Questions tagged [nexus-5]

The Nexus 5 is a smartphone co-developed by Google and LG Electronics that runs the Android operating system.

The Nexus 5 is a smartphone co-developed by Google and LG Electronics that runs the Android operating system. The successor to the Nexus 4, the device is the fifth smartphone in the Google Nexus series, a family of Android consumer devices marketed by Google and built by an original equipment manufacturer partner. The Nexus 5 was unveiled on 31 October 2013, and released in black and white colors the same day for online purchase on Google Play, in selected countries.

Nexus 5 is the first Android device to ship with Android 4.4 "KitKat", which has a refreshed interface, improved performance, improved NFC support (such as the ability to emulate a smart card), a new "HDR+" camera shooting mode, native printing functionality, a screen recording utility, and other new and improved functionality.

Nexus 5 Tech Specs

  • 4.95" 1920 x 1080 display (445 ppi)
  • Size: 69.17 x 137.84 x 8.59mm
  • 8 MP rear facing with Optical Image Stabilization
  • 16GB or 32GB internal memory
  • 2GB RAM
  • CPU: Qualcomm Snapdragon™ 800, 4x2.26GHz
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Android Studio layout-w600dp doesn't work on landscape Nexus 5

this is my first question on StackOverflow =) I am using Android Studio 1.0.2 (top update) and I want to create a grid layout that has one column on Nexus 5 portrait and two on Nexus 5 landscape. Nexus 5 is 640 x 360 dp, so I have three folders…
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CardView Doesn't Appear On Nexus5

I have been using android.support.v7.widget.CardView in my application and something funny is happening. I don't see the CardView's in the IDE preview but they show up on all the various devices that my app is running on, such as: Samsung (GS III…
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Android onSensorChanged(SensorEvent event) - Pedometer sensor (Nexus 5)

I am using the pedometer on a nexus 5, and a oneplus one phone. They both have a sensor named "Pedometer", and the vendor is "QTI", and the sensorType is 33171009 Under andorid's sensor documentation, there is no documentation for this type of…
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Mediaplayer plays music after 1 or 1.5 sec delays in Nexus Android 4.4.3

I am using mediaplayer class to play .aac music files which is under raw resource. All the device performs well and start playing of each .aac file on user interaction but Nexus 5 with having Android 4.4.3 creating problem , It plays music after 1…
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Nexus 5: cannot change LED colour through sysfs interface

On other devices, I can write values to LED brightness control interfaces like /sys/class/leds/red/brightness to turn the LED on/off. However it's not working on Nexus 5. I'm writing an app that constantly changes the led brightness, so setting via…
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Nexus 5 USB Driver not found

Hey I am trying to learn the Android SDK development from lynda.com. They asked me to update my USB drivers. I downloaded the driver unzipped it. And when I try to update it in the MTP mode it says Device driver up to date I searched around and…
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Access Modem - Android Device (Nexus 5)

Device : Google Nexus 5 (Un-rooted) Host Machine : Window 7 I want to Access Android Device as a Modem (using COM or Modem Port) and eventually pass AT Commands using HyperTerminal/Teraterm. So after connecting the device to a Windows Box, The…
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Soft KeyBoard does not show up in Landscape orientation

In my app, I have a dialog with EditText. I have coded it in such a way that as soon as the dialog shows up,the soft keyboard shows up, the edit text will get focus , all the existing text in the editText is preselected. And user can start typing.…
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Android flashlight on nexus 5

I'm trying to develop an application for to turn on the flashlight on click in a toggle. I tried every method I found in the web but without success in my nexus 5. The only application that works is the cyanogenmod torch but even if I take that…
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VP8 Encoding Nexus 5 returns empty/0-Frames

I'm trying to encode my camera feed to VP8. The problem is: when I get the frame from the output buffer, the byte array is always different size but all entries are 0. Here's the code where I grab the frame and print it: while (true) { try { …
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Nexus 5 offline for debugging with Ubuntu 12.04 64 bits but not 32 bits

I have an Ubuntu 12.04/32 bits installation on a Desktop computer that I use for Android development and so far it have worked pretty well. My Nexus 5 is detected and I can work with it. Recently I purchased a Dell XPS 13 with Ubuntu 12.04/64 bits,…
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Elements of app are under the navigation android bar

This is photo of my problem: on real device - nexus5 When I tested my app on android nexus emulator - it was ok, but on the real android device Nexus5 I see, that elements are under the device's navigaton bar. I tried to use this solution:…
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Fail on formatting portable storage on Android Emulator

I create one Android Emulator with these configurations: Nexus 5X with Play Store. API level 26. I run this emulator and receive one notification that I need to "Set up your Virtual SD card". There are 2 options in here: Use as portable…
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Appium: Camera issue on Nexus 5 and Pixel Phone

My code (to test the camera functionality in the app) ((AndroidDriver) driver).pressKeyCode(27); or ((AndroidDriver) driver).pressKeyCode(AndroidKeyCode.KEYCODE_CAMERA); doesn't work to take a picture in the app. ( I only have it on the Nexus 5…
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Why Switch showing different in Nexus 5 version 6.0.1?

Output is like Above right now... Not showing SWITCH ..shows only On/Off This is my Code for Switch... all other device Output is Good but in NExus 5 it shows on/off only not a switch/toggel.
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