[android-developers] Server requires SMB2.0, please unlock

I have written an Android app that accesses shared folders on Windows PCs and on my NAS drive. This has been working fine for some time now. I've just come back from a short break and something has happened to my Windows 10 Laptop with the result that I can no longer connect to it from any of

[android-developers] Activity closing prematurely

My main activity kicks off a secondary activity (using startActivityForResult) that invites the user to input details of one of four players at a bridge table. When the user has chosen a player and clicked OK, the following things happen (triggered by code in onActivityResult) 1. The player

[android-developers] Displaying accented letters

I have a list of people's names that originally came from a database on a Windows system. It gets transferred to my Android app in an XML file sent over the network. My problem is that some of the names include accented characters. For example, one name contains an o with an acute accent. I

[android-developers] Spinner control displays unwanted keyboard

I have an activity in which there are several buttons and a spinner containing a list of preset values. Unfortunately, if the user accidentally or mistakenly taps the spinner, the soft keyboard appears. Why? There is nowhere on the screen that expects typed input from the user. More to the

[android-developers] Android Studio project suddenly, and inexplicably, changed to API 24

0 down vote favorite I have been developing my app for a couple of weeks, routinely rebuilding without errors. Then something weird happened to my Windows system. It's as if all my