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Google has today published an article on his blog where he talks about Android developers KitKat, but in a context where nobody expected drastic changes: the SMS. Yes, this service because of the combination of the Internet and instant messaging is used increasingly not dead for now …

The fact is that Google will introduce a concept from Android 4.4 KitKat: Default SMS Application . This will publish the API that touches on texting, facilitating work developers who want to get into that field and removing the concern of working with APIs not so official .

Google is set at the many existing messaging applications on Google Play and other distribution channels applications, applications that, until now, have had to settle for APIs hidden , so to speak: APIs that can change and disappear at any time, in addition to failing to ensure the operation in future versions of Android. It thus decided to put all these applications on a single public API, so keep a check on the SMS more transparent and facilitate the work of developers who want to work in this style applications.

The only problem with that is that Google is l os developers will have to take a number of steps to ensure the proper functioning of SMS applications. The steps, intended only for developers , are:

your non-default application to send messages, it is important that not allow the application to send messages by itself : This is because these messages are not recorded in the default SMS application.

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• compliance with the above rule, you can indicate by a system message to the user making the application default so that it can function normally.
• It is also advised that you include in the application an option to change the default provider of SMS, plus a verification that the application is the default each time the application activity continues .
• Any application that did or restore a backup of the messages will not work on Android 4.4 , because the permissions to perform that skill are reserved to the default SMS application: for work should be the default application, but if you have the ability to perform typical tasks of SMS should not remain in that position.

Google also has said it will soon be available SDK components necessary to work with Android 4.4 (which according to Google due out later this year , but do not specify the exact dates which will begin to be among us), and asks developers affected by this as update their applications as soon as possible on the advice quoted above. You have all the information in the Android Developers blog with a lot of code, tips and examples to apply to your applications.

Source | The Next Web