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Does Android support a default terminal application?
##### Premise Considering that: 1. Both `plasma-systemsettings.fc41`'s `kcm_componentchooser` and 1. `windows.immersivecontrolpanel_10.0.8.1000` support a default terminal, and the availability of brilliant terminals like Termux for AOSP ...this seems like it would be an obvious feature (at least co...
##### Premise
Considering that:
1. Both 
Undermentioned is a screenshot of how it is done in 
##### Query
Is this provided by AOSP ≤ V14? Is it expected to be provided by ≥ V15?
plasma-systemsettings.fc41's kcm_componentchooser and
1. windows.immersivecontrolpanel_10.0.8.1000 support a default terminal, and the availability of brilliant terminals like Termux for AOSP
...this seems like it would be an obvious feature (at least configurable via com.android.settings.Settings$DevelopmentSettingsDashboardActivity).
##### Problem
However, I don't see any obvious method exposed via com.google.android.permissioncontroller/com.android.permissioncontroller.role.ui.DefaultAppListActivity's GUI:
Undermentioned is a screenshot of how it is done in KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.2's kcmshell6 kcm_componentchooser:
##### Query
Is this provided by AOSP ≤ V14? Is it expected to be provided by ≥ V15?
RokeJulianLockhart
(556 rep)
Jun 7, 2023, 11:48 PM
• Last activity: Jun 5, 2025, 05:43 PM
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Which is the old clock app in Android 10?
A while ago I upgraded my phone and went from some old version of Android to a newer version, version 10. I'm confused about which version of the app I should delete. - There's a clock icon with a blue face that reads as version 7.10 (685617841) and it's 24 MB. - There's a clock icon with a white fa...
A while ago I upgraded my phone and went from some old version of Android to a newer version, version 10.
I'm confused about which version of the app I should delete.
- There's a clock icon with a blue face that reads as version 7.10 (685617841) and it's 24 MB.
- There's a clock icon with a white face that reads as version 10.0.010.000.2006301337 and it's 2.06 MB.
Which one came with Android 10?
leeand00
(418 rep)
Mar 23, 2025, 03:06 PM
• Last activity: Apr 11, 2025, 06:30 PM
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Which is the Contacts App that goes with Android 10, and what will happen to my contacts if I delete the other one?
A while ago I upgraded my phone and went from some old version of Android to a newer version, version 10. I'm confused about which version of the app I should delete. - There's a contacts icon with a blue circle background that reads as version 1.7.10 stockplus and it's 33.79 kb. - There's a contact...
A while ago I upgraded my phone and went from some old version of Android to a newer version, version 10.
I'm confused about which version of the app I should delete.
- There's a contacts icon with a blue circle background that reads as version 1.7.10 stockplus and it's 33.79 kb.
- There's a contacts icon with a white face that reads as version 4.51.25.735555589 and it's 43.43 MB.
1. Which one came with Android 10?
2. And most importantly; do I have to worry about losing my contacts?
leeand00
(418 rep)
Mar 23, 2025, 03:21 PM
• Last activity: Mar 23, 2025, 04:18 PM
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Disable Wallpaper Autoresize and Scroll
My RCA Voyager Pro (Android 8.1.0) recently got a firmware update. Since the update, I have not been able to set a wallpaper without it "zooming in." Take these screenshots for example. When I select the image I want to use as my wallpaper, it allows me to choose the orientation and zoom before clic...
My RCA Voyager Pro (Android 8.1.0) recently got a firmware update. Since the update, I have not been able to set a wallpaper without it "zooming in."
Take these screenshots for example. When I select the image I want to use as my wallpaper, it allows me to choose the orientation and zoom before clicking "✓ Set Wallpaper."
Before the update, the wallpaper would be set exactly as it looks in the preview. However, after the update, the wallpaper will become enlarged and will scroll as I swipe from right to left:
Here is a side-by-side comparison of how the wallpaper is the in preview (before the wallpaper is set), and how it is on home screen (after the wallpaper is set):
Is there a way I can disable this "auto-zooming?" I miss the way it used to be, where my wallpaper was the same on the home screen as it was in the preview, and did not "scroll" as I browsed my apps.
