I clearly understand your frustration. And I may not have the right to say something about this since I don't use the SMS API. On the other hand, let me try to take on the users hat: You certainly know that some users have to pay for each SMS, typically significantly more than to transfer a similar amount of data via an internet connection. I actually think using SMS for such a task is the wrong approach to start with. In my opinion, the best solution would be if the bank provides another way to access that information (something like a rest web service?). Of course, if there's no other way provided by the bank and you have no influence, you may have no other chance. However, in this special case, the blame seems to be on the bank and less so on Google (I certainly don't want to defend Google. There do numerous things I don't like , e.g. not fixing bug 3434)...
Am Sonntag, 10. November 2013 11:54:28 UTC+1 schrieb BTJ: > > I have several app on Play that is specialized SMS apps, i.e. they use SMS > services provided by others.. > Like I have one app that uses the SMS services provided by banks to ask > for current amount on an account, transfer money between accounts, etc... > All this is done sending SMS and parsing SMS response... And this app is > very user friendly and does all the needed SMS handling.. > But now with the new 4.4 API, the app no longer can operate without > cluttering up the Inbox and Sent box of the SMS application... > Why on earth would a user need to save the sent messages for such an app?? > And also, before I could stop the response from being written to the inbox, > this is no longer possible.. > And in the text from Google about this API change it says: "....this will > create a better user experience...." How on earth is this going to be a > better user experience for my users!!??? > Now my users have to manually open the default SMS app and delete all the > messages that should not have been written to the SMS provider... > > Question: Can my app delete messages that have been written to the SMS > provider without being the default SMS app? > > > Regards, > > BTJ > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
