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.
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Samsung Galaxy App Not Installed Exception
I am trying to deploy an update of an existing Mobile application & keep getting the following exception:
"App Not Installed"
Q: What am I doing wrong?
Q: Is there a way to see or activate ERROR messages?
I have the following:
Samsung Galaxy…

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Android - Samsung 'Themes' - How to design/use my own Theme (for personal use)?
In recent years, Samsung smartphones have included a Themes app.
There are plenty of Designers who publish Themes on there, for use on newer Samsung phones.
(Some are Free, others aren't)..
However, I would like to design my own Theme, purely for…

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App in google play not showing on newest samsung galaxy's
I was looking at newest phones at the store today and found out that my app cant be seen in google play on S10, S10+, S10e, S9, S9+ and NOTE9. Other Motorola, Huawei, Honor... works fine. And its strange because on my emulator Pixel2 with Android…

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Firebase Database state always not connected
Firebase database's status state is always not connected, for a Samsung Galaxy A3, while the internet connection is valid.
On the other hand, same app installed on a Samsung Galaxy S5 works as expected.
I've already reinstalled the app, restarted…

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React native app white screen in Samsung Galaxy M20
I generated an APK for my app with expo:build android. It works fine in my One plus. Also tried in a couple of other Samsung Galaxy devices. It works there as well. But my client uses a Samsung Galaxy M20 and seems to be getting a white screen. Now…

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jQuery ajax fails in Samsung phone
I have encountered a peculiar problem using jQuery (3.3) ajax. I have simplified the code to bare minimum and still can't understand why it is happening.
From an HTML form I capture the 'Submit' and call a PHP script using ajax. The ajax call is…

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What are margins in designing for Samsung s8 apps?
I am designing an app for Samsung s8 screen size but it is not fit for example clock on the top bar is hidden

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When I test my keyboard on my android device, why do I get the alert that my keyboard has stopped
I am developing a keyboard for Android devices. When I went to test it on my Samsung Galaxy J3 Mission, I went to settings/language and input/keyboard/my keyboard.
Then, I went to my texting app to test it, and an alert came up saying that my…
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Why is my Android application crashing on Samsung Galaxy Note 9?
So , I was developing an Android application for Arduino and I was right about to post it on Google Play but first I though I should test it on different devices. So I sent my apk to a few of my friends.
Here are the devices i tested it :
One plus…

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Black bar on top and bottom of screen in Samsung Galaxy S 8
My game, developed with Unity, runs in portrait and full-screen mode. There is no problem in any device except Samsung Galaxy S8, in which the full-screen mode doesn't exactly work and as you can see in the attached picture, there are black bars on…

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get gear s3 data through artik cloud
I connected my gear s3 watch to Samsung's artik cloud and Im getting heart rate data. Is there any way I can get data such as acceleration etc.
for example by creating an application on Tizen Studio that will send these data to the artik cloud?

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Samsung Galaxy S9: TYPE_GEOMAGNETIC_ROTATION_VECTOR not present
Samsung Galaxy S9 phone I have does not seem to have a sensor TYPE_GEOMAGNETIC_ROTATION_VECTOR.
SensorMnagaer mSensorManager =…

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How to implement hold and drag feature for multi selection?
Samsung phones have this feature where you can hold your finger on an item then drag it down, i can multi select items quickly like in the gif
Is there any way i can implement this feature in my apps even if it's just for Samsung devices?
Example…

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Samsung Galaxy S8 Android 7.0 and up Stopping Network Traffic
I'm working on an app targeting a Samsung Galaxy S8 running Oreo or Nougat that requires constant network access in the background. The app needs to send UDP packets and access user GPS location at regular intervals at ALL times, regardless of…

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Temperature and humidity sensors on Samsung Galaxy S7 not available
Samsung S7 has temperature and humidity sensors. Many apps show those values.
But if I use SensorManager I get null on both sensors.
SensorManager sensorManager = (SensorManager) getSystemService(SENSOR_SERVICE);
Sensor tempSensor =…

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