Re: [android-developers] Re: Prevent sms sending

(Though you can apparently still watch the incoming call log and kill
calls, I see this as a bug in the Android framework, but you're free
to use as you wish...)

kris

On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 4:30 PM, Kristopher Micinski
<krismicinski@gmail.com> wrote:
> Again: this *should not* be possible to do. Fundamentally, on the app
> level, you should not have control over this kind of functionality.
>
> The relevant Google bug report is here:
>
> https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=15022
>
> But it is marked as closed. The basic story is: don't try to use
> system level APIs.
>
> kris
>
> On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 4:02 PM, Lucas Diego <diegolucasb@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Yeah I've seen and tried it already...
>> The problem is that, it doesn't work on android 2.3.7 or up
>>
>> On 31 Jan 2013 17:32, "Kristopher Micinski" <krismicinski@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> A google search on "android stop call programmatically" gives this:
>>
>> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1083527/how-to-block-calls-in-android
>>
>> kris
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 3:05 PM, Lucas Diego <diegolucasb@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Ok, so...
>>> what I did to avoid (or at least try to) user send sms, was to show users
>>> a
>>> message by the moment they send the sms. Basically, the messagem says that
>>> it is aganist the company's rules and they (users) are not suppose to do
>>> that. Well.. I think it is gonna decrease the amount of sms which is sent
>>> nowadays by them.
>>>
>>> Kris, what about incoming calls? It follows the same rules of SMS?
>>> am I able to programmatically answer and finish them?
>>>
>>> Thank you guys.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 6:03 PM, Nobu Games <dev.nobu.games@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On top of what Kristopher says: a custom launcher also does not prevent a
>>>> user from installing another launcher or restore the default launcher.
>>>> It's
>>>> a bit hackish to enforce these company policies based on a user space
>>>> app.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> You either need to create your custom firmware, which isn't that bad of
>>>> an
>>>> option because you are developing for a closed, controlled environment.
>>>> And
>>>> / or your client should negotiate with the mobile phone service provider
>>>> and
>>>> tell them not to accept text messages from these phones.
>>>>
>>>> On Wednesday, January 30, 2013 1:01:46 PM UTC-6, Lucas Diego wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi everybody,
>>>>>
>>>>> I have been developping a launcher for a company in order to prevent
>>>>> users (from this company of course) from doing some actions on the
>>>>> phone,
>>>>> like send sms text for example.
>>>>> So, I'd like to know how can I prevent user from sending sms text.
>>>>> After seaching it, all I have found is people saying that it is not
>>>>> possible. Well, I refuse to believe that. I think it's gotta be a way to
>>>>> do
>>>>> this;
>>>>>
>>>>> til now, all I'm getting is information about users' sms, using a
>>>>> extended class from ContentObserver, like this:
>>>>>
>>>>> public class SMSObserver extends ContentObserver {
>>>>>
>>>>> private Handler handle = null;
>>>>> private Context context;
>>>>>
>>>>> public SMSObserver(Handler handler, Context context) {
>>>>> super(handler);
>>>>> this.handle = handler;
>>>>> this.context = context;
>>>>> }
>>>>>
>>>>> @Override
>>>>> public void onChange(boolean selfChange) {
>>>>> super.onChange(selfChange);
>>>>>
>>>>> Uri uriSMS = Uri.parse("content://sms/sent");
>>>>> // Uri uriSMS = Uri.parse("content://sms/out");
>>>>> // Uri uriSMS = Uri.parse("content://sms/");
>>>>> Cursor cur =
>>>>> context.getApplicationContext().getContentResolver().query(uriSMS, null,
>>>>> null, null, null);
>>>>>
>>>>> if (cur.moveToNext()) {
>>>>> String[] nomes = cur.getColumnNames();
>>>>>
>>>>> for (String string : nomes) {
>>>>> Log.i("LAUNCHER", string);
>>>>> }
>>>>>
>>>>> Log.i("LAUNCHER",
>>>>> cur.getString(cur.getColumnIndex("address")));
>>>>> Log.i("LAUNCHER",
>>>>> cur.getString(cur.getColumnIndex("callback_number")));
>>>>> Log.i("LAUNCHER",
>>>>> cur.getString(cur.getColumnIndex("read")));
>>>>> Log.i("LAUNCHER",
>>>>> cur.getString(cur.getColumnIndex("type")));
>>>>> Log.i("LAUNCHER",
>>>>> cur.getString(cur.getColumnIndex("body")));
>>>>> }
>>>>> }
>>>>> }
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> does anybody knows how to do it?
>>>>> any help would be really great.
>>>>>
>>>>> thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>> Lucas Diego
>>>>>
>>>>>
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