Android :: Stop Apps From Scanning For Files
Feb 6, 2010
Is there a way to stop apps from scanning the phone for files every time one is opened from within the app?
I'm using PDF Viewer and every time I want to open a PDF file, it spends a while scanning the phone for PDFs - time-consuming when I have a collection of several hundred on it.
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Jan 31, 2010
I'm mostly using Eclipse for Android development these days, and have developed good muscle memory for Ctrl-F11 to run my app. Problem is, if I happen to be editing an XML file (like manifest or layout) when I hit that key combination, Eclipse does something that I find inscrutable... It attempts to "run" my XML file, creating an erroneous output file (called something like layout.out.xml) that I then have to delete, adding a useless XML launch configuration to my history, and generally being a pain in my butt.
It's no big deal, but it is an ongoing annoyance. Does anyone know how to disable "run" for XML in Eclipse? I've tried to find a config item for it, but Eclipse's options are such a rabbit hole that I haven't had any luck there myself.
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Jul 18, 2009
I'm storing my Android project in a Subversion repository. After recently shuffling a bunch of stuff around I started getting tons of errors like: syntax error entries/project_name/src/.svnline 1Android AIDL Problem syntax error don't know what to do with "" entries/project_name/src/.svnline 28Android AIDL Problem etc.
It seems as if Eclipse is trying to build the files in the .svn directories now. This setup used to work fine.
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Aug 28, 2010
I'm making a game, but the game lags a bit every time onCellLocationChanged or updateNetworkNameExtension shows up in my Log file. What is making these two run? Is there a way to make them not run?
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Sep 3, 2010
I am running a Droid Incredible (froyo). On my SD card, I notice HUNDREDS of files named ristretto_######tmp. I erase them, and in no time they are back. Anyone know what these files are for and how to stop getting them?
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Aug 3, 2010
I'm loking for an app to force-stop or forcibly turn off an app.
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Oct 17, 2010
How do you keep apps from starting? I noticed things such as the alarm clock, moxier, and a few other programs will just load themselves. Yes, I have the task killer. I find it annoying plus it kills the battery and slows the phone down having programs loading up without you selecting them. Can we keep them from loading in the first place?
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May 4, 2010
I've spent the last few weeks developing a new tool to stop piracy of my paid apps on the Android Market. In a nutshell, licensing is tied directly to purchase verification. There is no license server to manage, no key for the user to enter. User experience is basically uninterrupted from normal application purchase.
I'm excited about this, as my paid apps are now reaching piracy rates as high as 90% on some days,with the average somewhere around 75%. For pirated apps, purchase verification (and subsequently licensing) will fail after a certain number of attempts, and pirates will be left with anything from a "buy me" nag, to a disabled app (behavior is configurable).
Android Market is the only supported purchase validation target so far. Others will be forthcoming if demand warrants.
This isn't a perfect solution (I have yet to find a perfect licensing solution), but I feel it is the best balance of security, features, and workflow that I've seen to date.
You can find a write up, download, and purchasing information here: http://keyeslabs.com/joomla/index.php/projects/auto-app-licensing
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May 27, 2010
I've just updated my nexus one to 2.2. Now all of my (own and some from the market) apps throw exceptions and were closed.
It's weird, in the app I'm developing atm, there it displays only my start page with buttons, but when I tap on one button to fire an intent to another activity my app gets closed with an exception.
Yesterday before the update everything worked fine.
The same thing in my emulator:
I have two devices, one with API level 7 and one with level 8. Level 7 worked fine, but level 8 killed my app :
What is the problem and how can I solve this? I'm desperatly trying to get it working again :
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Sep 16, 2010
I've been looking for just this thing! The guys at XDA are briliant! Stop Android from Trying to Update Your Apps with Market Autoupdate.
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Nov 17, 2010
In looking at some performance issues for a game I'm developing I came across some interesting facts. Although I've minimised GC caused by my app, other apps can still cause one. Also, during framerate drops in my game, I've noticed things like the weather service, email checked, etc. going nuts in the background. (This is on Android 1.6).
I don't really want to block incoming calls, i.e. go into flight mode, before the game starts. I think it's important for the game to be interrupted if there's an incoming call. However, while playing, I don't think people care about weather updates, email updates, texts, etc.
Is there an interface that will let me control what is "active" in the background and what should be "suspended"?
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Oct 26, 2010
I have updated all my apps earlier today and ever since there has been 6 or 7 apps that are constantly showing the status of installing in the android market. I have had to charge the battery twice today because of this. Is there anyway that I can stop these installs? I am new to android so please be gentle. I have a samsung galaxy s and so far have tried uninstalling the apps it says are installing, clearing the cache, force closing the market, switching phone off and also performing a battery pull.
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Nov 12, 2010
I have a question concerning threads, handlers, loopers, etc. in android: In my application i have to take pictures from the camera preview (not pictures from the camera but rather just a preview frame) every time when the camera gets autofocus. So i want to implement some kind of "scanner". The app continues requesting autofocus and preview frames until the app detects a valid barcode in the picture. To achieve a continuous scanning process the app schould repeatedly request autofocus of the camera. At the moment when the camera got autofocus the next autofocus request should be fired immediately. Do you have any tips for implementig this?
