When I click+hold on a word in Chrome (or, in fact in any app that allows selecting a span of text), a menu pops up: "copy", "share", "select all" and dot-dot-dot icon. Under the dot-dot-dot there are several more choices: "web search", "dictionary", "add to basecamp", "translate" and "look up". From the basecamp item I judge this extra menu comes from other apps that are registered as rightful handlers of selected text.
One thing I'd like to know is where I can review and configure this list of apps that are allowed to handle selected text.
Another thing is - if I click on "dictionary", then a window pops up with text "A dictionary for the language has not been installed. DB download is required before use. [button Move to Manage dictionaries]". If I click on the button, a window with title "Manage dictionaries" is opened, that immediately asks for permission: "Allow Dictionary to make and manage phone calls?". What is strange permission for a dictionary app. I click "Deny", and the window is closed and I am back to the app where I selected the text. I can not find nor "Dictionary" nor "Manage dictionaries" app in my app list, so I have no idea if this is a built-in feature of Android, or carried in through some app. I was hoping if I could open it directly, perhaps I could find out why it asks for permission to make and manage phone calls. So, the question is - who is developer of that invisible Dictionary app, and why it asks for unreasonable permission?
Phone is Samsung Galaxy S7
One thing I'd like to know is where I can review and configure this list of apps that are allowed to handle selected text.
Another thing is - if I click on "dictionary", then a window pops up with text "A dictionary for the language has not been installed. DB download is required before use. [button Move to Manage dictionaries]". If I click on the button, a window with title "Manage dictionaries" is opened, that immediately asks for permission: "Allow Dictionary to make and manage phone calls?". What is strange permission for a dictionary app. I click "Deny", and the window is closed and I am back to the app where I selected the text. I can not find nor "Dictionary" nor "Manage dictionaries" app in my app list, so I have no idea if this is a built-in feature of Android, or carried in through some app. I was hoping if I could open it directly, perhaps I could find out why it asks for permission to make and manage phone calls. So, the question is - who is developer of that invisible Dictionary app, and why it asks for unreasonable permission?
Phone is Samsung Galaxy S7
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