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The manifest presents essential information about the application to the Android system

Every application must have an AndroidManifest.xml file (with precisely that name) in its root directory. The manifest presents essential information about the application to the Android system, information the system must have before application can be installed and run any of the application's code.

See AndroidManifest.xml permissions

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How can you get the Manifest Version number from the App's (Layout) XML variables?

I would like to have a way to reference the project's manifest version number in the main part of the code. What I have been doing up until now is to link the version number in a String XML file to the manifest (@string/Version). What I would like…
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Android studio 3.5 refactor issue

I've just updated to Android Studio 3.5 and now when I try to refactor the file AndroidManifest.xml, all my app permissions are moved to the bottom of the file. Has anyone else faced this issue? Is there any solution for this? Before…
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How to add more than one `tools:replace` in Android Manifest Application?

I'm using a library that has the below in its Manifest. However, as the application that I use to include the library the reverse of the…
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Missing support for Firebase App Indexing (android lint)

I receive this lint warning when analysing my code (Analyse > Inspect Codes) on Android studios. App is not indexable by Google Search; consider adding at least one Activity with an ACTION-VIEW intent-filler. See issue explanation for more…
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"Protected Apps" setting on Huawei phones, and how to handle it

I have a Huawei P8 with Android 5.0 that I'm using for testing an app. The app needs to be running in the background, as it tracks BLE regions. I've discovered that Huawei has built in a "feature" called Protected Apps, that can be accessed from…
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Installation error: INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_MANIFEST_MALFORMED?

I am developing a small application that lists all the applications present/ installed on the android device. But I'm getting the below error while i'm trying to run the code. Installation error: INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_MANIFEST_MALFORMED Please can…
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Sending and Receiving SMS and MMS in Android (pre Kit Kat Android 4.4)

I have figured out how to send and receive SMS messages. To send SMS messages I had to call the sendTextMessage() and sendMultipartTextMessage() methods of the SmsManager class. To receive SMS messages, I had to register a receiver in the…
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You can't submit updates as some information about your app is incomplete (Google Play)

Cannot update my app in Google Play since it says: This release includes the com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID permission but your declaration on Play Console says your app doesn't use advertising ID. You must update your advertising ID…
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Warnings Your Apk Is Using Permissions That Require A Privacy Policy: (android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE)

In manifest not added android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE. permission. Why error comes when I upload a new apk version error comes below. Your app has an apk with version code 1 that requests the following permission(s):…
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I am trying to test android deep link urls through adb to launch my app

When I type the command in adb: ./adb shell am start -W -a android.intent.action.VIEW -d "example:gizmos" com.myapp I get this error: Starting: Intent { act=android.intent.action.VIEW dat=example://gizmos pkg=com.myapp } Error: Activity not…
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What is the purpose of "android.intent.category.DEFAULT"?

What is the purpose of using android.intent.category.DEFAULT in the Category field of Intent Filters?
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intent.resolveActivity returns null in API 30

Looking at intent.resolveActivity != null but launching the intent throws an ActivityNotFound exception I wrote opening a browser or an application with Deep linking: private fun openUrl(url: String) { val intent = Intent().apply { …
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Android Task Affinity Explanation

What exactly is the attribute taskAffinity used for? I have gone through the documentation but I couldn't understand much. Can anyone explain task affinity in laymans terms?
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Adding Permissions in AndroidManifest.xml in Android Studio?

In Eclipse we were able to add permissions in AndroidManifest.xml by going to AndroidManifest.xml->Permission-> Adding permissions. How to add permissions in Android Studio? How can we get a list of all the permissions that we can add to an…
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What is use of android:supportsRtl="true" in AndroidManifest xml file

Whenever I created new project in android studio, I got android:supportsRtl="true" in my app AndroidManifest File.
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