We are trying to lockdown an embedded device using the prov.xml and wehlockdown.xml files and all works fine, except that even though we have have not included the games app, it remains visible on the device. All other excluded apps do not appear as expected, but the games app does and it is important that we get rid of this. Is this a bug? If not how are we able to exclude the games app using prov.xml and wehlockdown.xml?
We have created the Prov.xml and wehlockdown.xml files based on the information from this document:
microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=36831
Device information:
Panasonic FZ-E1
OS: 8.10.12400.899
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Has anyone found out if there is a File Manager? One which can access network shares on a wlan? Or one available as an app?
If no, sticking with Android...
There is no local File Manager. Apps that can access remote Network Shares are already available on WP7.5. Given that WP8 allows Apps to launch other Apps that support certain file types you could use one of those Apps (when they are updated to WP8) to grab a Video from your NAS-Box and launch it in the built in Video Player.
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... you could use one of those Apps (when they are updated to WP8) to grab a Video from your NAS-Box and launch it in the built in Video Player.
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Great, thanks for the info. Could not find it googling. And you guessed what I'd like local and/or network share access for: playing media at home from the NAS. Will need to check out Windows Phone 8 at a store, maybe upgrade the phone hardware soon.
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Great, thanks for the info. Could not find it googling. And you guessed what I'd like local and/or network share access for: playing media at home from the NAS. Will need to check out Windows Phone 8 at a store, maybe upgrade the phone hardware soon.
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Most NAS boxes currently support UPnP or DLNA servers. This can be played through various software. Before jumping in I'd still wait to see if the required Apps are updated to allow for a seemless transition because at release the Apps are almost certain to not have been updated (given that the SDK was just released yesterday). So the possibility is there but at the moment the Software isn't really.
Might be worth checking wether your Media Files are currently stored in a format supported by the phone, given that similar to iOS WP is pretty picky when it comes to file formats.
Based on what I've seen today it still has no:
- system dictionary for definition lookup(only for predictive text). The Kindle App does nothing when I press & hold on a word, unlike on my iOS device.
- hi-speed media scrubber for music. you know the little round knob on the progress bar that allows you to move the time index to any point in a song or video.
- unified search aka Local Search(apps, music, videos, contacts, emails)
The music app is pretty bad. I had several attempts to build a proper one, but the developer can not interact with the music library, other than playing existing playlists or songs.
You can't make custom playlists(actually you can, but it very, very, VERY complicated and prone to error and simply does not worth the shot), change the order of music inside the list and stuff like that for a third party app, and that sucks.
There are no new APIs for XNA (which is used to access the songs in the phone) so there is no way of making one.
If there is something I can say it is not right on WP, that's the music app.
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The music app is pretty bad. I had several attempts to build a proper one, but the developer can not interact with the music library, other than playing existing playlists or songs.
You can't make custom playlists(actually you can, but it very, very, VERY complicated and prone to error and simply does not worth the shot), change the order of music inside the list and stuff like that for a third party app, and that sucks.
There are no new APIs for XNA (which is used to access the songs in the phone) so there is no way of making one.
If there is something I can say it is not right on WP, that's the music app.
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Does that imply that there´s the same limitation for video? ...and ...as a result of that a videoplayer with support for more codecs is very unlikely to ever happen?
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Does that imply that there´s the same limitation for video? ...and ...as a result of that a videoplayer with support for more codecs is very unlikely to ever happen?
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The File-Assosciation feature in WP8 works like this. Your App can define certain file endings (e.g. .mkv) which it can handle. If those are found on a SD-Card or downloaded the according registered App is then started for those files. The App can then do whatever it is it does as long as it keeps to reading the file (the original can't be manipulated although the app could copy it into it's isolated storage and manipulate it their). But there is one Caveat - there are several file extensions that are reserved for the OS which means that 3rd party Apps can't register for them. One of them is .mp3. Avi is another one of those (you can look them up in MSDN).
.mkv on the other hand is an extension that Windows Phone itself does not know so people could build Apps that would be able to consume them. Given that we now have Native Code capabilities writing a decoder or recompiling one written for another platform is possible, though it remains to be seen wether anyone will put the effort into it.
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The File-Assosciation feature in WP8 works like this. Your App can define certain file endings (e.g. .mkv) which it can handle. If those are found on a SD-Card or downloaded the according registered App is then started for those files. The App can then do whatever it is it does as long as it keeps to reading the file (the original can't be manipulated although the app could copy it into it's isolated storage and manipulate it their). But there is one Caveat - there are several file extensions that are reserved for the OS which means that 3rd party Apps can't register for them. One of them is .mp3. Avi is another one of those (you can look them up in MSDN).
.mkv on the other hand is an extension that Windows Phone itself does not know so people could build Apps that would be able to consume them. Given that we now have Native Code capabilities writing a decoder or recompiling one written for another platform is possible, though it remains to be seen wether anyone will put the effort into it.