Before the update, the wallpaper would be set exactly as it looks in the preview. However, after the update, the wallpaper will become enlarged and will scroll as I swipe from right to left:
Here is a side-by-side comparison of how the wallpaper is the in preview (before the wallpaper is set), and how it is on home screen (after the wallpaper is set):
Is there a way I can disable this "auto-zooming?" I miss the way it used to be, where my wallpaper was the same on the home screen as it was in the preview, and did not "scroll" as I browsed my apps.
Cardinal System
(81 rep)
May 6, 2020, 01:35 AM
• Last activity: Mar 9, 2025, 09:01 AM
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Prevent opening PDF file with WPS Office
I have a Gionee mobile on Android 7.1.1. Whenever I open a .pdf file from its inbuilt file explorer, it automatically opens with WPS Office. But when WPS Office is uninstalled, it asks to choose an app to open the PDF. I tried clearing the default of all apps, but it doesn't affect the WPS Office. H...
I have a Gionee mobile on Android 7.1.1. Whenever I open a .pdf file from its inbuilt file explorer, it automatically opens with WPS Office. But when WPS Office is uninstalled, it asks to choose an app to open the PDF.
I tried clearing the default of all apps, but it doesn't affect the WPS Office.
How to make the file explorer ask to choose a program when I click on a PDF file, possibly without uninstalling WPS Office?
Roshan
(11 rep)
Dec 25, 2018, 03:04 PM
• Last activity: Feb 11, 2025, 02:01 AM
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Clear app default actions in Android 10
Mi App has silently taken over everything related to documents in my Gmail and printing in general in my phone. Whenever I do any action that is "an inch close to printing) then Mi App appears. [![enter image description here][1]][1] I cannot change it [in the usual way](https://android.stackexchang...
Mi App has silently taken over everything related to documents in my Gmail and printing in general in my phone. Whenever I do any action that is "an inch close to printing) then Mi App appears.
I cannot change it [in the usual way](https://android.stackexchange.com/a/47300/20449) because my Motorola Moto One / Android 10 (One) claims that Mi App has no defaults defined and so there is nothing to clear:
This is super-duper annoying because right now I am even not able to preview a .docx or .pdf attachment sent alongside some email, because each such tap instead of showing document preview, opens up Mi App claiming that there is no printer added.
How it is possible that some app is making some "silent" takeover of some action, without clearly showing this fact in Android's or app's configuration? Even more important -- how to get rid of this and bring the default action (of documents previews) to my Gmail?
**EDIT**: _Since this is Android on board Motorola device, it should be very close to stack Android without any significant changes from Motorola side._
I cannot change it [in the usual way](https://android.stackexchange.com/a/47300/20449) because my Motorola Moto One / Android 10 (One) claims that Mi App has no defaults defined and so there is nothing to clear:
This is super-duper annoying because right now I am even not able to preview a .docx or .pdf attachment sent alongside some email, because each such tap instead of showing document preview, opens up Mi App claiming that there is no printer added.
How it is possible that some app is making some "silent" takeover of some action, without clearly showing this fact in Android's or app's configuration? Even more important -- how to get rid of this and bring the default action (of documents previews) to my Gmail?
**EDIT**: _Since this is Android on board Motorola device, it should be very close to stack Android without any significant changes from Motorola side._
trejder
(2633 rep)
Jun 12, 2021, 01:51 PM
• Last activity: Jan 24, 2025, 04:46 PM
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Open links in corresponding app instead of browser
When I click on a link, it is always opened in a browser, even if I had installed the corresponding app. For example, YouTube, Reddit, etc. In Settings -> Apps -> Configure apps -> Opening links -> YouTube, there is the option **Open supported links** set to **Open in this app** and **Supported link...
When I click on a link, it is always opened in a browser, even if I had installed the corresponding app. For example, YouTube, Reddit, etc.
In Settings -> Apps -> Configure apps -> Opening links -> YouTube, there is the option **Open supported links** set to **Open in this app** and **Supported links** are *youtu.be*, *m.youtube.com*, *youtube.com*, *www.youtube.com*. Nevertheless, YouTube links are still being opened in browser.
