From 3fd78d5e815ab6ebf86ee25c8d80db92f713f84c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gioacchino Mazzurco Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2017 23:22:19 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Updated Android readme with quirks section --- README-Android.asciidoc | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) diff --git a/README-Android.asciidoc b/README-Android.asciidoc index b84d4a482..db1116bb7 100644 --- a/README-Android.asciidoc +++ b/README-Android.asciidoc @@ -78,9 +78,28 @@ WARNING: SQLCipher is not supported yet on RetroShare for Android. This poses a WARNING: Some versions of QtCreator try to find the Android SDK in +/opt/android/sdk+. A workaround to this is to make a symbolic link there pointing to your SDK installation path, like +mkdir -p /opt/android/sdk && ln -s /home/user/android-sdk-linux /opt/android/sdk+ +== Quircks + +On some Android devices like +Huawei ALE-L21+ background applications are +killed when screen is turned off unless they are in the _protected app_ list. +At moment seems apps developers don't have a way to have the application +_protected_ by default, unless the phone vendor decide the app is _popular_ so +the user have to enable _protection_ for RetroShare manually on those mobile +phones. + + +{empty} + +To enable enable _protection_: +Android menu -> Settings -> Privacy & security +-> Protected apps -> RetroShare+ + +{empty} + + +Other devices may offer similar _features_ please report them. + + == Furter Readings - link:http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/android-support.html[] - link:https://developer.android.com/ndk/guides/libs.html[] - link:retroshare://forum?name=Compiling%20nogui%20for%20android&id=8fd22bd8f99754461e7ba1ca8a727995&msgid=4e0f92330600bba9cf978f384f4b7b2f2ca64eff[] - link:retroshare://file?name=Android%20Native%20Development%20Kit%20Cookbook.pdf&size=29214468&hash=0123361c1b14366ce36118e82b90faf7c7b1b136[] +- link:https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/android-developers/srATPaL0aRU[] +- link:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31638986/protected-apps-setting-on-huawei-phones-and-how-to-handle-it[]