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ok. i was mainly into psp dev. before, and never had a winphone in my hands so far.
but if you say that´s possible, then i´ll go for the lumia920, reg. for a dev account and see what i can do
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The File-Assosciation feature in WP8 works like this. Your App can define certain file endings (e.g. .mkv) which it can handle. If those are found on a SD-Card or downloaded the according registered App is then started for those files. The App can then do whatever it is it does as long as it keeps to reading the file (the original can't be manipulated although the app could copy it into it's isolated storage and manipulate it their). But there is one Caveat - there are several file extensions that are reserved for the OS which means that 3rd party Apps can't register for them. One of them is .mp3. Avi is another one of those (you can look them up in MSDN).
.mkv on the other hand is an extension that Windows Phone itself does not know so people could build Apps that would be able to consume them. Given that we now have Native Code capabilities writing a decoder or recompiling one written for another platform is possible, though it remains to be seen wether anyone will put the effort into it.
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I haven't had the chance to look over what the native code can do and what it can't do, but it is to be expected that it will have limitations, just like C# has.
You can render images (obviously) and output them using Direct3D which is pretty much what e.g. VLC does on the Desktop. You have complete read access to files on the SD-Card for your registered filetypes. MKV could be registered, MP3 or AVI could not (because they are in use by the system already).
But of course you would not be able to offload processing to the dedicated decoding units like with the built-in Codecs, which will mean more processor utilization and worse battery life. Still as a programmer I don't see too many actual road blocks (but it's a bumpy road to do this to be sure).
@TarKin: before you drop the money perhaps it would be best to start looking into the SDK. I'm not an expert in Multimedia-programming by any measure so you might be able to spot problems in there beforehand.
If you're still going for a L920 with these uncertainties for your use-case: welcome to the family, I'm anxiously awaiting mine.
The stock media remote app seems to work fine with Spotify playing on the phone, however it would be pretty cool to see a spotify-specific app, maybe with the following features:
- like track
- albumart
- track/album name
- playlist selection
There are a few remote apps on the play store, but they are PC to phone, an existing phone to phone one may work, if one exists?
Any one have any idea's if the above is possible?
Aghh I just asked this on a different thread!
I don't know if a "Remote Control" app exists for Android, but if it does, it would still probably looks awful on the Gear, since it won't be optimized for it.
Hopefully there could be something created or "hacked" to, at least, transmit song info to the Gear native application. An Xposed module would be awesome!
I'm the owner of a Windows Phone 8 for a couple of months now, the Samsung Ativ S (GT-I8750). I have the latest GDR3 update (8.0.10517.150) but there are still quite a few problems I'd like to get fixed. And I'd appreciate it if anyone could direct me to hacks (if available) that would fix some of these. I'd also like to know if there is anything to benefit from "rooting" (interop unlock?) the device, and if it's possible to install standalone apps from the microSD card.
1. The volume level on the phone is a very low in general, and I most often have to manually boost the audio on some tracks (especially audiobooks) before putting them on my phone. Any way to get the volume higher?
2. The search button automatically opens Bing, any way to change that?
3. The video/audio format support is horrible, and I can't seem to play most files. Possible to install support? Codecs?
4. Installing apps/games on the microSD card, possible?
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I'm the owner of a Windows Phone 8 for a couple of months now, the Samsung Ativ S (GT-I8750). I have the latest GDR3 update (8.0.10517.150) but there are still quite a few problems I'd like to get fixed. And I'd appreciate it if anyone could direct me to hacks (if available) that would fix some of these. I'd also like to know if there is anything to benefit from "rooting" (interop unlock?) the device, and if it's possible to install standalone apps from the microSD card.
1. The volume level on the phone is a very low in general, and I most often have to manually boost the audio on some tracks (especially audiobooks) before putting them on my phone. Any way to get the volume higher?
2. The search button automatically opens Bing, any way to change that?
3. The video/audio format support is horrible, and I can't seem to play most files. Possible to install support? Codecs?
4. Installing apps/games on the microSD card, possible?
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There are benefits for the interop-unlock of the Ativ S : Full File Access (see all the files of your phone through your PC, not just the public folders Music, Photos and Video, you'll be able to backup your apps and data : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2462730), tweaks like custom accent colors (text of the color pink remains however but the color itself is changed), both these functions can be activated in the SamWP8 tool. Infinite number of sideloaded apps and a basic File Manager : Windows Folder Browser by ngame or WP8 File Explorer Project by hjc4869 or PDF to Office V3.1.3 for interop-unlocked Samsung devices by contable.
1. Yes, in the first versions of WPH Tweaker, you could set your volume control to 0-10, 0-30 or 0-50, the text in volume control pop-up (current volume/30) still remains the same but the steps do change, I think.
