Zendesk lists outdated way to access common Android settings

Bug Reports
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BUILD ID = OS VERSION (Settings > About product): 4.2.0.21
HARDWARE: XA2
UI LANGUAGE: EN

DESCRIPTION:

common Android settings does not start after following the instructions as described on: https://jolla.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360013922680-Accessing-Android-app-settings-

ACTUAL RESULT:

apkd-launcher com.android.settings
Usage: apkd-launcher [–data|-d ]
[–mime|-m ]
[–cat |-c ]
[] /

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Soon ™ this may get updated?

Use

apkd-launcher com.android.settings/com.android.settings.Settings

as e.g. said here, found via search ‘com.android.settings’

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How to find this for any Android app installed:

grep -h Exec /usr/share/applications/apkd*

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On Xperia X, Sailfish OS 4.4.0.58 (Vanha Rauma)

[nemo@Sailfish ~]$ apkd-launcher com.android.settings/com.android.settings.Setti
ngs
Usage: apkd-launcher <apkfile> <package>/<activity>
[nemo@Sailfish ~]$
  • apkd-launcher keeps changing all the time…
  • 2-3 searches before I found this one had older version
    • probably worse saying it was broken in 4.2 but fixed in 4.3

[edit] found usage from .desktop files – now cannot find matching .apk file

[edit2] while trying to get something else to work, this can be “reduced” to
ALIEN_ID=alien /opt/alien/system/genv/bin/service call alien 1 s16 com.android.settings/com.android.settings.Settings
– this just does not launch anything

  • org.mozilla.firefox/org.mozilla.gecko.LauncherActivity works
  • cm.aptoide.pt/cm.aptoide.pt.view.MainActivity does now (which I am trying to figure out why not)
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The link from Zedesk through to the updated documentation is now set up.

Does this now give the correct information?

Since the new docs are managed through GitHub, you can now make suggestions for changes directly (just click on the “Edit this page on GitHub” link at the bottom of the page). So if you find any errors and know how to fix them, please do propose changes. All input would be very welcome.

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Soon ™ … ROTFL :+1:

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Like flypig already wrote, the relevant document is now here [1], not in Zendesk.

On Sailfish 4.5.0, the following command launches the Android settings on Xperia XA2, 10, 10 II and 10 III. It does not work on Xperia X or other devices having the old AppSupport.

devel-su -p apkd-launcher com.android.settings

This command prints out some warnings on 4.5.0 but not anymore on the upcoming 4.6.0.

[1] To be amended, soon™ , with the information above.

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