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Read aloud in Google books

Here's what I'm trying to do. My Girlfriend is Dyslexic so the ability for a book read to read aloud is a big thing. But, I was messing around with talk back and it's actually kind of difficult to use. While using talk back it seems to take immense effort to do the simplest of tasks. So, is there a way for Google Books to read aloud, without having to have Talk Back enabled.
This seems kind of like a silly question, I shouldn't have to enable for the entire system to talk back to me when all I want is the book to be read back to me. Hopefully there is something I'm missing or an app that can enable it or something of the such. I'd really like to get her this tablet but this is kind of an important option.
Thanks for all your help!

Kaanha said:
Here's what I'm trying to do. My Girlfriend is Dyslexic so the ability for a book read to read aloud is a big thing. But, I was messing around with talk back and it's actually kind of difficult to use. While using talk back it seems to take immense effort to do the simplest of tasks. So, is there a way for Google Books to read aloud, without having to have Talk Back enabled.
This seems kind of like a silly question, I shouldn't have to enable for the entire system to talk back to me when all I want is the book to be read back to me. Hopefully there is something I'm missing or an app that can enable it or something of the such. I'd really like to get her this tablet but this is kind of an important option.
Thanks for all your help!
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https://dl.dropbox.com/u/49833852/Screenshot_2012-07-18-22-52-08.png
Yes, open a book from google play books, click the settings in the top right and tap "read aloud"

effingpace said:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/49833852/Screenshot_2012-07-18-22-52-08.png
Yes, open a book from google play books, click the settings in the top right and tap "read aloud"
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Thanks for the quick reply and image. That's just the thing though, I don't have that option on my Nexus 7. Is there a spot you have to go to turn it on at? I'm not seeing it anywhere.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6129709/Screenshot_2012-07-19-00-02-19.png

Kaanha said:
Thanks for the quick reply and image. That's just the thing though, I don't have that option on my Nexus 7. Is there a spot you have to go to turn it on at? I'm not seeing it anywhere.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6129709/Screenshot_2012-07-19-00-02-19.png
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Just saw this setting, it was enabled for me though, https://dl.dropbox.com/u/49833852/Screenshot_2012-07-19-00-17-54.png
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effingpace said:
Just saw this setting, it was enabled for me though, https://dl.dropbox.com/u/49833852/Screenshot_2012-07-19-00-17-54.png
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Are you on version 2.5.87?

effingpace said:
Just saw this setting, it was enabled for me though, https://dl.dropbox.com/u/49833852/Screenshot_2012-07-19-00-17-54.png
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Are you on version 2.5.87?
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I have that same option enabled as well. Do you have something special turned on somewhere in your accessability? I can get it to auto read if I turn on Talk Back, but I don't want Talk Back on, it forces you to double tap to do things and it's exceedingly hard to activate anything, plus I just don't want my whole system talking to me every time I click on something.
I am using Version 2.5.87

Kaanha said:
I have that same option enabled as well. Do you have something special turned on somewhere in your accessability? I can get it to auto read if I turn on Talk Back, but I don't want Talk Back on, it forces you to double tap to do things and it's exceedingly hard to activate anything, plus I just don't want my whole system talking to me every time I click on something.
I am using Version 2.5.87
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Talk back is turned off. Like i said i never enabled a setting for this. Read aloud was always an option. I'll see if i can find anything else.

effingpace said:
Talk back is turned off. Like i said i never enabled a setting for this. Read aloud was always an option. I'll see if i can find anything else.
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Thanks a lot, I really appreciate your help! Seems a little silly that I can't do this.

If it's anything like the kindle it depends on the book since some have separate licenses for audio books.
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donatom3 said:
If it's anything like the kindle it depends on the book since some have separate licenses for audio books.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2
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definitely dependant on the book. i was looking searching for the same solution as the OP and tried different books out. Some say "read aloud" in settings and others dont.

have you solved this problem yet?
i have the same one except i've had it before and it just disappeared yesterday. i don't know what i did. i'll give you 2 cases though when i didn't have it. first was with my nexus s. i just reset it and as soon as i installed the play books, i checked on the read aloud feature. it wasn't there! i played with the accessibility settings, uninstalled and reinstalled my svox TTS voice engine.. i did many things but it didn't work. i gave up. then one day it just reappeared. same thing when i got my nexus 7. i thought my device was just not compatible but then after a day or two, it reappeared. NOW, it's not there again. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING ON but i need it back asap. i'm just gonna wait as usual. i just wish i have more idea on what triggers/controls it.
if anyone here knows, let me know.

