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It's in the standard gmail app that's installed on any android. I don't recall which folder I was in, but it was one of 'all inboxes', primary, social, promotions, or forums. Ads don't always show, but when they do they are displayed at the very top of the email list.
I'm using a Pixel 2 XL and using the standard Gmail app from the Play Store. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.gm
I'm rooted but not doing anything to the Gmail app and no global ad blocker. I do block ads in Firefox but that's different.
that is precisely how it works.
>This app has access to:
>Identity
>find accounts on the device
>add or remove accounts
>read your own contact card
>Calendar
>read calendar events plus confidential information
>add or modify calendar events and send email to guests without owners' knowledge
>Contacts
>find accounts on the device
>read your contacts
>modify your contacts
>Photos/Media/Files
>read the contents of your USB storage
>modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
>Storage
>read the contents of your USB storage
>modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
>Identity
>find accounts on the device
>add or remove accounts
>Phone
>read call log
>write call log
>Other
>download files without notification
>read sync statistics
>read subscribed feeds
>write subscribed feeds
>view configured accounts
>Google mail
>view network connections
>create accounts and set passwords
>measure app storage space
>full network access
>control Near Field Communication
>read sync settings
>run at startup
>use accounts on the device
>control vibration
>prevent device from sleeping
>toggle sync on and off
>install shortcuts
>read Google service configuration
>view network connections
>full network access
>read sync settings
>run at startup
>use accounts on the device
>control vibration
>prevent device from sleeping
>toggle sync on and off
>read Google service configuration
edit: formatting, read more here:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.gm
It uses the package id of each app. For example, Gmail's package id is com.google.android.gm. The easiest way to find a package id is to look for it in the play store; navigate to the app's download page, then look at the url. There, you'll see in the url, the package name: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.gm&hl=en. The name is prefaced with id=.
Gmail
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.gm
version 2020.05.17.313130477.Release
PDF and jpeg/pictures are not opening
here's a screenshot of what it looks like when trying to open a photo attached to an Gmail email https://i.imgur.com/ZzLj7XS.png
Pixel 3 Google Edition, fully updated. Rebooted, checked settings and found no Theme option as described in the Help page. Stopped the app, cleared cache and storage, started it, clicked through the intro modals to Settings and still no Theme option available.
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Gmail was last updated 25 Sep 2019 and Play Store offers no update, but the Gmail page shows the last update was 3 Oct 2019 but notes that
>Current Version
>
>Varies with device
so clearly they are still rolling out this version.
This article is a bit disingenuous. The author claims that Android apps do not take advantage of larger screens. The example he used was the Gmail app on a Pixel XL in vertical orientation when he should have used it in horizontal orientation with a tablet. I've linked below to the playstore listing for Gmail where you can find a few screenshots that show the app utilizing more screen area for showing more information similar to the Gmail webpage it is compared to in the article.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.gm
There's actually a much easier way to do it, straight from KLWP (which eliminates the need of Tasker).
The formula is: $ni(pcount, com.google.android.gm)$. This formula will display the notification count from the package "com.google.android.gm", which is gmail.
So, (assuming you use gmail), the label along with a notification count would be: Gmail ($ni(pcount, com.google.android.gm)$), which would display "Gmail (x)", where x is the amount of notifications from Gmail.
This is applicable across all apps on your phone: all you have to do is replace relevant package name in the formula: $ni(pcount, com.examplepackage.android)$.
To find the package name of the email client you use, navigate to the play store and look at the url. In my case, since I used Inbox by Google: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=**com.google.android.apps.inbox**. The part we need is after id=, which is com.google.android.apps.inbox. I have here a list of the package names for some popular email clients, to hopefully save you some work:
- Gmail: com.google.android.gm
- Inbox by Google: com.google.android.apps.inbox
- Microsoft Outlook: com.microsoft.office.outlook
- Aqua Mail: org.kman.AquaMail
- Blue Mail: me.bluemail.mail
- CloudMagic: com.cloudmagic.mail
- EmailExchange: com.syntomo.email
- K-9 Mail: com.fsck.f9
- MyMail: com.my.mail
- Nine Exchange: com.ninefolders.hd3
- WeMail: com.wemail
- Yahoo Mail: com.yahoo.mobile.client.android.mail
However, if you would like to use Tasker anyways, here's the link to a tutorial that will explain it with pictures: Jagwar's blog It's a bit lengthy, so I'm going to submit this reply so you can get straight to that, and then I'll edit this to include the tutorial.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.gm&hl=en_US&gl=US
Updated 12/16. This is what the article also claims.
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> Wow, glad you told me that, although how exactly do they get all that?
With an Android phone it's rather easy assuming you're talking about using using the gmail app
> They have no need to access it so wouldn’t apple lock it down and require me to give the gmail app access to at least my phone number
With iOS it's unlikely, also but there are probably other ways of profiling you.
The only private way to use Google, is to not use Google.
And you're sure it's this Gmail app?
If you mean Gmail then download it from Google play