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Work around for Broadcast receiver not working in Chinese mobiles

If you're having trouble with your Android app not responding to certain events in Mi, Oppo, Vivo or Letv devices it's not your fault. This could include and is not limited to, service app not working properly, push notifications not working properly, application not opening up when intended. It is because of the extensive battery saver and the so-called saving the user from apps spamming their activity. Here's the funniest part about it We wrote to someone very senior at Xiaomi. He reverted that they manually whitelist a few apps, and the rest are by default disallowed from accessing the notifications folder. This was the response. "This usually happens because of whitelisting of apps that can access notifications folder. This is a feature to ensure the user is protected from spam and also helps to ensure RAM/battery usage optimization." We asked what the process was to get an app whitelisted, and did not get a response. This is coming from a...

Redirect users to new URL based on current URL

I'll be using JavaScript and the new feature called URLSearchParams for creating a new url out of the current URL and forward the user to it. Why? My use case was to forward my users to Google Play Store on Android using a link shared through Unity Android application. Now the Play Store link or Market link will not be detected as a browser request but regular text. Market link looks like this: market://details?id=com.shiftescape.meowity&referrer=EFFX This link when opened in computer web browser will lead to nothing. When opened in Google Chrome it would rather make a search. Only other solution is to force the user's browser to open link and not do a search. For this we'll be making a little website which will forward any visitor to our modified link retaining their referral code. Initial Setup XAMPP server installed and Apache module running. For running our JavaScript code let's make a new web page index.html <!DOCTYPE html> <html...

How to convert Oppo Real me 6 digit Passcode to 4 digit

To change the default 6 digit passcode or password to a 4 digit pin in Oppo phones, Open Settings and click on Face and Passcode. Then click on Privacy Code > ON to access further options. Enter your current passcode and then click on Change Privacy Passcode. Enter your current passcode and then click on Other Enncryption Methods. It is not visible in my screenshot as there is no way to take a screenshot of it. After clicking Other ENcryption Methods you'll be able to see options to change it to 4 digit Numeric Passcode and other options.

Roblox for Xbox One

Apparently this is one of the Best free game you can find for Xbox One. I happen to have wasted 6 over hours today playing games on Xbox One and went on to play Roblox Speed Run for like 2 hours. I also live streamed on Twitch for sometime and then on YouTube, needless to say I had little to no viewers. Now what is Roblox? Roblox is very much like Minecraft in game play and graphics style. It was launched way back in 2006 (yea I never heard of it) and now it is available on iOS , Android , Xbox One and Windows . Roblox features game mods made by users and as their site claims it has over 15 million games created by users. It's best meant for kids and there are many addicting games like Speed Run which gets frustrating as you progress rather say when you don't progress. Roblox is Free To Play with in game purchases. Roblox has a lot to be explored. It's massive user base leads to addition of new games and levels everyday. So yea unless you have really a lo...

How to delete system apps from Android phone

System apps are neccessary apps that keeps the functionality of the phone intact. But in awe of sponsers most of the mobile companies load the phone with many useless apps which no one intends to use and they take up unneccesary space in the phone. There is a way to delete such apps. But you need to root your android device for that to work. This app called System app remover (ROOT) does the job really well. Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jumobile.manager.systemapp I myself used it to remove the default cyanogen launcher Trebuchet and make Google Now Launcher my default afterwards.