[This answer](https://android.stackexchange.com/a/67106) suggests installing [Open Link in App](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.snarfed.android.openinapp) , but I think that the system should handle this without any third-party app.
I am using a phone with Android 7.0.
Tuom
(273 rep)
Apr 5, 2018, 08:51 AM
• Last activity: Dec 10, 2024, 01:16 PM
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opening PDF in diverse apps without default PDF app
I have PDF files in my Android, especially in Dropbox. When I open a file, it's opened by the the Dropbox PDF Viewer. Once opened, there is an option, the button"Open with". If I open the the button, a little window opens with a choice of PDF apps, as Adobe Acrobat, CamScanner, Xiaomi PDF Viewer, et...
I have PDF files in my Android, especially in Dropbox.
When I open a file, it's opened by the the Dropbox PDF Viewer. Once opened, there is an option, the button"Open with". If I open the the button, a little window opens with a choice of PDF apps, as Adobe Acrobat, CamScanner, Xiaomi PDF Viewer, etc. When I choose and app, I can click on 'just once' or 'remember this choice'. I'm not sure that I reproduced the accurate words. I'm accustomed to click 'just once'. But accidentally I clicked on Adobe Acrobat, remember this choice. So the PDFs went opened everytime with it. I want to reverse the process and get back the multiple choice. I tried to find a way through the app settings, but nowhere I'd find Adobe Acrobat as default settled. Can someone guide me how to get my old setting?
Note. My phone is a Xiaomi Poco F3.
Note: I tried this:
1. Apps
1. Manage Apps
1. (A vertical line of three points in the right upper corner of the screen)
1. Other settings
2. Default Apps
3. Opening links
4. To deactivate Adobe Acrobat reader.
But it's inefficient.
Can someone give me a solution?
kouty
(225 rep)
Dec 5, 2024, 08:37 AM
• Last activity: Dec 5, 2024, 07:31 PM
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How can I change default file picker?
I want to change my default file picker, but when I go to settings, the option to change the default file picker doesn’t appear. I’d like to know if there are any apps or modules (I have root access) that could help me make this change. I also have Termux, so if anyone has code that could help, I'd...
I want to change my default file picker, but when I go to settings, the option to change the default file picker doesn’t appear. I’d like to know if there are any apps or modules (I have root access) that could help me make this change. I also have Termux, so if anyone has code that could help, I'd appreciate it. Currently, my default file picker is
com.android.documentsui, and I want to change it to com.marc.files.
Phạm Minh Anh
(11 rep)
Nov 14, 2024, 01:36 PM
• Last activity: Nov 14, 2024, 03:29 PM
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How to stop MP3 files from opening in Link to Windows app?
I have a Samsung M33 5G, One UI 6.1. Any audio file I try to open in my files, opens in the Link to Windows app, with the option of file share to other device. The only way to open the audio is by disabling the Link to Windows app. [Here is the Video][1] Does anyone know how to solve this without di...
I have a Samsung M33 5G, One UI 6.1. Any audio file I try to open in my files, opens in the Link to Windows app, with the option of file share to other device.
The only way to open the audio is by disabling the Link to Windows app.
Here is the Video
Does anyone know how to solve this without disabling Link to Windows?
SuTech
(21 rep)
Aug 14, 2024, 07:00 PM
• Last activity: Aug 15, 2024, 03:02 PM
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How to set which options appear on the text selection toolbar?
I'm referring to the menu that appears when you tap and hold on some text to select it. How do you change which options appear by default and which appear in the extra (. . .) menu? I have to translate text regularly, and Google Translate used to appear on the text selection menu without tapping int...
I'm referring to the menu that appears when you tap and hold on some text to select it. How do you change which options appear by default and which appear in the extra (. . .) menu?
I have to translate text regularly, and Google Translate used to appear on the text selection menu without tapping into the extra options. As of a week ago, Google Translate has been moved to the extra options menu, and a regular Google search is in its old place, so it's an extra tap for me to translate text. I feel this is a system setting somewhere but cannot find anything about it.
Thanks in advance!