It is triggered by the book, not all books can be read aloud.
Rob

Read books Aloud
Well I had the same issue one day I had the option to read aloud without talkback and the next day on the same book I did't. so I know it isn't the book.
I found another instance where people were having an issue with their books reading automatically and not wanting them to.
Here is what I did install light flow from the market and turn it on in accessibility an the option to read aloud will be in the book menu.
I know this isn't ideal, but it works.
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/galaxy-nexus-apps/193093-books-app-reading-out-loud.html

Force Read Aloud with Tasker
I was having the same problem. Once I activated Tasker-JB in the Accessibility I was able to get read aloud on books that would allow before.

Nexus 7 search result not clickable!

Does anyone notice this or it is just me?
When your search from the search bar or voice search, the web results pop up, but actually clicking at the titles or the links won't direct you to the browser until you hit a little bit lower, at the brief description area. MORE SERIOUSLY, is that, when you filter the results by choosing more->shopping, or video, or whatever, the results are not clickable for me. No new tabs will show up.
Could anyone please try the following, type or speak "wallet", go to shopping results, tap on any one of the image item. Anything happens?
Thank you so much

HKReeves said:
Could anyone please try the following, type or speak "wallet", go to shopping results, tap on any one of the image item. Anything happens?
Thank you so much
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worked here first time. I am currently viewing a quite attractive Oakely Square O Perf Wallet after it linking through Chrome. But, it's $50 and I am in the UK!
PS I spoke 'wallet' using Google Now

Meaning that mine is screwed. But does it have anything to do with the OTA update in US, causing some unknown search issue?
Any more people to try this out? Especially who is in US
Thank you!

Worked for me.

kboya said:
worked here first time. I am currently viewing a quite attractive Oakely Square O Perf Wallet after it linking through Chrome. But, it's $50 and I am in the UK!
PS I spoke 'wallet' using Google Now
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I seemed to find something. So have you turned on the Now service? not the voice search feature, but the privacy-controversial service.
Seems like if never enrolled in Now, your search is working fine.

Google now is activated on my n7
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It's working for me as well but it opens up 2 identical webpages in chrome.

The search opening up 2 identical webpages is really bugging me now.....

janedoesmith said:
The search opening up 2 identical webpages is really bugging me now.....
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That is also what happens to me, either opening two tabs or no tab at all. Drives me crazy. I hope people join me to report this to Google. It is definitely not me alone.

I'm having a far worse issue. I cannot open search results in any way on my Nexus 7. I've seen posts like this were you open 2 tabs in Chrome. I can't open anything!! Even clicking the description of the link doesn't work.

Similar issue here...
I have noticed pretty much the same issue on my Nexus 7. Sometimes clicking just below the title of the search result works. Sometimes clicking on the actual title works. Sometimes NOTHING is clickable. Very frustrating - especially when trying to show someone how cool Google Now is!!! My Nexus 7 is totally stock too..
Hopefully they will have a fix for this soon!

Nexus 7 going back to Asus for repair
pjniez said:
I have noticed pretty much the same issue on my Nexus 7. Sometimes clicking just below the title of the search result works. Sometimes clicking on the actual title works. Sometimes NOTHING is clickable. Very frustrating - especially when trying to show someone how cool Google Now is!!! My Nexus 7 is totally stock too..
Hopefully they will have a fix for this soon!
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Well, this problem has gone from sporadic to consistent for me. Whenever I use the Google Now Widget to search for something and results are returned, I can't click on the results at all. I called Google Support and we tried clearing the cache and data the Google Search and Chrome apps and then did a Factory Data Reset. Nothing has been able to fix this for me. It totally seems like a software bug since generally everything else seems to function alright. Given this, I'm really surprised the Factory Data Reset didn't fix it for me.
Since I bought the Nexus 7 at Staples and I'm outside of the 14 day return policy (by just 1 darn day!!!), they said that they can't even exchange it for me. So now, I have to send it into Asus to have it "repaired".
Is anyone else having this issue?
For the record, I'm never buying anything electronic or of any significant value from Staples again!

