This tag refers to the Samsung Galaxy range of phones. Several models have fingerprint readers for example. Here is an abbreviated hardware spec for the Samsung Galaxy S5 - GPS, Glonass, Beidou, Gesture Sensor, Fingerprint Sensor, HR Sensor, Hall Sensor, Accelerometer, Geomagnetic Sensor, Gyro Sensor, Light Sensor, Barometer, Proximity Sensor, Samsung Gear Manager, Samsung Voice. The phone runs android but posts should refer to a hardware feature.
Questions tagged [samsung-galaxy]
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WebView AwDataDirLock crash on some Samsung Galaxy S21 devices (Android 12)
Since November 25, I've started seeing the following crash in my app:
Fatal Exception: java.lang.RuntimeException
Unable to create application com.doximity.doximitydroid.bases.DoxApp:
java.lang.RuntimeException: Using WebView from more than one…

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Samsung Galaxy S8 not recognised by Android Studio
I am trying to use my Galaxy S8 with android studio as an external device but it seems like my Mac cannot recognize it.
I have developer mode and USB debugging enabled
ADB drivers are installed, but when I run ADB devices on terminal it does not…

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ClassNotFound: android.view.ViewStructure with Support Library 26.0.2 - 27.0.0
I see a crash on Samsung Galaxy S5 with Android 4.4.2
NoClassDefFoundError: android/view/ViewStructure
This has been happening since I updated the Support Library to 26.0.2. Now it's also happening on 27.0.0, even though I expected such issues to…

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Is there a way to set and app icon for Samsung devices specifically?
I noticed that the Samsung apps have a specific shape; for example, the Gallery, Camera, Phone, Messages and Internet app icons below.
Is there a way to specify an icon for Samsung devices only? Something similar to how the new Google Pixel uses…

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What is Chrome's Galaxy Fold responsive view based on?
Our testers rely on Chrome's responsive view in dev tools to see how our site works with various devices. Recently, we've been getting some issues reported with the "galaxy fold" layout.
It appears that Chrome considers the Galaxy Fold to be a 280px…

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"Waiting for any device" when attempting to fastboot Galaxy S8
I've been trying to install TWRP custom recovery on my galaxy s8 and haven't had much luck getting past this particular issue. After looking on several forums and watching pretty much all of the solutions on youtube I've resorted to posting my…

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Android EditText over NativeActivity: long press popup tap doesn't work on some device
I looking for help with strange issue in Android UI.
I have a NativeActivity, subclassed in Java, like this:
public class MainActivity extends NativeActivity {
...
in AndroidManifest.xml:

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Android adb devices does not detect my phone
I have Android Studio on Windows 8.1 and I want to run my android app on my Samsung Galaxy S7 phone.
Here are the details:
USB debugging in my phone is ON
adb version is 1.0.36
Under Device Manger -> Portable Devices -> My Phone, the status is…

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Android app can't submit on Samsung Galaxy Apps (how to include Samsung SDK?)
The Samsung Galaxy Apps store is not accepting my app for submission.
There is a category section where there are two fields for selecting a category, I have set the both to Main Category but when I submit it states that I still need to select a…

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Prevent automated starting of Android app due to “machine learning” (Samsung's PkgPredictorService)
I am the developer of an app and it's available and working well since about two years.
Only on recent Samsung devices the app gets randomly started by the system after the user closed it via its exit button. This exit button stops all services and…

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Galaxy watch wont connect to Tizen Studio
So I have made my first app and it runs great on the emulator, but now I want to deploy it to my physical device.
I have enabled bluetooth and connected the WiFi of the watch to the same WiFi access point as my computer. I have also enabled…

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No devices detected when remote debugging in Chrome Developer Tools from Windows 7 Enterprise to Samsung Galaxy Tab A
I am having problems with a web application on Chrome in Samsung Galaxy Tab A.
I want to troubleshoot them with Chrome's Developer Tools.
On tablets you do not have access to Chrome's Developer Tools, so you need to set up Remote Debugging.
The…

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How to get non-playstore Android app detected as a "Game" in game launcher apps of Samsung, OnePlus etc
I have a Samsung S21 (OS 12) device having Samsung's "Game Launcher" app.
Non-playstore apps like Winzo, Zupee etc which are downloaded from their respective websites show automatically in the Game Launcher app as soon as they are…

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Samsung Store Apps Installer Package name
As Google and Amazon return com.android.vending and com.amazon.veneziarespectively for
val pm = packageManager
val installer = pm.getInstallerPackageName(packageName)
What will be the check to find whether the app is installed from a Samsung store?

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Emulate Samsung Galaxy devices on Chrome
Somebody knows how to emulate Samsung Galaxy Sx devices on Chrome? S6 and S10.
Is there somekind of calculation to find these settings: width, height, DPR?
There is only information to emulate in Android Studio and this one:…

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