Firstly, hello
I want to be able to use YouTube without needing to pass through the YouTube home screen.
I've tried launching it's both search activities–'com.google.android.apps.youtube.app.application.Shell$MediaSearchActivity' and com.google.android.apps.youtube.app.application.Shell_MediaSearchActivity'– directly(chosing them in apex launcher) but it doesn't seem to affect the app's behaviour.
I've tried with kiwi browser, installing the "Only Search Bar" and "Only Search Bar mobile". It worked, but there's two problems.
The main problem is that the extension works sometimes and sometimes it doesn't.
The other is a side problem, when I install a direct access to the page in my Android phone screen, the extension doesn't at all.
Thanks for your time
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I do not know if this is normal, but if I install app from web, it will not download the app into my tablet immediatelly. Instead, I have to open market on my tab, then the download starts. Moreover, after installing the app I often also get a message in the notification area saying, that the application is already installed... I think, that it worked before on background without the need to start the google play. I disabled several apps, none of them should be related to market. Any idea?
original JB, rooted + several apps disabled
rkalas said:
I do not know if this is normal, but if I install app from web, it will not download the app into my tablet immediatelly. Instead, I have to open market on my tab, then the download starts. Moreover, after installing the app I often also get a message in the notification area saying, that the application is already installed... I think, that it worked before on background without the need to start the google play. I disabled several apps, none of them should be related to market. Any idea?
original JB, rooted + several apps disabled
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Seems to depend on the connection to the Google servers -- I've seen this sometimes, but other times the install went through without a hitch. I wouldn't worry about it, it's a bit hit or miss.
This is just to inform anyone using "Phone 2 Google Chrome" that the app (currently v4.1) breaks the ability for certain app defaults to stick (at least on latest stock rom, synergyrom, and cleanrom...and probably others). For example, if you are using the browser and google for a youtube video, then select it, it will ask you every time which app to use even if you tell it to always use a certain app. Same thing happens if selecting a playstore link from a google search (it always asks if you want to use playstore to open the link, even after you tell it to always use it). These are just a couple examples of defaults that don't stick that I've noticed. Some defaults do continue to stick, such as an alternative launcher (I use Nova, and never had a problem keeping it set as default). After trial and error, I found that uninstalling this app completely fixed the problem. I'm also emailing the developer of the app, but thought others might find this info useful - especially if the app is not fixed.
[This doesn't seem to be a phone specific issue so I thought I'd post it here in General, hope that's ok.]
The behavior of typing something in the Google Now bar and having it return installed Apps stopped working for me a couple days ago. Anyone else?
For anyone who's not familiar with this behavior, it's a really nice feature of the main Google Now widget:
Punching in part of an app name in the Google Now bar pulls up hits including installed apps.
It's very convenient to for example turn on your phone, type in "Scan", and get as the top hit the Genius Scan app for example (you might only remember the "Scan" part of the name of the app).
Or type in "Face" and the Facebook app shows up. (Partials work.)
It's very similar to the iOS left-swipe search, the Windows 7 Start button, and OSX Spotlight.
Hunting and pecking through the app list is for chumps.
A friend noticed that if you type in "Facebook app" or "Fac app" and then press enter you DO get an app result in Google Now card style with "Open app" as a button. If this is an intended change I believe it's for the worse and is less useful than the iOS left-swipe search, the Windows 7 Start Button, and OSX spotlight (because with any of these you can just start typing and once you've gotten far enough into the word, results will start popping up -- this was how the Google Search widget used to work a couple days ago.)
After a Google+ update push this morning, no-chump app launching is now fixed.
Just noticed that I have the same issue...
No apps show in result (even with installed apps ticked )
Normally I almost never pick a default app because I have several browsers and when I click a link somewhere I like to choose what browser I want to load it up with each time. But now I upgraded to 5.1.1 and after I selected the browser the first time now it auto has become the default browser and I have not found any way of fixing it. I think once I was able to do it from the applications menu, then something changed with an update and I had to do it from the recent tasks window, or the other way around. But now I cannot find any list of default apps or setting to prevent apps from automatically becoming default upon first being selected to perform some option.
Am I missing something here? Google isn't likely to just remove a crucial aspect of the OS, so it's probably me. If you know I'd appreciate it.
Thanks.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appiator.defaultappmanager
You can use it to change default apps.
Make sure that when you select the browser you want to use (I strongly recommend Google Chrome) that instead of pressing the big icon, you press the only once button below it.
This is what I always normally do, as I never actually pick a default. But since the 5.1.1 update I do not even see the option. As soon as I press the app I want to open the thing up with it vanishes and always uses that app from now on. I cannot find the built in default apps list. Apps are all fine and good but where is the built in and why can't I press to use an app once?
Hi folks...
So some websites do things to Chrome on Android that I don't like.
In particular:
1. Some sites, when launched from a link on the Home Screen, launch into a mode without any browser controls
2. Some sites don't let me add a link to the Home Screen, but only let me run it "as an app"
Is there any way around these sorts of things?
That is, I want to add a link to the Home Screen that will ALWAYS launch in full browser mode.
Or I want to add a link to the Home Screen for sites that seem to force Chrome to favor running "as an app".
Some news sites I frequent do the 1st thing.
outlook.com (which I use for work) does the 2nd thing.
I'd like them to behave like regular websites, and launch in full browser mode in Chrome from a Home Screen icon/link. Is there any way to force this, does anyone know?
If I'm using the wrong terminology, please let me know. I'm not sure if these sites are running a Chrome App, or an Instant App, or somehow otherwise force Chrome to behave differently.
Thanks much!
- Tim