- cross-posted to:
- [email protected]
- cross-posted to:
- [email protected]
Apparently Android apps (even in current Android versions) can check for the presence of other Android apps by listing the apps they want to check for in their manifest file. Nothing stops them from listing dozens or hundreds of other apps, and some do exactly that. Up til Android 11 they didn’t even have to list the other apps in the manifest. Then Google “tightened” things to be almost as bad. Dumb move, Android.
Wait, the bank app doesn’t allow other keyboard apps to be installed?
I can maaaybe see them forcing a specific keyboard app to be used on their app, but everything else is just infuriating.
no, the bank apps won’t let you use a keyboard app that they haven’t whitelisted to type information within their app, such as entering your PIN etc. It’s a security “feature” to keep you from getting phished or whatever its called if your keyboard assists someone from accessing your bank account
As if the Google keyboard did not send all your keystrokes to Google…
sure. I was able to use kika keyboard to interface with my bank app then i switch back to the keyboard I actually use.
Pretty stupid since if you use the bank’s regular voice-menu phone service, chances are it asks you to enter your PIN on the touch tone keypad. It has no way to know what dialer app you are using.
I know that some banks used to give out hardware 2FA tokens and if done right, that’s way more secure than any phone app, but obvs has convenience issues.
It’s how @[email protected] says. The app won’t function with a non-whitelisted keyboard. It also can detect of accessibility on. I don’t have any disability to require that on, but do have some apps that use it. I rated the app 1 star saying they are ableist and they still double down on their stupidity.