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Am I the only one still perplexed to why CardView is still annoyingly bad in 2019?

I simply cannot go over the fact that CardView is still so limited in terms of shadow control. Elevation setting is the only setting for shadow and it sucks because it's too much of a general setting and literally doesn't give you any control. At this point I am very surprised Android didn't release a better version of the library where you can manually set a different shadow color, a shadow opacity, a shadow scale, a shadow roundness, a shadow blurness, shadow X and Y translation. What's your opinion on this? What other library alternatives do you have?

UK version Samsung S7 Edge

I am looking into upgrading to a S7 Edge from an S5. Looking at feedback from other purchasers who have ended up with a grey import from the US or have unknowingly been sold a European version.

I think it should be SM-G935 but some have additional letters as this SM-G930FEDANEE
Could someone let me know the correct coding for a UK phone.

Thanks

OxygenOS update 9.0.14 for 6T & 9.0.6 for 6

OnePlus has begun the OTA, (Over The Air), rollout of their new stable OxygenOS firmware, 9.0.14, for OnePlus 6T and McLaren and 9.0.6 for OnePlus 6 users.

As always, there will be a limited roll out initially, followed by the global roll out in a few days.

Changelog:

System
  • Updated Android Security Patch to 2019.5
  • General bug fixes and improvements
Bluetooth
  • Support for Quick Pairing of Bullets Wireless 2 added
  • Improved stability and compatibility of Bluetooth
Launcher
  • Improved confirm password UI for hidden space
Camera (OnePlus 6T)
  • Optimized photo quality from the front camera
Bug fix
  • Fixed issue with ringtone for SMS
  • Fixed issue with speed dial getting cleared
  • Fixed issue loading credentials required WiFi requiring Login
Camera version is still 3.0.16

This is the 9th official, stable, update for the 6T in 210 days

(N.B. OxygenOS 9.0.14 is not available for the T-Mobile carrier minority variant)

Keyboard

I am looking for a keyboard with a longer spacebsr. Seams like it keeps getting shorter and shorter. Theykeep adding more and more to it which makes the spacebar shorter. Why put a semi colon next to the space bar or a .com or a www. Www is not needed anymore. They keep crowding that bottom line of key to where tge space bar is almist gine

Help Connection issues with new phone

I have had my first Android phone (MiNote 7) for a few days. I have been unable (except very briefly) to get it to connect to my PC via Your Phone and Your Phone Companion. They are linked and the phone is clearly identified in the PCs Settings, but they do not communicate. Briefly I was able to send Text messages from the PC via the phone (a major reason for buying it) but now when I try, it reports "We cannot connect to your phone".

I have checked various settings in both devices, without success. Likewise with the article in Support and the troubleshooter.

Possibly related, I have so far not been able to get Windows Timeline on the phone ---
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whereas StickyNotes appear automatically.

Advice would be welcome.

Erroneous "no internet" indication

This is a problem that appears intermittently. I used to get it with my previous phone (Nexus 5) and had hoped that when I upgraded to a Pixel 3a it would be a thing of the past - but no!
What happens (from time to time) is that the wifi icon indicates strong wifi but no internet. As a result the phone starts using 4g data for internet connections. However, if I turn off 4g data I can access all internet sites over wifi without any trouble, so the wifi does, in fact have internet access although the phone says it doesn't.
This is annoying because if I don't spot it and turn off 4g data it starts to waste my 4g data allowance.
After some variable amount of time (usually up to an hour) it suddenly reverts to normal.
I haven't been able to find any answer to this (or indeed anyone reporting the same problem) even though I've been searching off and on for several years.

Apps What is the best approach to work with BLE device in background?

Currently I am working on an application which has BLE peripheral, my app works as master and the BLE device works as peripheral.

The app has below mentioned use cases:

  1. The application should connect and communicate with the BLE device even if the app is not in foreground. (app can be in background or closed)
  2. Once the app is connected to the BLE device we need to get the data in our application and process on it.
  3. So the basic use case which needs to be achieved is, once the BLE device is in our device's range it should connect and communicate with our app , whereas once its out of our device's range it should stop the communication process.
All these things should work well even if our app is in background or closed state.

As per the background limitations from oreo as mentioned in this link https://developer.android.com/about/versions/oreo/background , we can not use services to achieve this scenario.

Currently we are using foreground services to achieve the desired use case, but not sure if that is the best approach to work with.

Please let me know the best approach which can be used to achieve the above mentioned use case using the latest android api.

Note: Our app has minimum sdk version 23 and target sdk version 28

Plain text backup of SMS, Instagram, and Facebook

Hi there

My company has asked me to try to find some software that backs up (in plain text) the data from an android device. A mandatory requirement is that it must be able to back up SMS, Instagram, and Facebook data. I have a couple of questions around this.