pjniez said:
Well, this problem has gone from sporadic to consistent for me. Whenever I use the Google Now Widget to search for something and results are returned, I can't click on the results at all. I called Google Support and we tried clearing the cache and data the Google Search and Chrome apps and then did a Factory Data Reset. Nothing has been able to fix this for me. It totally seems like a software bug since generally everything else seems to function alright. Given this, I'm really surprised the Factory Data Reset didn't fix it for me.
Since I bought the Nexus 7 at Staples and I'm outside of the 14 day return policy (by just 1 darn day!!!), they said that they can't even exchange it for me. So now, I have to send it into Asus to have it "repaired".
Is anyone else having this issue?
For the record, I'm never buying anything electronic or of any significant value from Staples again!
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I recently stumbled across this bug as well and chalked it up to being software related too. But whereas some people seem to have sporadic results, I can NEVER click my Google Now search results. I'm quite baffled that a factory reset didn't work and was actually about to do it myself, but if there's no guarantee that it'll solve the problem then it wouldn't be worth it. Honestly, I wouldn't send it to Asus to get it repaired because the issue might simply pop up again. I'm wondering if only a small minority is experiencing this problem though or if people just don't realize it yet (as I haven't really used much of Google Now). In any case, I hope this issue gets resolved soon.
EDIT: This must definitely be a software bug because I might have found a way to possibly resolve the issue. I activated Google Now, hit the menu button on the bottom right, went to "settings" then "privacy and accounts." Here, there should be an option for "Search on google.com." Mine was initially unchecked, but I simply checked the option again. Doing this, Google Now seems to now allow me to touch/click results. I should add that when I went back and unchecked the option, the issue did not return. So, regardless of what the option is set at for you guys, I would simply check or uncheck and try it seeing if that resolves the issue. I hope this works for others!

Sorry to bump this thread up again, but did this happen to work for anyone else?

Oublieux said:
Sorry to bump this thread up again, but did this happen to work for anyone else?
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I'm experiencing the same problems (can't click on standard web search results in Google Now, but can in Chrome). The above fix doesn't work for me (I don't have that showing up in my privacy settings on my Google Account, but then again I don't even have "search plus your world" available in my apps account yet).
Here's an interesting twist though: If I perform the following search in Google Now:
xda nexus 7 google now can't click on results​
I can't click the results. However the first result will include "More results from forum.xda-developers.com". If I click that link, it's not only clickable, but the results on the next page are all clickable.
Again, I'm on a Google Apps account, fwiw.
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One other interesting point: navigating through the Google Now results using an external keyboard (just cursoring up and down), I can select and enter any result without problems.

I think I may have figured out how to get search results clickable again...
1) Go into Settings->Privacy and accounts
2) Uncheck "Show recent searches"
3) Back out to the home screen
4) Try your search again and you should be able to click on the search results
This seems to do the trick for me. Give it a try and let us know if it works for you guys.
Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2

pjniez said:
I think I may have figured out how to get search results clickable again...
1) Go into Settings->Privacy and accounts
2) Uncheck "Show recent searches"
3) Back out to the home screen
4) Try your search again and you should be able to click on the search results
This seems to do the trick for me. Give it a try and let us know if it works for you guys.
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Mate, that solves it for me. Well done! Silly that I didn't try unchecking that before. I quite like having my search history, actually, but happier to have Now working.

