Getting Your SMS Apps Ready for KitKat

by mikeevans on 10/14/2013, 10:42 PM with 2 comments
  • by victorhooi on 10/15/2013, 5:31 AM

    Hmm, that last part about SMS Backup/Restore only working if you're the default SMS app seems a bit annoying.

    The workaround they suggest - setting yourself as the default SMS app, then unsetting it - seems a bit hacky. I suppose you'll also need to handle the case where a SMS arrives whilst you are doing a restore/backup, and your app is set as the default SMS app.

    I wonder if this is a permanent thing from Google, or if it's just a temporary thing until there's a proper SMS backup/restore permission.

  • by mikeevans on 10/14/2013, 11:45 PM

    Seems pretty likely that Hangouts will be the default SMS app in 4.4 now.