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  1. Daniel Fernandes

    My apps don't detect my Chromecast

    I'm able to control the volume of my Chromecast with the Google Home app but YouTube and other Chromecast apps do not show the Cast button. Google Home and YouTube are up to date. Does anyone know how to fix this?
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    What's the difference between "Array<Uri>?" and "Array<Uri?>"?

    I get this type mismatch error that I don't really understand, I've been stuck on it for quite a long while and I haven't really figured it out. The error looks like this: Type inference failed. Expected type mismatch: required: Array<Uri>? found: Array<Uri?> What exactly does the question...
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    Good alternatives to Android Studio?

    I've been finding Android Studio pretty frustrating, mainly because of how often things change with it. It might just be because I'm still learning to use it and finding my way around doing stuff. But I'm just kinda annoyed that I don't really know what I'm doing and if I try to look up on the...
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    Type mismatch for StartActivity: Required Context, Found Intent

    So I was following the official guide on how to use WebView and I found a piece of code that I just can't get to work. Basically, if a URL the user clicked belongs to a particular domain (www.example.com), the WebView should open the link within itself. But if the URL is not part of the domain...
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    Android Studio update fails: Some conflicts were found in the installation area.

    I'm using Android Studio on linux and was trying to install the 3.5.1 update. The update downloads well, and Android Studio offers me restart itself. But after restarting, I get this: I tried updating twice, and I got this same screen both the times. This is the first time I'm trying to...
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    Is it still useful to use Greenify on newer Android versions?

    So recent Android versions (I believe Android 7.1+?) have Greenify like features built-in. Apps no longer run in the background and stay there as annoyingly as they used to, leading to better battery life without any third party apps like Greenify. But I see that Greenify has this other...
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    This isn't normal disk usage right?

    So I've observed that my laptop's disk usage shows up to be pretty high. But this doesn't make sense - I've seen programs use the disk at more than 100 MB/s, but sometimes it shows a much higher % value (48% in the screenshot below) even when programs are running at only about 1 MB/s in total...
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    How does Chromecast know your location?

    So the weather my Chromecast shows doesn't seem to be that of my location. The temperature it shows is quite higher than what it actually is here. My best guess is that it uses the IP address to know my location. My IP address shows a place that is way too far from where I am. Is there a way to...
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    My carrier (Vodafone) is showing me pop-up messages, any way to stop them?

    So nearly every five minutes, I get this message from Vodafone as shown below. I've tried clicking on cancel and OK but that hasn't stopped these from coming. Clicking on OK took me to the "SIM 1 Toolkit" app, so this is probably coming from there? I can't disable this app however, and possibly...
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    Tell me a joke...

    Because it wanted to...
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    How do you debug apps wirelessly?

    Now, if I had to connect my phone to Android Studio for testing an app, I have to connect it using a USB cable... But I have a problem, my notebook has only two USB ports and both of them are occupied by the mouse and keyboard ( I prefer using an external mouse and keyboard). So, I wanted to...
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    Hi there!

    Okay, so I've been here for quite a while, but yesterday I saw @bcrichster post his introduction and I thought that I should do the same... :D I had joined this forum because I was interested in knowing more about Android. This was my first online community (if you exclude WhatsApp). And I...
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    My phone takes a lot of time to boot!

    Device: Panasonic Eluga Ray Max Android: Marshmallow 6.0.1 Root status: Unrooted So, this phone was fine for almost a year. But recently, when I had to reboot my phone (to change the SIM card, I do that every week), it took a long time to start. I get a message saying "Android is starting"...
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    What are the possible ways to flash firmware on a phone?

    So, I have this phone, Asus Padfone Mini PF400CG that got bricked (stuck in bootloop). I downloaded it's firmware (I got it as a zip file) from their official website and wanted to install it. The is an option called SD DOWNLOAD in droidboot provision OS (recovery mode?). It seems that if I put...
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    Tell me a joke...

    "Doctor, there's a patient on line 1 that says he's invisible" - "Well, tell him I can't see him right now."
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