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Android Frequently Asked Questions
The Android-related questions that get asked repeatedly, gathered together in one place. What does a new developer always ask at some point? What are the most common questions when someone is ...
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AGP 8.13.0: “6 files found with path 'META-INF/LICENSE.md'” error, suggests packagingOptions instead of packaging
I’m using Android Gradle Plugin 8.13.0, and I’m getting the following error when building my project:
6 files found with path 'META-INF/LICENSE.md' from inputs:
org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-params:...
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React Native Release APK works locally but breaks on Play Store with "undefined is not a function" Apollo Client error
My React Native app (v0.79.5) with Apollo Client works perfectly when testing locally with release APK, but when uploaded to Google Play Console and downloaded from the Play Store, I get consistent ...
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"Hello Android" not working on windows, android studio [stumbling on basic tutorial on android app creation]
I'm going through the "https://developer.android.com/codelabs/basic-android-kotlin-compose-first-app#1" tutorial to build my "Hello Android" app on Windows. This is my android ...
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How can I resolve the IPA distribution error when uploading it to the Apple store?
When I distribute or validate the app in Xcode, I get the following error:
Error: The archive did not include a dSYM for the hermes.framework with the UUIDs [***-3796-8AE6-E143718]. Ensure that the ...
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Resizing Issues in React Native App on iPad with iOS 26, with Multitasking settings enabled
The React Native app does not allow resizing below a certain width and height on iPad running iOS 26. I have enabled “Windowed Apps” in the Multitasking settings.
To confirm that this is not an issue ...
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Layout issues opening keyboard
I'm developing a typical chat screen, with the text input at the bottom. The app has a bottom bar with tabs and a topbar.
I'm struggling at getting what I understand to be the expected behavior (...
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Why does Firebase App Check think that my app is not registered?
I've been working on a Flutter project for iOS, and I'm confused on why Firebase App Check isn't working. Last release, it worked fine, but this release, it fails...so this leads me to believe that it'...
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HostApduService on Android 16
This is a small example for share here from a larger project where the use of HostApduService is necessary. I want to verify that my app works correctly with Android 16, but I’m encountering issues.
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SwiftUI TextField with number format ignores environment locale
I'm facing the issue that SwiftUI's TextField with a number format seems to ignore the locale set by the environment modifier.
struct MyView: View {
@State
var number: Decimal = 1.1
var ...
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You can create your own view that wraps a TextField. Read the locale from the environment, and set the FormatStyle to that locale manually, // just replace all occurrences of 'TextField' in your code ...
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How do I securely share my Uri from SD card with other apps?
After reading and playing around with this for a few days with little success, I've decided to ask for help.
I'm working on a file-management app spanning APIs 24 through 36 (as of writing).
I'm using ...
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Why is it allowed at all? Because FileProvider supports it. What is its purpose in production? To allow FileProvider to serve anything. Unfortunately for me, it's the only way I've managed to ...
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SwiftUI List: how to make scrollable background using pattern image?
In UIKit I can easily set scrollable background pattern for UITableView like this:
tableView.backgroundColor = .init(patternImage: .init(named: "background")!)
Background image in such case ...
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You can make the background scroll as the lists scrolls: struct ContentView: View { @State private var offset: CGFloat = 0.0 // 👈 1. Store the offset var body: some View { List { ...
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How prevent show virtual keyboard in edittext while typing on physical keyboard?
When I use this:
etID.ShowSoftInputOnFocus = false;
the virtual keyboard does not show on focus. That's what I want.
But when I start typing on the physical keyboard, the virtual keyboard pops up. ...
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Try edittext.apply { showSoftInputOnFocus = false inputType = InputType.TYPE_NULL }
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How to setup different behaviour when dealing with ViewModifier and iOS availability?
Here is my DemoView:
struct ImageCropData: Identifiable {
var id = UUID()
var image: UIImage?
}
typealias CropImageHandler = (UIImage) async throws -> String
struct DemoView: View {
@...
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The reason why the completion handler is not running, is because the task is only run once, at the beginning of that view's lifecycle (think onAppear). At that time, croppingData is still nil. You ...
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How can I close/hide the Android soft keyboard programmatically?
I have an EditText and a Button in my layout.
After writing in the edit field and clicking on the Button, I want to hide the virtual keyboard when touching outside the keyboard. Can someone provide a ...
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Why is the Android emulator so slow? How can we speed up the Android emulator?
I have got a 2.67 GHz Celeron processor, and 1.21 GB of RAM on a x86 Windows XP Professional machine.
My understanding is that the Android Emulator should start fairly quickly on such a machine, but ...
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What is the difference between px, dip, dp, and sp?
What is the difference between the units of measure
px, dip, dp, and sp?
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How to stop EditText from gaining focus when an activity starts in Android?
I have an Activity in Android, with two elements:
EditText
ListView
When my Activity starts, the EditText immediately has the input focus (flashing cursor). I don't want any control to have input ...
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How can I fix 'android.os.NetworkOnMainThreadException'?
I got an error while running my Android project for RssReader.
Code:
URL url = new URL(urlToRssFeed);
SAXParserFactory factory = SAXParserFactory.newInstance();
SAXParser parser = factory....
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Basics of Kotlin coroutines
Basics of Kotlin coroutines
What is a coroutine?
A coroutine is a concurrency design pattern that you can use on Android to simplify code that executes asynchronously.
They are“lightweight threads”. ...
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Using SwiftData with SwiftUI
One thing we iOS developers should rejoice about is the development of SwiftData, at least if you are coding for a very new project and can forget about iOS versions below 17.
We finally have an ...
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