I Have got them both working, but is there a way to auto tap flash objects on a page so they automatically load without having to tap on them ?
I am working on a desktop app, webbased that will scroll through news, weather, photos, etc and was going to use the flash lite to add some extra animations but having to tap the flash play icon everytime the page loads is a real pain.
Anyone know a reg hack or anything I can do to make it auto play without a tap required.
I use the stock browser and I set in options to open new windows in background, that is I want links on a page to open in another windiws/tab
Well this is not working with Google: it keeps on opening search results links into the same window
ok I have found a patter...
this happens only if you serach from the browser's address bar, instead if you go to google.com and serach from there, results' link is opened in another tab...
weird
thegios said:
I use the stock browser and I set in options to open new windows in background, that is I want links on a page to open in another windiws/tab
Well this is not working with Google: it keeps on opening search results links into the same window
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For that, tap and hold the link and from the menu, select 'open in new background tab'.
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For that, tap and hold the link and from the menu, select 'open in new background tab'.
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yes of course, this I know... was wondering if anyone else was experiencing this
In the past, Samsung phones had an option for opening links in background. Extremely useful for a site like XDA. You could long press on a link, choose the "Open in Background" option, and the link would open in a new tab, but you wouldn't be switched to the new tab. This used to be enabled in the browser settings, under the advanced tab. I can't find the option. Why on earth they would remove it is a bit beyond my paygrade.
Is the option just hidden? Are there other hidden options? The Aboutebug command use to work in chrome? Are there similar commands/easter eggs for the stock browser or chrome?
Launching a web link from Android home screen always launches the native browser on Galaxy S5 stock 4.4.2.
Phone is rooted.
No other browsers are installed, except for Chrome.
Changing default browser is impossible because when I go to Settings > Application manager > Internet > Clear defaults is grayed out.
How can I get it ti present me with a choice screen on which browser I want to use?
I tried installing Firefox and Dolphin and still the problem remains - no prompts to choose default browser.
EDIT:
HUGE clarification: I just texted a web page link to someone and I realized that I could click on it when looking at my sent text...
Well clicking on it DOES bring up the choice menu of which browser I want to use to open that web page link.
SO this is only about launching web links from Home Screen:
Native Browser > Bookmarks > Long press on any bookmark to CHECK it > Settings [three dots in upper right] > Add shortcut to home screen.
Now *those* Home Screen bookmark shortcuts can only be launched in Native Browser whereas you used to have a choice which browser to use before....
The Internet app will always be grayed regardless of whatever browser you install. You need to root your phone to freeze (Disable) the stock Internet app.
Strange, installing a new browser should clear defaults and give you the option to choose which browser to use as default again, I disabled Chrome before I rooted from Application Manager, try doing that
If that fails, Try clearing the cache from recovery
Thank you for posting.
First poster: The phone is rooted. What do you mean by freeze (disable) stock internet app?
I tried Settings > Application manager > ALL > Internet > Force stop
No change. Clear defaults is still grayed out in the default browser.
Second poster: I agree, I tried installing new browsers and still the defaults remain.
We are trying to change the default away from the stock browser so I don't know what Chrome has to do with it but OK I Force Stopped Chrome in the Application Manager too.
No change.
I then went to TWRP Recovery and wiped Cache. No Change.
Clear defaults is still grayed out in the default browser. Phone is T-Mobile Galaxy S5, rooted, stock Android 4.4.2, Baseband G900TUVU1ANE6
Any other ideas?
I was suggesting actually disabling Chrome from Application Manager, same place as you forced stop - it might say "Uninstall updates", then once you do that, Disable should appear
Once Chrome is disabled, it might force Android to clear defaults on it - same with the Stock browser
Chrome can be Turned off. But Chrome is not default and doing that has no bearing on native browser which still insists on being default regardless of how many other browsers are installed.
I really only want the option to choose which browser launches an internet link, I like not to have a default browser so that I can open different links in different browsers.
But now I get no choice to choose, every link opens in native browser which is not affected by anything suggested so far...
If you're rooted, disable the stock / native browser
Find it in /system/app or wherever it is, and rename the .apk to .apk.old
EDIT - /system/app/SBrowser
Rename SBrowser.apk to SBrowser.apk.old
EDIT -There is SBrowserTry too - has the same icon as the SBrowser
Not specifically for this issue, but shows you the files corresponding to the stock browser you can rename
http://www.s4miniarchive.com/2014/08/galaxy-s5-internet-browser-for-galaxy-s4-mini.html
Renaming them automatically removes all my internet links from Home Screens.
Now there's no way to have the internet page links on home screens... making which browser is default irrelevant.
How else would I test or set a default browser, if my web links disappeared from the Home Screen?
Renaming them back, restores earlier behavior of native browser (what is the name of the native browser?) being default with no option to change the default browser.
Somewhat on topic, I cannot believe that no one in this world has a need to open url shortcuts, I mean I've had my Windows Favorites folder for 20 years, it's filled with all my shortcuts and in Android 3 there was an app that would automatically open them (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zapek.android.stuntzurl) but Android 4 broke that and so I guess it is not possible to have url shortcuts simply open a web page in Android 4.
Also, somewhat on topic, why is there no folder which contains contents of home screens so that they can be backed up, I mean, in Windows there is a Desktop folder and it contains everything that you have on your Desktop, you can back that folder up, so that if anything disappears you can simply restore it... why not in Android?
