I agree... unfortunately Google is restricting the Android operating system from year to year...
As workaround you might want to use a web service to send a sms, for example
Taifun
Yes, I could use a web service for sending the SMS, but the app would also need to receive it, and it's also forbiden.
I'ts a pity that you never know how far a feature will last. And you need to check every feature of your app every time a new Android version is released.
Not good for Google. Not good for us people too.
We might lose the advantage of having lots of developers making wonderful apps (wich is the purpose of AppInventor too).
You do not necessarily have to receive the sms in your app. Just send a random 4 digit code to the phone number and let the user enter that code manually in your app
Also you might want to try one of the otp solutions, see the extensions directory App Inventor Extensions | Pura Vida Apps
Taifun
It could be done that way. But a malicious user could receive the code on one phone and then enter it on another.
This way, the advantage of automatic verification that the user is registering with the phone where the app is installed, and with the mobile number that identifies them and will later be used to share their rides with other people, is lost.
Thus, identity theft cannot be ruled out.
This verification did exist when the sending and receiving of this code was automatic via an SMS sent directly by the app to itself.
Thanks Anke.
May be you have activated developer mode in your phone, and we (the ones for whom it is impossible to allow the SMS) haven't?
Yes, but that shouldn't matter here.
How about posting the (same) screenshots as I did in post #17?
There you are (In spanish, sorry)
There is not the option for restricted settings
Everything but the SMS can be allowed
Option to allow is disabled.
Other permissions screen (don't know what it means).
About the phone.
How many seconds long is a long press?
Iirc it is 1.5 secs
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¡I found it!
One step was missing.
In Android 15, you have to scroll to the bottom of the screen to find the way to allow restricted permissions.
And then you can allow SMS as well
The pity is:
If it was so hard to discover four us (several app developers and heavy users of AppInventor)... imagine the nightmare for a simple app user, and the burden of having to teach them all these tricks, besides of how to get to use your app!
I'm afraid that, with so many changes related to new versions, Android is losing its greatest advantage.