Getting Your SMS Apps Ready for KitKat

Hmm, that last part about SMS Backup/Restore only working if you're the default SMS app seems a bit annoying.

The workaround they suggest - setting yourself as the default SMS app, then unsetting it - seems a bit hacky. I suppose you'll also need to handle the case where a SMS arrives whilst you are doing a restore/backup, and your app is set as the default SMS app.

I wonder if this is a permanent thing from Google, or if it's just a temporary thing until there's a proper SMS backup/restore permission.

Seems pretty likely that Hangouts will be the default SMS app in 4.4 now.