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Jul 6, 2010
I've been looking at books scanning apps - you know, the ones that let you scan the barcodes on books you own and then identify the book and enter it into a database to help in keeping track and to avoid purchasing duplicates. Ideally, this information should be sortable using various keys. The bizarre thing is that after trying two or three, I haven't yet found one that will sort by author's last name! Honestly, who would want to sort by author's first name? (Is whatever is wrong with the People app catching or something? )
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Jul 15, 2010
I send backup tapes offsite each day, and every day I have to write down the barcode numbers and print them off so the driver can sign for them to say he has taken them.I know there is a 101 apps to scan, but they are all for shopping, is there a free app that will simply let me scan more than 1 item at a time, then show the scanned items in a report so I can email it myself from my phone?Just a text file that list barcodes in a row would be nice.
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Jul 24, 2010
Where I can more information regarding Scanning a Text File in Android.
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Aug 23, 2010
Without going into menu-->settings--->apps--->manage apps---> and selecting force stop for running apps that should have been stopped when i left them...? Or am I screwing things up by hitting "force stop". e.g. espn app, cbssports fantasy football app, Network app...none of these have a menu choice to "exit" or stop when i am done with them...OR...should i not worry about it 'cause its really not causing much battery drain?
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May 11, 2010
Alright, so I'm trying to write a program for Android for a project for school, I figured out how to use Intents to scan, but once I find a product, how do I get that info into my app? For example, say I'm getting info from upcdatabase.com, I would just add the barcode number to the end of the url, but then how to I draw that data in? The same with Google search, how would I draw the data and the image of the item into the app?
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Aug 4, 2009
Anyway, there are apps that I'm not using (mail, footprints etc) that I'm not using - I use gmail - does that use the mail app? Is there any way to stop things running, seems a bit random that footprints would start for no reason!
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Oct 24, 2009
Does anyone know if there is an app to stop the uninstallation of apps? E.g. you need to enter a password before you can uninstall an app? I have a couple of security apps on there but what if the person was familar with the Hero and just uninstalled the app etc.
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May 2, 2010
There seems to be a lot of useless stuff opening on startup, not all "apps" necessarily... is there a way to stop this stuff from starting? I love the phone but it blows my mind that there are so many apps that you can't even quit without dl'ing a task killer.
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Dec 29, 2013
How do I stop Google play store and play services from running non stop in the background?? I have my location turned off, and privacy guard turned on, but somehow play services and Google maps can get my location? Google play store runs something called "daily hygiene"and all three of these apps restart themselves when I kill them. I don't need play services running, when only the location part of it is running. When I try and disable autostart, receivers, freeze them, use advanced freeze through ROM toolbox, they either revert back instantly, or as soon as the phone reboots.how to get this crap to stop running when it's not being used, and stop getting location, or whatever other things I'm trying to keep private?
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Jan 12, 2010
I've been searching on how to add a barcode scanner to my app. Does anybody know of any examples or know how to do this easily?
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Jul 31, 2010
Is it generally possible to have Wifi Tethering turned on (creating a Hotspot) and at the same time scanning for Wifi devices? I want several devices just discover (NOT connect) each other and log the signal strength. To do that all devices must be discoverable over Wifi and at the same time discover others.
I would just need that for some specific use case..
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Aug 5, 2010
I seem to have loads of apps running and its killing the battery! I have jorte and handcent, both running constantly. Do I need them running, if not how do i turn them off?
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Jun 26, 2010
I'm using Bugless Beast v0.2.1. Beautiful Widgets keeps installing to the SD Card, when I reboot my phone the widget doesn't work. And has to be reinstalled. Pushing it back to the phone doesn't work either.
I know it loads correctly from the phone. Stupidly I tried pushing it to the SD Card and now realize why I was having problems with Beautiful Widgets a few days ago when I was flashing new ROMs.
How to stop all apps from downloading to SD period. I do not want a single app taking up space on my SD card.
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Jul 16, 2010
I'm sure some folks already know this but for those that don't. You find out what apps are running in the background by going into settings, applications and running services. You can stop whatever apps you want.
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Jul 20, 2010
I've had this happen before, but now it's happening again. Whenever I open Advanced Task Killer or Astro, the apps popup a browser window and navigate to some ad (doubleclick) which loads a blank page. If I try to go back to the app, it just does it again. Anyone know how to stop it?
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Oct 2, 2013
I'm trying to figure out how to stop the notifications everytime an app is updated automatically. The updates are good; just don't want the notifications. It seems to be for almost all my apps that are updating.
In the Google Play Store settings, I have unchecked the Notifications checkbox, but that (surprisingly) did not do it.
Phone: AT&T Pantech Discover P9090
OS: 4.1.2
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Mar 15, 2012
Just got a Galaxy Skyrocket (jumped ship from iPhone 4) and switched the launcher to Go Launcher EX. However, I noticed that I can't exit/quit some of the apps by choosing the "close" option for the running app. In Go Launcher, you can get a list of (background) running apps and if you tap the icon of an app, you get a pop-up with options "close", "lock', "goto", and "info". I would think by choosing "close', it would "exit" or "quit" the app, and clear the memory footprint. However, for some apps, like Facebook, Tweeter (actually TweetCaster), etc.--they will disappear for a while and come back again. So the "close" action does not really "kill" the app.
How can I really kill the app? I don't want Tweeter to be constantly running in the background and pulling down hundreds of tweets.
Also how can I stop some apps, e.g. Facebook, from pre-loading? I don't want these apps running in the background eating up the resources when I don't need them. There must be a way, Just haven't figure it out yet.
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