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 app resume bug issue

This is not really a programming question but more of a debuging question. I have an app that works fine, however, it is a bit unreliable when we try to resume the app. What happens is, if we background/ minimize it, and than try to resume the app…
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Android ADB fails to install APK to Nexus 5 on Windows 8.1

I am trying to install APK through ADB to Nexus 5, but it always gives me the following error: Unrecognized option -Xlog-stdio dalvikvm: [options] class [argument ...] The following standard options are supported: -classpath classpath (-cp…
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Strange error in logcat on Nexus 5

My nexus started logging this error recently. It's annoying and I can't debug other apps because this error comes repetedly: 01-11 11:02:46.026 27880-28017/? E/LocalFingerprints﹕ cannot compute fingerprint for:…
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Android camera crash, repeating images, native nav buttons messed up

I have a bar-code scanning Cordova (webview) app, and after a certain point, if I restart the barcode-scanning camera, I get a crazy crash that bricks my phone until I give the entire phone a full restart: Stats: Nexus 5 Android 4.4.4 Kernel…
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Nexus 5 not recognized by adb anymore

My Nexus 5 (Android 4.4.4) is suddenly not recognized by adb anymore. I know it's not the computer, because i have the same problem at work and at home and both computers do recognize other phones. When i plug in the phone, it shows that it is…
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Android NFC intent handling, showing a toast

Hello fellow programmers! I am really new to Android, 2 weeks old. I am trying to do some programming with NFC. I have Nexus 5 and I am trying to read and display UID of the MIFARE Classic 1k. I know all the protocol compatibilities issues with the…
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Where is the source for sensors in Nexus 5?

I could see some of the sources for sensors under hardware/* in the Android 4.4 source but the resulting shared libraries have a different name than the sensor shared libraries that I searched within the Nexus 5 under the /system/lib and…
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Device unauthorized after accepting RSA fingerprint

I have been trying to use my Nexus 5 as a debuggable device when working with Android Studio. I have used several different resources to get the device to display the RSA fingerprint (which I have accepted), but the device remains "unauthorized". I…
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HLS video in VideoView suspend takes too much time in Nexus(Nexus 5 and Nexus 7)

I've the problem with VideoView. If i finish the VideoView activity app hanged. Because HLS video is buffering, it takes some time to suspend buffering video.
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Writing a text file to android storage for viewing later

So I'm trying to basically write some logs to a text file so i can view it later. I'm running this on a physical phone, not the emulator. I've tried so many different variations, and the most i got was it writing to data/data and storage/emulated…
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Tapping into a phone's sensors to detect movement and stoppage

I'm a beginner with Android development. I noticed that my Nexus 5 can detected when I'm moving and when I'm stopped. I want to build an app that detects when I'm moving but when I've stopped and walked a few feet away from where I stopped, I want…
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Android - save file on Nexus to external directory - can get only emulated version

I am writing data to a file that I want to make available to the user via USB i.e. device is connected to PC and the user can pull the file from the device. My device is a Google Nexus 5 which does not have an SD card. When I connect the Nexus to my…
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What can I do by getBluetoothService() called with no BluetoothManagerCallback ?

hi I want to write a Android java application that can connect with a bluetooth device but I get the error: W/BluetoothAdapter﹕ getBluetoothService() called with no BluetoothManagerCallback I use a Nexus 5 device with android version 4.4.4 here…
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android 4.4 transparent png background issue

I'm developing on Galaxy S3, Android 4.1.2. Like any application, I'm using png images with transparent background, and also, there are a few images i go over and change every non-transparent pixel to a defferent color. everything works just fine,…
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Admob interstitials not clickable on Nexus 5 (Android 4.4.2)

Do you know of a problem with Admob interstitial Ads not being clickable and therefore not bringing any revenue on Nexus 5 devices? Facts: It does not happen with all interstitial ads - some are clickable, but most are not. It happens both with the…
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