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Accessibility Service Use

Last updated: 12 July 2026

Quickey uses Android's Accessibility API for exactly one optional job: typing a barcode or text value you scanned into the field you're already focused on in another app. It never reads your screen, and most people never need to turn it on.

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What Quickey uses it for It's optional What it does / does not do Your data Google Play policy Why banking apps warn How to turn it off Contact

What Quickey uses Accessibility for

Quickey is a barcode scanner and keyboard. It uses the Android Accessibility API for one purpose only: an optional feature called Auto-type.

Here is the entire feature. After you scan a barcode or recognize text in Quickey, Auto-type inserts that value into the text field you are currently focused on in another app — for example a spreadsheet cell, a stock-lookup box, or an order form. If you've configured a suffix, it can also press Enter or Tab so you jump straight to the next field. That's it.

Every insertion is triggered by your scan. Quickey never types anything on its own, and it only ever types the value you just captured.

It's optional — and there's a keyboard alternative

Accessibility in Quickey is optional and OFF by default. You have to turn it on yourself, and only after an in-app screen that explains, in plain language, exactly what the service does before you enable it. You can turn it off again at any time — from Android Settings or from inside Quickey.

Most people never need it. The Quickey Keyboard does the same job — dropping your scanned value at the cursor — without the Accessibility permission. We recommend the keyboard as the default way to use Quickey. Auto-type via Accessibility exists only for situations where switching keyboards isn't practical.

What it does / does not do

What Quickey's accessibility service does:

What it does not do:

Your data — nothing is collected

The accessibility service collects nothing. The only data that moves is the value you scanned, and it goes only into the field you chose, on your device. There is no screen reading, no logging, and no transmission of your content to us or anyone else.

For the full picture of how Quickey handles data, see our Privacy Policy.

Compliance with Google Play policy

Google Play's accessibility policy (effective 28 January 2026) prohibits apps from using the Accessibility API to build autonomous action agents — software that initiates, plans, or executes actions on the user's behalf.

Quickey fully complies. Its accessibility service performs a single, user-initiated action: pasting the value you just scanned into the field you're focused on. It makes no decisions, takes no autonomous actions, and does nothing unless you scan. There is no automation agent of any kind.

Why does my banking app warn me?

Some banking, payment, and other finance apps show a generic security warning whenever any accessibility service is enabled on your phone. This isn't specifically about Quickey.

Those apps can't tell a helpful accessibility service from a harmful one, so they warn about all of them as a blanket precaution. Quickey only types the values you scan — it never reads your screen or watches other apps.

If the warning bothers you, you have an easy fix: turn Auto-type off and use the Quickey Keyboard instead. The keyboard does the same job and never triggers these warnings, because it doesn't use the Accessibility permission at all.

How to turn it off

You can disable Quickey's accessibility service at any time:

You can also turn Auto-type off from within Quickey. Once disabled, the service stops immediately and does nothing further.

Contact

Questions about how Quickey uses Accessibility? We're happy to explain. Email us at hello@quickey.biz.

Quickey is made by Trustech.