diff -u -r ../newsboat-2.12/src/remote_api.cpp ./src/remote_api.cpp
--- ../newsboat-2.12/src/remote_api.cpp	2018-06-24 21:30:30.000000000 +0200
+++ ./src/remote_api.cpp	2018-06-26 03:56:48.528961214 +0200
@@ -39,6 +39,22 @@
 	return pass;
 }
 
+#ifdef __ANDROID__
+static char* getpass(const char* prompt) {
+	printf("%s\n", prompt);
+	static char chars[128];
+	int len = 0;
+	while (1) {
+		char c = fgetc(stdin); 
+		if (c == '\r' || c == '\n' || c == 0) break; 
+		chars[len++] = c;
+		if (len == sizeof(chars)-1) break;
+	} 
+	chars[len] = 0;
+	return chars;
+}
+#endif
+
 credentials remote_api::get_credentials(const std::string& scope,
 	const std::string& name)
 {