Alexander
(171 rep)
Jun 5, 2021, 08:13 PM
• Last activity: Jul 7, 2024, 11:49 AM
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default home app / launcher reset after Android 11 update
I had Nova Launcher installed and set as default. Yesterday I updated to Android 11. After the update there's a bit of mixup: mostly when I go back to the home screen, it presents the Nova Launcher as expected, but sometimes it drops me into the preinstalled launcher I stopped using long ago in favo...
I had Nova Launcher installed and set as default. Yesterday I updated to Android 11. After the update there's a bit of mixup: mostly when I go back to the home screen, it presents the Nova Launcher as expected, but sometimes it drops me into the preinstalled launcher I stopped using long ago in favor of Nova.
Pressing the home button again pops up the Nova Launcher.
Device: Nokia 5.3 (Android One)
How to properly fix this?
Attila Csipak
(213 rep)
Aug 13, 2021, 07:17 AM
• Last activity: Jan 28, 2024, 02:57 PM
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Unable to set Signal as default SMS app
I tried to set Signal as the default SMS app on my Samsung Galaxy S23+ after I enabled the SMS permission, but for some reason, it won't let me or even make it show up on the default apps menu as an option. Other new apps are not showing either, although IDrive is showing up as an option that I got...
I tried to set Signal as the default SMS app on my Samsung Galaxy S23+ after I enabled the SMS permission, but for some reason, it won't let me or even make it show up on the default apps menu as an option.
Other new apps are not showing either, although IDrive is showing up as an option that I got a while back even if it's not an actual SMS app. Starting to think there may be something weird I did to my phone that is causing this.
Any help would be appreciated.
johnson
(61 rep)
Nov 23, 2023, 06:23 AM
• Last activity: Nov 23, 2023, 02:56 PM
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Whats ASKS Security Software and Device Protection Manager?
My phone updated and when i check about device i got something i never know about that ASKS Security Software thing and a new appication named Device Protection Manager with no accessable interface [![DEVICE PROTECTION MANAGER][1]][2] [![ASKS][3]][4] So what are these and what does it do? And is it...
My phone updated and when i check about device i got something i never know about that ASKS Security Software thing and a new appication named Device Protection Manager with no accessable interface
So what are these and what does it do?
And is it recommended to remove these features because so far i think its useless
So what are these and what does it do?
And is it recommended to remove these features because so far i think its useless
Doz
(66 rep)
Mar 12, 2017, 05:16 PM
• Last activity: Nov 8, 2023, 01:02 AM
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No setting to set default home app on Doogee Y9 Plus
I have an old Android 9 (it's a Doogee Y9 Plus) device on which I would like to set Nova Launcher as the default home app, but there doesn't seem to be a way to set it through the device's settings. Every guide I could find states that you can change your default home app under Settings > Apps & not...
I have an old Android 9 (it's a Doogee Y9 Plus) device on which I would like to set Nova Launcher as the default home app, but there doesn't seem to be a way to set it through the device's settings.
Every guide I could find states that you can change your default home app under Settings > Apps & notifications > Default apps > Home app, yet "Home app" isn't an option in Default apps on this device.
When I navigate to either the device's default home app (which is called "Aurora Launcher") or Nova Launcher in the settings, "Home app" is there and is set to "Yes" and "No" respectively, but when I click on the option there, it takes me back to "Default apps" where the option doesn't exist.
My question is: Is there a way to bypass this and forcefully change the launcher? Btw, if possible, I'd like to force uninstall or at least disable the native launcher after the change. I've been finding things about ADB, but since I've never used ADB before, I want to know if there are some other ways and if not, how to use ADB to fix it.
Crimson
(1 rep)
Oct 7, 2023, 02:27 AM
• Last activity: Oct 7, 2023, 04:32 AM
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Dialog option "Use by default for this action" or "Always" not displaying for NFC tag
I just completed my Android application which scans NFC tags. When an NFC tag comes near the device, the device tries to show all the apps which can scan the NFC tag. I want it to remember which app it should use to scan the NFC tag. It displayed my app, but I do not want the system to always ask me...
