Google has quietly deprecated the Messages and Dialer apps in AOSP, and it could have ramifications for upstart brands and custom ROM fans.
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I use simple SMS anyway, I honestly would love to see a modern dailer for degoogled android. I wonder if we could get the little verified caller checkmarks on a Foss dailer app
Imagine if the dialer could sync a region specific spam blocklist
Good thing I barely ever use the phone part of my cell phone anymore.
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These apps are open source, so a OS developer should be able to forward port the deprecated app into their newer OS release. Kinda fear monger a bit here
Apparently they’ve been doing this for a long time, because Google haven’t been maintaining it. When the forks have submitted improvements upstream they’ve been rejected. LineageOS has been running its own dialer for years, which many ROMs use.
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Can confirm, they are the stock apps
You may also read the community discussion on this here: https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/5612-about-the-future-of-the-messages-and-dialer-app
That is absolutely not a blow to ROMs by any means. There are plenty of good alternatives. For messaging, alternatives are even better. Dialer apps are just basic ones buy they do exists.
I do think it will have ramifications in the long run. Google is slowly closing the Android source. At some point it will affect core functions.
That is why we need to work towards having postmarketOs and similarprojectso going.
Let’s hope that Linux Phone OSes will be able to be daily drivers until then.
LineageOS already maintains these apps from what i understand
I’m amazed that Google was able to get away with dumping in developing Android.