2. Not if you don't have your region set to any other country than Russia, in WPH Tweaker there is an option to add google search to IE, but in regions where Bing is incorporated this doesn't work (the only region that doesn't have Bing incorporated is Russia).
3. There are some players out there on Windows Phone Store which can play most video and audio formats, but they are all paid apps (if you wanted to have free codecs or free video players, you should have bought an android phone, because Microsoft is making it very difficult for open source view players (like VLC or XBMC, both available for android free of charge) to enter the market place of Windows 8/Windows Phone : for VLC they had to rewrite the entire app and it still isn't released yet). Some examples are : Moliplayer Pro (trail available, China has a free non-trail version Moliplayer but you can't install this without having a weibo account), Best Player and YxPlayer WP8.
4. No, you can place xaps on the root of your microSD card and let it install through the store on the phone itself, but you can't install any applications on the microSD Card partition (strangely you can place the maps of the default maps application on your SD card with WPH Tweaker).
Would be great if you guys could contribute and tell us what apps are currently working/not working with Android N!
OP will be updated...
Thanks
Apps: Not Working:
Telstra 24\7 (Australian Telco app) - doesn't log in or crashes on startup
BBC Radio - doesn't work
XDA Labs - application spews out errors and keeps restarting itself
Facebook - crashes but does not show an error as some of the other apps do
Samsung S Health - crashing on me when attempting to log in
Root Explorer - won't fully open either opens to black screen
Authenticator Plus - intermittent foreground and background crashes, sync not working, native app library errors
Puzzle and Dragons - crashes at launch
TouchPal - corrupted install, native app library errors
Dashlane - crashes on login
Microsoft OneNote - crashes after startup screen
Wechat - crashes
Apps: Partially working / Working (with errors)
Google Play Store (6.3.11.B-all) - App updates hang
Sky Sports- brings up an error "Detected problems with native app libraries, but then loads
Sky Go - brings up the same error with the addition of lib vgc missing: DT_SONAME, but then loads up fine
Instagram - detected problems with app native libraries, unauthorised access to libskia.so, unauthorised access to libandroid_runtime.so
Office Lens - detected problems with app native libraries: libd2d1.so (text relocations)
PowerAmp - - detected problems with app native libraries
RBC (Royal Bank of Canada) - Tap & pay NFC payments not working
SwiftKey - sluggish performance
Viber - native app libraries error
NBA app - works fine for everything but watching or listening to a game with League Pass
Telstra 24\7 (Australian Telco app) doesn't log in or crashes on startup.
N preview removes okay Google with screen off on nexus 6
Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk
UK BBC Radio doesn't work. BBC iPlayer & BBC News are ok.
Clash Royale, Relay for Reddit and XDA premium work
XDA Labs application spews out errors and keeps restarting itself...
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N preview removes okay Google with screen off on nexus 6
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It's not just me then.
Sky Sports brings up an error "Detected problems with native app libraries, but then loads.
Sky Go brings up the same error with the addition of lib vgc missing: DT_SONAME, but then loads up fine.
Instagram detected problems with app native libraries
unauthorised access to libskia.so
unauthorised access to libandroid_runtime.so
Anyone else getting hangs, apps failing to update first time on Play store?
OP updated, thanks for your reports!
works but error showed:
Office Lens - detected problems with app native libraries: libd2d1.so (text relocations)
I get errors about app native libraries in PowerAmp and in Instagram.
Facebook crashes but does not show an error as some of the other apps do
Samsung S Health is crashing on me when I attempt to log in.
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Samsung S Health is crashing on me when I attempt to log in.
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I'm surprised that ever worked on a Nexus 6. I thought it was a Samsung specific app.
Root explorer won't fully open either opens to black screen
Not working:
Authenticator Plus: intermittent foreground and background crashes, sync not working, native app library errors
Puzzle and Dragons: crashes at launch
TouchPal: corrupted install, native app library errors
Partially working:
RBC (Royal Bank of Canada): Tap & pay NFC payments not working
SwiftKey: sluggish performance
Working, but with "app native libraries" errors:
Facetune
LastPass
Netflix
Pokémon Shuffle
Wordament
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I'm surprised that ever worked on a Nexus 6. I thought it was a Samsung specific app.
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Nope, you can download it from the play store. Only reason I use it is b/c it syncs to my health insurance companies app.
Guys this is really pointless. You guys know that the preview is pretty much an alpha build and most of it will still be changed right? I mean really we are over 7 months away from release so not real point. This was for developers and not meant as a daily driver.
Snapchat, Phonograph, and Groupme all work perfectly fine. Android Pay does not work at all.
I have a ton of apps installed and they all work with exception of the XDA Labs app and some games. I can't get any apps downloaded from the Amazon AppStore to run.
Facebook works for me but I got the native libraries error when I first logged in after installing the N OTA.