1. Can this backup be done directly from an android device?
2. Does any software exist that can achieve this in an intuitive manner?

There is a tool called iMazing that does this well for IOS but I am not sure if an equivalent exists for Android.

Thanks.

[game] [free] My railroad: puzzle game about trains

Hello)).

I would like to offer you my game "My Railroad". I think that game genre is logic + some arcade. The main idea is the construction of the railways and train management.

Android link - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.smadec.maxx.railroad

Short Youtube video

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Screenshot from the game

The "My Railroad" game contains two parts - the main gameplay and the quest part.
In the main gameplay the player needs to connect all the towns with each other using 6 kinds of rails. After that the player should direct trains between towns (the red train should go to the red town, and the yellow one - to the yellow one) using of railways switchers and traffic lights.

Various relief obstacles (rivers and mountains) appear further in the game, as well as bridges and tunnels. Next we tried to create difficulties in the paths construction. There are only 6 rail shapes, so it is necessary to create additional loops or railway sidings for some towns connection (puzzle elements).

Also there is a quest part in the game - the player can spend the earned money to restore locomotives in the hangar.

I will be glad to hear your opinion on it.

Service and the Broadcast

Hi there,

I have issues with android services and broadcast activity when doing some development.

I am using Android 8.0 as a test device btw.

Code:
serviceIntent.setComponent(new ComponentName("com.service.sillyservice", "com.service.sillyservice.SillyService"));
serviceIntent.putExtra("COMMAND","ls");
startService(serviceIntent);

Assuming it will invoke the start service from another activity:
public int onStartCommand(Intent var1, int var2, int var3) {

its return value is "1", how do I get the value of "1" and store it some where.


Code:
        broadcastIntent.setComponent(new ComponentName("com.broadcast.vulnerablereceiver", "com.elearnsecurity.vulnerablereceiver.VulnerableReceiver"));
                    broadcastIntent.setAction("com.broadcast.vulnerablereceiver.CHANGEPW");
                    broadcastIntent.putExtra("PASSWORD",1);

I am trying to mirror the same here:
run app.broadcast.send --action com.broadcast.vulnerablereceiver.CHANGEPW" --component com.broadcast.vulnerablereceiver com.broadcast.vulnerablereceiver.VulnerableReceiver --extra string PASSWORD 1

However, for some it show something like:
Unable to start receiver com.broadcast.vulnerablereceiver.VulnerableReceiver: java.lang.NullPointerException: println needs a message

Internal storage running out even after factory reset

I just have a problem with my phone last day and it said my internal storage is running out and need to have at least 250MB storage even though I have at least 2gb free on my internal and I can't update any apps from play store, that's why I go factory reset cause deleting cache doesn't work, but after reset the notification doesn't clear up and now I can't connect my google account cause the google play services is stopping and I try to download an APK of it but it doesn't install (maybe because of that notification that I have no storage left. right now I have 10.9gb free in my internal and I can't install apps and connect my phone to my google account. PLEASE HELP ME SOLVE THIS

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Keyboards

I am looking for a keyboard, minus emojis, gifs, and stickers, myself I think they are Childish. I coud put up with it if I can find one with a space bar I don't need a magnifying glass to see. I dont need a special. Com, or www key. I would even be willing to pay for it. Or mayde there is a 100% Customizable keyboard. I want a longer space bar.

Nightmare.

I spent 4 hours online trying to get answers from first playstore then Google who threw me to Android and the grand finale, ZTE. No help . I can't believe such large corporations have no customer service. The Google specialty; here's 3 million articles, read them and maybe your answer is in there. All I want to know is are the programs, ASUS file manager and AppMgr III, compatible with my ZTE Android Z818L, ver5.1. And if not, which I believe is the case, could they recommend the proper apps. The only answer I have gotten , from an app developer, is Android bugs are the problem. I have tried so many file mgrs, I believe that it is impossible to design a Linux app that will operate effectively on so many different phone manufacturers, operating systems and the kernel, which varies on EVERY PHONE . Unless when you were installing the app, they required input of preceding 3 items I mentioned which would allow at most tailoring the app to the phone before installation and at the least, if the app is compatible with your phone. Plus. I never met a file manager that could detect the apps, at least the exact location before and after moving to the sd, not the sd partition of internal memory but the micro SD card. I wonder if any app designer knows what a task manager does. No matter where I move an app, with an app mover file or whatever, the task manager always knows where the app is, the data and cache and all the permissions.. Instead of writing the program to track the app, just poll the task mgr. Never fails.

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