[android-developers] Re: Who decided the new SMS API in 4.4 was a good thing!??

Yes, I know that... But using this approach is very user friendly... And also here in Norway, sending SMS is kind of cheap... And the banks have API they can use but the APIs are not public so I can not use them... Also this is not just for banks, I also have an app for parking that also uses the SMS service of the provider... + I have an app just for me that uses SMS to turn my house alarm on and off...
And since the app from the banks still are really bad, a lot of users prefer to use my app... But they now get an app that is not as user friendly as it has been....

BTJ

On Sunday, November 10, 2013 11:54:28 AM UTC+1, BTJ wrote:

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

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