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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?
  2. Daniel Fernandes

    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...
  3. Daniel Fernandes

    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...
  4. Daniel Fernandes

    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...
  5. Daniel Fernandes

    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...
  6. Daniel Fernandes

    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...
  7. Daniel Fernandes

    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...
  8. Daniel Fernandes

    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...
  9. Daniel Fernandes

    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...
  10. Daniel Fernandes

    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...
  11. Daniel Fernandes

    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...
  12. Daniel Fernandes

    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"...
  13. Daniel Fernandes

    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...
  14. Daniel Fernandes

    Feature request: Make an in app browser.

    That should probably fill all the missing parts of the forums app...! After all the activities are created, the in app browser can optionally be removed. Right now, each time I use the app and it asks me to open the browser for some feature, I don't feel like using two apps for one task. You can...
  15. Daniel Fernandes

    Is my phone stuck in a bootloop?

    So, I have this ASUS PadFone Mini Station for a few years. A couple of weeks ago, it powered off suddenly and since then if I ever boot into it it gets stuck in the "Asus - In Search of Incredible" screen where theres a cursor below it that goes round and round forever. Is this phone now stuck...
  16. Daniel Fernandes

    Have you made any use of the Island?

    Island, the app by Oasis Feng (Developer of Greenify). Seems to be very powerful, have you used it for anything?
  17. Daniel Fernandes

    Any recommendations for an antivirus for a school computer?

    OS: Windows 10 Pro My teacher has asked me to get an antivirus for our school computer. I wanted to get MalwareBytes, but that requires an internet connection while installing. Any recommendation for a free one that works offline? Our school computers never get internet, I can't even get...
  18. Daniel Fernandes

    Phone screen doesn't detect touch properly on some parts of the screen

    Got a friend with a his phone, it's not responding sometimes on some areas of the screen. I tried clearing system cache, no change. He says he never dropped the phone, it started happening last night. Any help would be appreciated
  19. Daniel Fernandes

    Has anyone here used an MIDI keyboard?

    I'm just going crazy to become Alan Walker... I heard I need an MIDI keyboard for that, so before I buy one, I want some guidance... Anyone else used them? Can I play one voice on one part of the keyboard and a different voice on the other? If so, can I also keep one octave for one voice...
  20. Daniel Fernandes

    Tell me a joke...

    I want to laugh...
  21. Daniel Fernandes

    How do I let my app perform the next task after waiting for a few milliseconds?

    So, I'm making a flashlight app. I want to add a feature to change brightness of the camera flash. To do that I want it to rapidly turn the flash on and off. I want something like this: while (this happens){ turn flash on; wait for (some time); turn flash off; wait for (some different...
  22. Daniel Fernandes

    How to read text from an SMS that just arrived?

    Hi, as some of you may know, I am fairly new to Android development. I want to make an app, which can be used to recover my phone if it gets lost. The idea is that, the phone receives an SMS text message with a keyword. The app will read the message. If the message contains the keyword then it...
  23. Daniel Fernandes

    Got the Kindle Fire 7 and found it too less customizable...

    So, I was gifted an Amazon Kindle Fire 7 (7th Gen) a few days back. The tablet seems to be very locked up. I mean, the launcher cannot be changed, there's an ad on the lock screen and the settings menu doesn't have all the options in it. I could somehow install Play Store and change the launcher...
  24. Daniel Fernandes

    Is there any app to transfer files of another device using Wi-Fi?

    So, I got a Fire 7 (7th gen) tablet, and my phone, Eluga Ray Max. Both the devices are connected to my WiFi router. I was wondering if there is an app using which I can use the files from my phone on the tablet without the phone really being near me using LAN. Something like Remote Files in...
  25. Daniel Fernandes

    I just opened this phone and found something strange...

    So I just opened my Samsung Galaxy GT-S7392 and found this empty port below the camera. Any ideas what this port is used for? Here is a picture of the port: It's marked M4121A9A It is just on the side of that hole on the printed circuit board. Has anyone else seen such a connector in your...
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