noone really needs sms to control things (that was yesterday). Use FCM messages plus OkHttpUtils to send requests/messages. MQTT does it very well, too.

Sniffing to SMS or other data on a device is critical and probably against the law, too.