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Front-end touch interface which provides rich UI functionality on Samsung smartphones

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Samsung "App optimisation" feature kills background applications after 3 days

We are currently developing an Android app that is a fitness-tracker application. It runs constantly in the background, and it works fine on most devices, but we've been having issues with the application dying completely on some Samsung devices.…
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How to interface with the BadgeProvider on Samsung phones to add a count to the app icon?

Samsung's TWLauncher allows apps to create badge counts on app icons. This is completely undocumented! There is no mention of it anywhere, and only a handful of apps are using it (e.g. Facebook, eBay). How do you use this functionality to add a…
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Samsung Multiwindow crash

I have an app on the play store which supports Samsung's multiwindow mode, before the 4.4.2 version of the Samsung ROM, everything was fine, however, I noticed that the crash reports started to rise as the OS version is pushed to devices. I cannot…
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Debugging in the stock browser on a Samsung Galaxy S4 on KitKat

We have a Javascript bug that only appears in the stock browser of the Galaxy S4 (GT-I9505) running KitKat (4.4.2) and we're unable to debug it or view the Javascript console. I've tried running about:debug and it does enable the debug menu, but it…
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Widget disappearing every time the app is updated on Samsung devices

I have 2 widgets in my app. Both are having the exact same features, but with different layouts. They work fine on every device, but it looks like there's an issue on Samsung devices. Every time I publish a new version of the app, the widget is…
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Samsung device with Android 5.0 changes progressbar color

Samsung devices with Android 5.0 ignore my color for the progressbar (set in styles.xml). The default blue color of samsung is used instead. The progressbar is…
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Chooser with camera intent and image picker intent

I have created a chooser for either picking an image from file or for making a picture. The code I use works fine on a Nexus 5, however when I try it on a Samsung S5, the chooser does not display the camera icons. public Intent…
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KitKat ACTION_OPEN_DOCUMENT does not show documents on Samsung devices

I'm using the new Kitkat Storage Access Framework (SAF) as specified here: https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/providers/document-provider.html Intent intent = new…
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ViewPager really slow on Samsung S4

SOLVED Apparently you need to have the fragment drawables in respective drawable-xhdpi etc and not in drawable. I have coded a ViewPager with three fragments that works flawlessly on LG G2, Sony Xperis S, Nexus4 and 5. But on the Samsung S4 it's…
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Android - Appwidget with Remoteviews not updating after reboot

I saw similar questions here on SO, but nothing seems to work in my case... I created an appwidget with an AdapterViewFlipper (Simple ViewAnimator that will animate between two or more views that have been added to it). The appwidget has a Next…
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Do Samsung devices treat FragmentTransactions differently than other devices?

I have been trying to solve a problem that is driving me nuts for ages. I have an app with one Activity that shows different screens by dynamic fragment exchange, ie the usual getFragmentManager().beginTransaction().replace(R.id.fragementContainer,…
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Android setHorizontalFadingEdgeEnabled not working with Samsung

I have several samsung devices (GT-I9192/4.2.2, GT-I9295/4.2.2 etc) for testing purposes and all of it wont show fading edges for HorisontalScrollView. All other smatrphones like HTC, Motorola, Meizu and so on (mostly aos 4.x and several are 2.3.5)…
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Samsung TouchWiz crashes, when app with Nougat's Shortcut feature is installed

I and my friends have made Fling contact share app and even published it on Playstore. We have added the App shortcut feature in the app. We have tested it on many phones but when we install the app on Samsung phones the TouchWiz UI crashes…
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Multiple Instances of Android Application open - ONLY on Touchwiz

I have been working on an application for Android devices recently - and I have noticed a perplexing issue that only occurs on devices running Samsung Touchwiz! When the application is running on a Touchwiz device the bug occurs. The bug can be…
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Programmatically setting wallpaper on lock screen for Samsung TouchWiz devices?

I have built an app that changes users wallpaper on a timer. I use the standard WallpaperManager.setWallpaper function, and things work great on AOSP-based devices. However, on some OEM platforms like TouchWiz, it doesn't work for the lock screen…
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