agraham Expert Licensed User Longtime User May 5, 2020 #1 My Xaiomi Mi Max 3 got updated to Android 10 recently. Apart from the annoying "This app was built for an earlier version" message I get when running an app for the first time it appears that B4A- Bridge can only install an app if it is in the foreground when the app is uploaded to it otherwise the Compile dialog says "Installing with B4A-Bridege - Completed successfully" but it hasn't! I can't find any reference to this limitation when searchng the forums but I assume that this is expected behaviour. Is it?
My Xaiomi Mi Max 3 got updated to Android 10 recently. Apart from the annoying "This app was built for an earlier version" message I get when running an app for the first time it appears that B4A- Bridge can only install an app if it is in the foreground when the app is uploaded to it otherwise the Compile dialog says "Installing with B4A-Bridege - Completed successfully" but it hasn't! I can't find any reference to this limitation when searchng the forums but I assume that this is expected behaviour. Is it?
Erel B4X founder Staff member Licensed User Longtime User May 5, 2020 #2 agraham said: Apart from the annoying "This app was built for an earlier version" message I get when running an app for the first time Click to expand... This should only appear if targetSdkVersion is set to an old version. Set it to 28. agraham said: appears that B4A- Bridge can only install an app if it is in the foreground when the app is uploaded to it otherwise the Compile dialog says "Installing with B4A-Bridege - Completed successfully" but it hasn't! Click to expand... This is true however B4A-Bridge tries to move itself to the foreground automatically. This requires the special "draw over apps" permission. Try to uninstall B4A-Bridge and install it again. See whether the permission is requested. Upvote 0
agraham said: Apart from the annoying "This app was built for an earlier version" message I get when running an app for the first time Click to expand... This should only appear if targetSdkVersion is set to an old version. Set it to 28. agraham said: appears that B4A- Bridge can only install an app if it is in the foreground when the app is uploaded to it otherwise the Compile dialog says "Installing with B4A-Bridege - Completed successfully" but it hasn't! Click to expand... This is true however B4A-Bridge tries to move itself to the foreground automatically. This requires the special "draw over apps" permission. Try to uninstall B4A-Bridge and install it again. See whether the permission is requested.
agraham Expert Licensed User Longtime User May 5, 2020 #3 Erel said: Try to uninstall B4A-Bridge and install it again. See whether the permission is requested. Click to expand... Good suggestion as it was already installed before the upgrade to Android 10. I've just done that and it asked for "Install Unknown Apps" and "Draw Over Apps", both of which I accepted, but it still won't install an app if it is not in the foreground. Perhaps it is a quirk of this device. However I found that if I go to Settings -> Apps -> Permissions -> Other Permissions -> B4A-Bridge and enable "Display pop-up windows while running in the background" it now works as it used to. ? Last edited: May 5, 2020 Upvote 0
Erel said: Try to uninstall B4A-Bridge and install it again. See whether the permission is requested. Click to expand... Good suggestion as it was already installed before the upgrade to Android 10. I've just done that and it asked for "Install Unknown Apps" and "Draw Over Apps", both of which I accepted, but it still won't install an app if it is not in the foreground. Perhaps it is a quirk of this device. However I found that if I go to Settings -> Apps -> Permissions -> Other Permissions -> B4A-Bridge and enable "Display pop-up windows while running in the background" it now works as it used to. ?
