Does google plus api allows posting status? - c#

I want to make an app for windows phone 8 to post status on Google plus with user signing in only once and without any Google's share button so that I can schedule the status update.
I tried googling but some old posts say that it cant be done while some point that some 3rd party apis can do it however I cant locate any reliable api.
Is this thing possible to do now or still hard luck??
I know this thread How to post in Google+ wall
But it is 2 years old , I want to know if there is an update.
Thanks.

Simply NO. I was also searching for the same earlier in summer & all in vain.

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