Questions tagged [android-4.4-kitkat]

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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What is the difference between Dalvik VM and ART Runtime?

Dalvik VM has been the default VM since first Android versions. Google released the new ART runtime in KitKat 4.4. AndroidPolice says it would increase app performance and battery life. Unfortunately, there's almost no technical information about…
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Send SMS message using non default SMS app on Android 4.4

Can I send SMS using no default SMS app on Android 4.4 Kitkat? It means, Can I send SMS without ability to write to SMS Provider? I confused about that on Android 4.4 Kitkat. I wonder I can just send SMS using non default SMS app or not.
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OkHttp - Unable to resolve host : No address associated

I make a simple HTTP GET request to my server but after a while I encounter with this problem when using wifi: Unable to resolve host "www.xxx-xxxxxxx.com": No address associated with hostname But I don't have this problem with 3G. I'm running app…
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Does SAF(Storage Access Framework) solve the SD card WRITE issue in Android 4.4 (KitKat)?

In Android 4.4, Apps from Play Store can write only to it's App specific directory( eg:/storage/extSdCar/Android/data/com.example.myapp/ ) and apps are not allowed to write other than this directory in micro SD card. So I am exploring the new SAF…
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Override onReceivedSslError does not work with Android KitKat Web view

I can bypass the SSL errors when accessing a https URL which has untrusted certificate with following code with the WebView below version KitKat public void onReceivedSslError(WebView view, SslErrorHandler handler, SslError error) { …
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Abort SMS Intent on Android KitKat

I'm currently developing an application that needs to deal with SMS only if it is an SMS expected by the application (same behaviour as Whatsapp on registration). I would like to abort the SMS Intent as it is not expected to appear in the SMS…
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How to make text fit to screen (text-wrap) in WebView with KitKat

I'm having an issue in my WebView with Android 4.4. Before KitKat, text was fitting automatically with all devices resolutions in webviews. But today it's not fitting automatically anymore with 4.4. I think it's because of the WebView's update based…
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Is there an API for Android Kitkat's (4.4) new feature of Caller ID feature?

Background One of the features of the new Android 4.4 (Kitkat) is caller ID. There isn't much information of how it works and what it gives the user, but as far as I understand, it uses google's services to fetch data during phone calls and show…
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How to parse a none standard HTTP response?

I'm having a real hard time figuring out how to parse a none standard HTTP response. The none standard response contains ICY 200 OK instead of HTTP 200 OK. Here is a sample URL that sends the none standard HTTP…
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Android java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Invalid Transition types

Recently i have got java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Invalid Transition types. This exception happens on android api 19 and it appeared after i have updated android build tools and support libraries to version 27. Does anyone know what has…
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Enable TLS 1.2 in Android 4.4

I use Retrofit and OkHttp3 for making requests. I konw that in Android 4.4 TLS 1.1 and TLS 1.2 are not enabled by defult. So i'm trying to enable them. But so far i had no sucsess. I read that it could be a problem of the android studio emulator,…
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onClick does not work after transition

I am trying to learn simple TransitionManager work, but I'm stuck little bit... My goal is make changing between two scenes by image clicking. But after first image click and first scene change, i can not catch image click... here is my fragment…
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Custom Alert Dialog looking weird on Android 4.x

I want to customize the alert dialog in my Android app, so I started by changing the alertDialogTheme attribute of my app's theme as follows: res/values/themes.xml