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My father continuously had problems sending pictures over SMS, which would be super helpful so that I could help him accomplish tasks remotely. The built-in ap
by gibbonsrcool 2y ago
My father continuously had problems sending pictures over SMS, which would be super helpful so that I could help him accomplish tasks remotely. The built-in app on Android was too confusing for him thanks to cognitive decline. I made a super simple app that's only purpose was to send pics via SMS. One screen, contacts selected by drop down, camera view in the center, one button. Google wouldn't let me publish it because SMS apps on the Play Store have to implement ALL SMS functionality. I sent him the APK by email so at least there's that. It worked well for him at least. Fuck Google though.
- worthless-trash 2y agoCan you link to source. I'm in the very same situation.
- gibbonsrcool 2y agoSure, I made the repo public: https://github.com/gvbl/TextAPic https://github.com/gvbl/TextAPic I don't believe the app works any more, something has changed and I haven't investigated. I hope it's still useful for you!
- youainti 2y agoWould you be open to putting it on F-Droid or something like that?
- gibbonsrcool 2y agoAfter doing some Android freelance recently and having a clients Play Store account get shut down because they forgot one of the requirements imposed by Google I’m done with Android, and hopefully can free myself from Google services completely.
- princevegeta89 2y agoFuck Google for asking to always sign in to Google accounts for everything and tying up shit together.
- gibbonsrcool 2y agoAnd why are they bugging us for a sign in when in mobile private mode on safari! Gtfoh!
- ale42 2y agoSMS or MMS? Or is that uploading the picture somewhere and SMSing a link to it?
- gibbonsrcool 2y agoYes it’s MMS. Something I learned during the process of making it was that sending a pic wasn’t technically SMS… guess I forgot. Haven’t worked with SMS/MMS since.