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Android 4.4 (codename KitKat) is API level 19 of the mobile operating system developed by Google.

Google released Android 4.4 (KitKat) on 31 October 2013. The Nexus 5 was the first device to officially ship with it, with Nexus 7 receiving the update soon after.

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Android 4.4 WebView file chooser not opening?

We are creating an app which uses the webview and will access a page where the user needs to upload a file. We are experiencing problems with Android 4.4 where the file chooser does not open and clicking the upload button causes nothing to happen.…
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Android 4.4 — Translucent status/navigation bars — fitsSystemWindows/clipToPadding don't work through fragment transactions

When using the translucent status and navigation bars from the new Android 4.4 KitKat APIs, setting fitsSystemWindows="true" and clipToPadding="false" to a ListView works initially. fitsSystemWindows="true" keeps the list under the action bar and…
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Reliably get height of status bar to solve KitKat translucent navigation issue

I am experimenting with the new Android 4.4 translucent navigation bars and would like to set the navigation bar as translucent using the FLAG_TRANSLUCENT_NAVIGATION flag. I only wish the navigation bar (back, home button etc) to be translucent - I…
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Android 4.4 KitKat random crash

EDIT: Before down-voting and implying things, please understand I cannot reproduce this error. This happens constantly on certain devices which I do not have access to, but not after a firmware reset! I recently discovered random crashes in an app I…
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Android 4.4 KitKat random crash (Native crash at /system/lib/libc.so)

I built an app that plays YouTube iframe video via WebView and controls video with YouTube iframe api. (I know that YouTube SDK for Android may be more recommended for Android app development, but for now only iframe api fits our need) I found out…
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Android pre-lollipop devices giving error "SSL handshake aborted: ssl=0x618d9c18: I/O error during system call, Connection reset by peer"

Iam having this strange issue in which the retrofit keeps throwing me "SSL handshake aborted: ssl=0x618d9c18: I/O error during system call, Connection reset by peer" in kitkat, whereas the same code working fine in lollipop devices. Iam using…
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Native crash at /system/lib/libwebviewchromium.so on kitkat android 4.4

I get "Native crash at /system/lib/libwebviewchromium.so" errors many times for android 4.4+. There was no such problem before 4.4. *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** Build fingerprint:…
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Howto avoid the "EACCES permission denied" ON SDCARD with KITKAT 4.4.2 Version. New policy from google

With the android kitkat 4.4.2 version is a new google policy implemented for writeaccess, which I do not understand so far. I read a lot about this issue with other apps. They get a "EACCES permission denied". My app needs to write/unzip a zipfile,…
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Using new IMMERSIVE mode in android kitkat

I want to make an activity to go into IMMERSIVE mode and hide top and buttom system bars as soon as it starts. In developers site of android they say I should use setSystemUiVisibility() and provide SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_IMMERSIVE and…
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Translucent system bars and content margin in KitKat

I'm trying to take advantage of the new KitKat translucent system bars, to get a full screen image in the background of my app. I'm having problems figuring out the right settings to get the behaviour I want. Right now I have a ViewPager with three…
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Taking advantage of the translucent status bar in Android 4.4 KitKat

When I released my note taking application for Android 4.0 - 4.3 I used a custom action bar color with a custom action bar icon (instead of using the standard light and dark action bars). I would like to make it so on Android 4.4, the status bar…
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Global search not working as expected in Android 4.4

I've got an application that has two search suggestion providers that both extend SearchRecentSuggestionsProvider, and I've set it up correctly in the manifest file with the following Intent filter and meta-data:
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Trouble with tabs and translucent statusbar/navigation for android 4.4

I want to add translucent statusbar and navigation to my app (for kitkat) and on most places it works well. I have a theme with: true
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Dialog on Android KitKat seems to be cut

I used dialog theme for an Activity and it works fine on Android <= 4.3 but not on the latest KitKat 4.4. Here's a screenshot of the problem: Top of the layout is missing. You can see that the bounds seems to be cut. I'm using an Android emulator…
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How to completely exit from Immersive full screen mode?

I would like to implement a button to enable/disable the immersive full screen mode. I'm using those methods but the showSystemUI only shows quickly and hide again... How to completely exit from immersive mode? My methods: // This snippet hides the…
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