Play-via-Data-SMS is one of my favorite features of CrossWords. It's super-reliable, and works between GSM phones round-the-world without requiring any kind of server. Most apps have servers in order to harvest saleable infomation about you - or to show ads, but CrossWords doesn't care about that and so - has always supported this feature.
+ or to show ads, but CrossWords is ad-free (and not-for-profit) + and so has always supported this feature. -Unfortunately, Google's decided there are security problems - with SMS (or at least that's their claimed motivation) and is - prohibiting most apps from continuing to send or receive SMS - (including Data SMS) if they want to be listed on the Play - Store. And so I've removed the feature from the CrossWords - "variant" that's available there. The feature remains, however, - in other variants, including those at: +
Unfortunately, Google's decided there may be security problems + with SMS and is prohibiting most apps from continuing to send or + receive SMS (including Data SMS) if they want to be listed on + the Play Store. And so I've removed the feature from the + CrossWords "variant" that's available there. The feature + remains, however, in other variants, including those at:
I've also starting working on a data-SMS-forwarding app called - NBSProxy. With NBSProxy installed, CrossWords can communicate - using Data SMS without the SMS permissions (since NBSProxy has - them, and is the one using Android's Data SMS functionality.) - Google says that apps whose core functionality requires SMS - permissions will be allowed on the Play Store, so NBSProxy - should be available there soon. In the meantime, you +
I've also written a data-SMS-forwarding app called + NBSProxy. With NBSProxy installed, CrossWords will be able to + communicate using Data SMS without the SMS permissions (since + NBSProxy has them, and is the one using Android's Data SMS + functionality.) Google says that apps whose core + functionality requires SMS permissions will be allowed on the + Play Store, so NBSProxy should be available there soon. In the + meantime, you can get it from GitHub.