You can't modify it: and if you could HTC would be upset and change the firmware again to not let you...
The patent thing sucks, no doubt, but there's nothing you can do but live with it or tell your users to blame Apple ... On Jul 22, 2012 10:48 AM, "b0b" <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks to the geniuses of this world, on some HTC phones (in the US only > it seems), HTC > has modified the default Intent Chooser to comply with some Apple absurd > patents: > > > http://www.theverge.com/2012/5/16/3024889/htc-one-x-evo-4g-lte-custom-android-build-apple-patent-linkify > > The consequence is that the user is presented with a custom Intent Chooser > without the "Use by default for this action check box". > > It also has some side effect: > > I'm using this code to get the default video player app if any: > > Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW); > intent.setDataAndType(Uri.parse("http://1.2.3.4/video.avi";), > "video/*"); > ResolveInfo resolveInfo = > context.getPackageManager().resolveActivity(intent, > PackageManager.MATCH_DEFAULT_ONLY); > > It works fine on all device but when that HtcLinkifyDispatcher.apk is > installed, above resolveInfo will point to HtcLinkifyDispatcher itself > which when launched, display the custom HTC intent chooser. > This makes knowing the default app for video impossible to know as this > damn thing hooked the system. > > As anyone dealt with this and found a workaround, or should I say to my > users to live with it (always seeing the HTC app chooser when clicking a > video in that case), or to root > their phone to uninstall the damn APK ? > > I would test this myself but the APK seems to be only installable on HTC > devices as it uses android:sharedUserId="android.uid.system" > > > Many thanks to Apple and HTC for this mess :p. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
