Gmail Update Breaks Some Third Party Apps

Last week Google released an update to the Gmail app for Android that added new functions to control how much data synchronizes with Android phones. Unfortunately, it appears that the update removes some API functions that third party apps relied upon, causing those apps to no longer work.

The change that Google has made prevents apps other than Gmail to access the Gmail database. Previously, apps only had to declare that they use the read Gmail permission and they were allowed access.