This tag is for questions related to application development issues affecting just Samsung Mobile devices.
This tag is for questions related to application development issues affecting just Samsung Mobile devices.
Questions tagged [samsung-mobile]
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Serial number from Samsung Device running Android
I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab 2.0 (7")
On the back of this device is a serial number of the format
RF3C6000MNA
When I go into settings on my device, and choose About Device->Status->Serial Number, this number also appears.
I can't, however, find a way…
Rich S
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Turn ON/OFF Camera LED/flash light in Samsung Galaxy Ace 2.2.1 & Galaxy Tab
I am turning ON Camera LED light using FLASH_MODE_ON.
Samsung Galaxy Ace have only three flash modes : on, off and auto.
FLASH_MODE_TORCH not working in Samsung Galaxy Tab & Samsung Galaxy Ace 2.2.1
Here is my code how i am turning ON my Camera…
Kartik Domadiya
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java.lang.NullPointerException with Nougat
My app has been humming along nicely through various Android versions. I have users running it on Android 4.3, 5.0, 5.1 and 6.0 with no problems. However a user with a S7 Edge has just updated with Android 7.0 and the app is crashing when text is…
Gavin
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Android: variable has incorrect value in while loop
When developing an Android app in Android Studio, a variable used within a while loop has an incorrect value. I reduced it in a test case to a very simple case:
Create a new project in Android Studio, blank Activity
Add the following code to the…
Hielko
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Resources$NotFoundException on Samsung
One of my app is crashing on Samsung S5 (SM G900V to be precise) with this exception:
android.content.res.Resources$NotFoundException: File res/drawable-xxhdpi-v4/common_signin_btn_icon_disabled_focus_light.9.png from drawable resource ID…
M-Wajeeh
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Layout on Samsung Galaxy Note
I have a weird issue that only occurs on the Samsung Galaxy Note.
I have landscape and portrait layouts , in normal and large , as per : http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.html
On all phone so far it uses the normal and the…
Chris
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IndexOutOfBoundsException on Samsung devices
I'm getting an IndexOutOfBoundsException on Samsung Galaxy S5 and Note 3 and 4. It doesn't reference my code. Has anyone encountered this? I haven't been able to find anything on here.
It appears to be occasionally happening when try to long-click…
ono
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http://seller.samsungapps.com/ - Choosing a Category?
How can I choose a category when submitting a new app in http://seller.samsungapps.com/
Under the Category menu all I see is "Main Category" or "Galaxy Specials"
When I choose Main Category, then I get no submenu, and it won't let me submit the…
Ginger
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Samsung Multiwindow crash
I have an app on the play store which supports Samsung's multiwindow mode,
before the 4.4.2 version of the Samsung ROM, everything was fine,
however, I noticed that the crash reports started to rise as the OS version is pushed to devices.
I cannot…
Tancho
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YouTube iframe embeds cannot autoplay on Android
I'm using a webView in my Android app to load YouTube iframe player and auto play videos. It works fine on Samsung Galaxy S2 & S3, but when runs on Samsung Galaxy S4, it always results in gray screen when trying to auto play.
On Galaxy S4, it works…
iForests
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jquery ajax GET request executing twice
I have the following ajax request that is executed at a click of a button:
function test(){
console.debug("*");
$.ajax({
type: "GET",
dataType: "json",
…
function test(){
console.debug("*");
$.ajax({
type: "GET",
dataType: "json",
…
gmh04
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BiometricPrompt crashes on Samsung S9 with Face unlock
I am using the new BiometricPrompt API in Android P (API 28) in my application. (I am actually using it inside a wrapper based on this project so that it functions on older devices too, but that is not relevant to the question.) This is working very…
Moshe Katz
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Non-game App gets treated as game by Samsung game launcher
Whenever I open my android app it triggers the game mode/game launcher on samsung galaxy s8. But the app isn't a game. In a previous version the app used opengl and it seems like samsung treats an app as game if it uses opengl. I already removed the…
Ascot Harris
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Disabling or detecting the app specific power saving mode
Samsung devices (well, at least some of them) add all installed apps to an "App Power Saving Mode" list which affects the background services listening to some crucial info for the app.
Some apps, somehow, disable this mode after installation…
iamkaan
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Activity won't render randomly, shows only white screen on Samsung
So, I acknowledge that this is a truly vague question. What happens is that very randomly and rarely on only Samsung devices (2x S3 and 1xS4 mini) the starting activity (basically any activity, I have not found common ground) won't render and shows…
splangi
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