Mishaal Rahman (@[email protected])
androiddev.social
Google officially ends support for the AOSP Dialer and Messaging apps and will remove them from the source manifest. I spotted this change last week but didn't think it was a big deal (because it isn't), but since it's now being picked up on by news sites (https://www.osnews.com/story/136235/google-further-guts-the-android-open-source-project-by-deprecating-the-dialer-and-messaging-apps/), let me explain why.
  • @DevgardEnglish
    11•2 years ago

    waiting for them to open up RCS to third party apps!

    • @NullpointerEnglish
      5•2 years ago

      Sorry, you need to blame apple for this /s

    • dantheclammanEnglish
      3•2 years ago

      I feel like they have no incentive to ever do this, and love the stranglehold they have over the standard

  • @hydraEnglish
    3•2 years ago

    EDIT: Apparently Lineage has their own dialer anyways so this comment seems invalid

    Great, more burden for LineageOS et al while AOSP is getting worse. Google used to share ALL the improvements into AOSP which Nexus used. All the good stuff is now proprietary Google apps that don’t respect you. I still miss AOSP Email and so far nothing replaces it UI wise.

  • curaEnglish
    2•2 years ago

    Although it doesn’t affect most ROMs, it still is disappointing for AOSP hobbyists.