I just completed my Android application which scans NFC tags. When an NFC tag comes near the device, the device tries to show all the apps which can scan the NFC tag.
I want it to remember which app it should use to scan the NFC tag. It displayed my app, but I do not want the system to always ask me which app to use.
In my two devices, it not does show any option like 
Why is this so?
Use by default for this action or Always, while in my other device with Android 4.2.2, it shows the options.
Why is this so?
user54016
Feb 18, 2014, 06:00 AM
• Last activity: Aug 31, 2023, 07:01 PM
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Disable default SMS app on OnePlus
I'm trying to debranch my phone from OnePlus and Google as much as possible. In the last few days, I removed some packages and replaced them with FOSS & trusted companies' apps. I'm stuck though... I cannot find the default SMS packages and I don't know how to fix or make the new apps default apps....
I'm trying to debranch my phone from OnePlus and Google as much as possible. In the last few days, I removed some packages and replaced them with FOSS & trusted companies' apps.
I'm stuck though... I cannot find the default SMS packages and I don't know how to fix or make the new apps default apps. I mean, lock them in the system as the OEM/provider does.
All I can find now from OnePlus are:
~: adb shell pm list packages | grep sms
package:com.simplemobiletools.smsmessenger
package:con.android.smspush
~: adb shell pm list packages | grep oneplus
package:com.oneplus.calculator
package:com.oneplus.opscout
package:com.oneplus.opshelf
package:com.oneplus.account
package:com.oneplus.wallpaper
package:com.oneplus.wallpaperresources
package:com.oneplus.brickmode
package:com.oneplus.deskclock
package:com.oneplus.setupwizard
package:com.oneplus.camera.service
package:com.oneplus.push
package:com.oneplus.faceunlock
package:com.oplus.framework.rro.oneplus
package:com.oneplus.canvasresources
package:com.oneplus.opwlb
package:android.autoinstalls.config.oneplus
package:net.oneplus.launcher
Triggered
(11 rep)
Jul 6, 2023, 06:41 PM
• Last activity: Jul 7, 2023, 12:29 PM
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Is it possible to block SMS without setting an app as the default SMS app?
Is it possible to have an SMS app that can block some kind of SMS (i.e. where text contains "XYZ" phrases), but I don't want it to be set as the default SMS app? I've seen something like [SMS Radar](https://github.com/tuenti/SmsRadar) but don't know if that can do the task.
Is it possible to have an SMS app that can block some kind of SMS (i.e. where text contains "XYZ" phrases), but I don't want it to be set as the default SMS app?
I've seen something like [SMS Radar](https://github.com/tuenti/SmsRadar) but don't know if that can do the task.
T.Todua
(209 rep)
Mar 31, 2018, 01:39 PM
• Last activity: Jun 29, 2023, 09:39 AM
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How to assign default app to unlisted file type
in Android 6.0 Marshmallow, is it possible to assign a default app to a file type that isn't listed yet? Specifically, I have *.notes for plain text notes, and *.md files for markdown. Windows is set to open them with my editor. Is this possible in Android? So far, I can only assign default apps to...
in Android 6.0 Marshmallow, is it possible to assign a default app to a file type that isn't listed yet? Specifically, I have *.notes for plain text notes, and *.md files for markdown. Windows is set to open them with my editor.
Is this possible in Android? So far, I can only assign default apps to file types that are already listed. Not to ones that aren't yet. From [here](https://android.stackexchange.com/q/14231/140680) etc., I find several different apps all called 'default app manager'. None of them seem to offer what I want.
Any suggestions?
RolfBly
(185 rep)
Jun 18, 2017, 09:04 PM
• Last activity: Jun 18, 2023, 03:44 PM
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Why is there no built-in terminal emulator/console app in Android?
There should be at least a console accessible since Android uses the Linux kernel. Why is there no terminal emulator or console **installed by default** in Android OS? Is there a particular reason?
There should be at least a console accessible since Android uses the Linux kernel.
Why is there no terminal emulator or console **installed by default** in Android OS? Is there a particular reason?
user-707
(21 rep)
Apr 11, 2017, 01:11 PM
• Last activity: Jun 8, 2023, 06:58 AM
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