And while I'm on a role, is it not mind-boggling that you cannot import or backup bookmarks to files in Android browsers? No, you have to have a desktop computer, make accounts, upload your settings and bookmarks, then try to download it into Android browsers (which inevitably can and does fail to import all data)... why would there not be a simple, import or export bookmarks feature in Android browsers... how is this not unbelievable for any Android browser creator not to offer that option, to import/export bookmarks from a file, or from other Android browsers even?
But back on topic if anyone has any ideas on how to get a prompt asking me which browser I want to open a Home Screen web link in... please post...
HUGE clarification: I just texted a web page link to someone and I realized that I could click on it when looking at my sent text...
Well clicking on it DOES bring up the choice menu of which browser I want to use to open that web page link.
SO this is only about launching web links from Home Screen:
Native Browser > Bookmarks > Long press on any bookmark to CHECK it > Settings [three dots in upper right] > Add shortcut to home screen.
Now *those* Home Screen bookmark shortcuts can only be launched in Native Browser whereas you used to have a choice which browser to use before....
Sounds like whichever browser you use to create the shortcuts, is the only one that will open the shortcuts, so if you want to use a different browser, you'll need to create those shortcuts from that browser in the first place
Android is massively different and limited compared to Windows/PC OS - you can't really compare them and expect a comparably young mobile OS to live up to the same standards as a mature PC OS
But I do agree, you should be given the same choice with web links / shortcuts, it's not exactly brain surgery to know the links need to open a browser, and give the user choice of which one to use
I distinctly remember being able to do this on my old phones in Android.
1. How do you add a bookmark shortcut from Chrome or any browser other than native browser?
2. Can you replicate this issue, do you also not get a choice on which browser to use when you click on a bookmark shortcut on your Home Screen?
I use Dolphin, and to create homescreen shortcuts, open the website you want, hit the small dolphin icon at the bottom, choose "Add to" and choose "Home screen"
And no, even clearing defaults on dolphin, when I click the shortcut, it only opens in Dolphin, no choice - so I guess that's the issue, if you want it to open in a certain browser, create the shortcut using that browser
I have Chrome disabled
Thanks for the tip. Dolphin works!
Can Home Screen shortcuts be created in Chrome or Firefox?
I don't have Chrome running so can't test, but Firefox can, I just went to the Bookmarks tab and long pressed on one of my bookmarks and it gave the option to add to homescreen
EDIT - Enabled Chrome, just visit the site you want to add, hit the 3 dots top right menu, "Add to home screen"
Does someone have a fix for app not linking to each other:
I mean when I am on Tumblr and I click on a Flickr or Instagram link it opens an in app page instead of opening the wanted app.
I don't have this problem on my Xiaomi so I guess it is a ROM issue?
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Wild guess, one time you had allowed it to stay in browser, set it for default.
Go to Settings - Application Manager. Click the three dots in the upper right of the screen, select "Reset default apps". You should now get prompted for what you want to use.
Doesn't work.
Have done for Tumblr itself, Flickr, Google app and still clicking on a Flickr link in Tumblr opens the link inside the app instead of opening Flickr (and the same for other apps)
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Is it opening a Web page?
On gmail links were automatically opening within the gmail app, which i didn't want. Within gmail i went to Settings to turn that off (the first cleared checkbox in the attached image):
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It's opening an in app page with some of the options of chrome and a line "powered by chrome" like when using Google search app
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You correct it from whatever app is misbehaving. I showed the gmail settings previously, here is the tapatalk settings - in tapatalk I had to select "Do not use in-app browser"
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I have searched thoroughly inside Tumblr settings and haven't found such option
Maybe it has to do with the "Android Web View" service app but I don't know how to change its settings.
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If it's specifically that one app (for instance Chrome) has been set to default for some things, and you don't want it, go to Settings - Apps, then scroll and click on Chrome. In the App info window that opens, click on "'Open by default", then select "Clear defaults"
Otherwise, try Settings - Application manager -- the triple dots in the upper right - Configure apps - App links
This opens up an app list.
Select facebook (assuming it is installed). Make sure that "Open supported links" is set to either "Open in this app" or "Ask every time", and "Supported links" should show fb.com and a couple facebook.com entries.
Otherwise you're down to the Reset app preferences and Reset default apps choices, global, which will involve reselecting a bunch of things (assuming you've already customized your preferences for a lot of stuff)
markfm said:
If it's specifically that one app (for instance Chrome) has been set to default for some things, and you don't want it, go to Settings - Apps, then scroll and click on Chrome. In the App info window that opens, click on "'Open by default", then select "Clear defaults"
Otherwise, try Settings - Application manager -- the triple dots in the upper right - Configure apps - App links
This opens up an app list.
Select facebook (assuming it is installed). Make sure that "Open supported links" is set to either "Open in this app" or "Ask every time", and "Supported links" should show fb.com and a couple facebook.com entries.
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I have already tried the two first things you said.
I would have to try to reset all apps settings but I am not sure it would work as it is not my first android and I am near damn sure I hadn't messed with app links when I first used the apps on this phone.
Do you have Tumblr or similar third party apps that go to another third party app without opening link inside the app?
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Have you done a force stop, clear data, clear cache, then uninstall/reinstall? Sometimes that gets rid of garbage.
markfm said:
Have you done a force stop, clear data, clear cache, then uninstall/reinstall? Sometimes that gets rid of garbage.
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Have just done that, still no luck...
Can it be a ROM problem or an app (Tumblr) problem?
Thank you for your involvement again.
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