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anevero / sms_my_gps

Android app that listens for incoming SMS and automatically sends a reply containing GPS location
GNU General Public License v2.0
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Not triggered by an RCS user #6

Open fredx100 opened 6 months ago

fredx100 commented 6 months ago

Hi @anevero,

I believe you're aware that users using RCS messaging can't easily trigger the GPS response of this app. Have you ideas/plans for changing this or is this not something you're concerned about?

I can think of two different approaches. 1) Try to receive the RCS-message-received intent. This isn't well documented yet and varies between apps/manufacturers as far as I'm aware. There are some crumbs on stack exchange. 2) Allow triggering an SMS from within the sms_my_gps app screen. As sms_my_gps can already send SMS this should be simple enough, although there will be some care needed to reconstruct a valid phone number and store the required prefix (to request their gps).

This is of interest to me - I'm happy to put some time into implementing something here (although, only very slowly!).

My feeling is that 1 isn't yet a sensible option, given the lack of public info. 2 has the downside that the app is needed for the requester if they use RCS, but it's no worse than the current situation.

Thanks

anevero commented 6 months ago

Hi @fredx100 , unfortunately, I can't work on this project right now due to a non-compete agreement with my current employer. Feel free to fork it and implement any additional functionality. :)

fredx100 commented 6 months ago

Hi @anevero. Thanks for your response. I've a few small changes in mind so I'll branch. Would you like me to change the name in my branch?

anevero commented 6 months ago

Feel free to leave the name the same (as you like).