diff -u -r ../newsboat-2.10.1/src/remote_api.cpp ./src/remote_api.cpp
--- ../newsboat-2.10.1/src/remote_api.cpp	2017-09-22 22:01:50.000000000 +0200
+++ ./src/remote_api.cpp	2017-10-15 00:14:41.848769212 +0200
@@ -36,6 +36,22 @@
 	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) {
 	std::string user = cfg->get_configvalue(scope+"-login");
 	std::string pass = cfg->get_configvalue(scope+"-password");