Android clampdown on calls and texts access trashes bunch of apps

[elsiegee40]

https://www.theregister.co.uk/AMP/2019/03/20/googles_call_and_sms_clampdown_trips_up_tons_of_apps/

 

Android looks a little less open now that Google has begun to enforce draconian new rules on accessing a phone's call and text logs.

 

Developers have been forced to remove features or in some cases change the fundamental nature of the application. One example is BlackBerry's Hub, an email client which also aggregated notifications from a variety of apps and presented them chronologically in a timeline. This application has lost its ability to includes calls and texts in that timeline.

 

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[DrBeaker]

Yep one app affected I use is Where'sMyDroid. Worked fine since my first android phone and even up to my 4th, until Google decided to break it

[Arthur]

@elsiegee40. The following might be an issue for you in the future too...

 

Android Q will kill clipboard manager apps in the name of privacy

 

Privacy is a primary focus of Android Q for Google, and that may spell trouble for some of your favorite apps. In Android Q, Google has restricted access to clipboard data as previously rumoured, which means most apps that currently aim to manage that data won't work anymore.