Permissions for android application in blackberry

Question

My blackberry phone version is 10.3.2. I installed an android application on it. The application needs permission to send sms. But I dont see any option to enable the permission application permission.
In android, the application even requests for permission on launch, but not for blackberry.

Any idea why?

Answer 1

Unfortunately, Android apps run on BlackBerry 10 devices cannot access some of the BlackBerry services like emails, SMS or contacts, that's why you don't even see the permission in Settings -> Security and Privacy -> Application Permissions -> YourSmsAppName . Most of the permissions for Android apps are granted and cannot be revoked on BlackBerry 10, only the Run When Minimized permission can be revoked.

If you install any Android Launcher app on your BlackBerry 10, you'll be able to access the Android Settings app, you'll be able to navigate to Settings -> Apps -> YourSmsAppName and see that the SMS permission is there indeed, but there's no way to disable it (or enable it in your case, it's already enabled).

I had a situation where I needed one of my Android app to get access to BlackBerry 10 emails and SMS, and the only solution I found was to build a BlackBerry 10 companion app that exchange data through a local socket on the phone, you won't be able to do that if you don't have control (of code) of both Android and BlackBerry 10 apps.