Altercation said:
Mate, that solves it for me. Well done! Silly that I didn't try unchecking that before. I quite like having my search history, actually, but happier to have Now working.
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Okay cool! I'll call Google tomorrow and report the issue.
Thanks for letting me know...
Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2

Fix Does not work for me
Still can't click on results.
I'm wondering if it has something to do with having a second browser (Dophin) installed.
Maybe tablet does not know which to use?
When clicking on OTHER links tablet asks whether to complete the action with Chrome or Dolphin. Obviously when pressing on a Google now result that question does not pop up and the results are not clickable.
Maybe I will uninstall Dolphin and see if that helps

Thank you for the fix
pjniez said:
I think I may have figured out how to get search results clickable again...
1) Go into Settings->Privacy and accounts
2) Uncheck "Show recent searches"
3) Back out to the home screen
4) Try your search again and you should be able to click on the search results
This seems to do the trick for me. Give it a try and let us know if it works for you guys.
Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2
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It works but I was confused by your directions. From settings, go to Accounts Google, then Search, which then takes you to Privacy & Accounts.
This was very frustrating problem. I called Google Nexus Tech Support and talk about a useless rep. I can't believe others aren't complaining about the same problem.

Old google maps version 6.14.3 runs well on moto x

If anyone is interested its simple and works well. I used File Explorer with the root addon from netapps its free, deleted the current screwed to hell new version on the moto x and used file explorer again on my razr m to copy 6.14.3 the version that came on my razr m, sent it via email to myself and downloded it to moto x and it installed fine and works like a champ.. I keep playstore set to NEVER AUTO UPDATE APPS

Woah are you the developer of Google maps??
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Nice to meet you sir

What's wrong with the current version of Google Maps?

I also never auto update lol. If I update one app every treo months that's allot. Needs to have 4.5+ star rating for latest update. But yeah I'm on 7.4.0 with zero issues, what's wrong with it?
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seanyuan62 said:
Woah are you the developer of Google maps??
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Nice to meet you sir
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Just not a fan of the new maps that came out last year.. they made it ridiculously hard to get directions from "point on map" I still havent figured out how to get point on map as departure point.. i can as destination but not as departure .. it is so simple in the old verion I use. another thing is the permanent scale bar the have on the old version.. is gone on the new version along with plus and minus buttons to zoom with.. it was perfect before and they made a [email protected]$$% out of it. takes three times longer to get directins than it use to. the two shots below are from my moto x and old version 6.14.3 from razr m, it shows how simple it is to choose point on map.. its easy, and also shows the permanent scale bar i like and the zoom buttons i prefer over double tapping and guessing which way to move your finger to get the zoom you want.. i dont know who was in charge of the update to change all these nice features but it was a huge disapointment..

Good one. New map version has live traffic information mapped on the navigation view which is missing in the old map.
Thanks for the posting.

smohanv said:
Good one. New map version has live traffic information mapped on the navigation view which is missing in the old map.
Thanks for the posting.
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a screen off moto x and google maps 6.14.3 in navigation just now showing chitown traffic looks like rushour

doitinthedirt said:
a screen off moto x and google maps 6.14.3 in navigation just now showing chitown traffic looks like rushour
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I meant this.. See attached...

smohanv said:
I meant this.. See attached...
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Looks different.. I will check it out on my nexus 7. I haven't used my moto x with the latest google maps for actually naving but my little brother did on a trip across the country and said it kept locking up on him when he stopped for gas and wanted to continue driving.. he said it would never restart the trip navigation and he would have to re enter the destination. I've never had that problem.. i have heard REROUTING REROUTING several times LOL tho. I don't like the menu design of the new maps.. one more thing I don't care for... If it's now broke leave it the @#$%^ alone!!

I think the main problem here is this was posted in the wrong thread. This should of been under general or apps. This does not belong in development.

Travisdroidx2 said:
I think the main problem here is this was posted in the wrong thread. This should of been under general or apps. This does not belong in development.
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Thanks

I didn't find it difficult to get directions from two pins. You just got to star/save them. Then when you are inputting the directions start/end pick the starred locations for your departure/arrival.
(The pin didn't show up here, but I saved this location using a pin, just like the 1st image)
I like the new maps a lot better than the old maps.

Has anyone noticed that as you drive along a route, that "6 Minute Faster" etc signs pop up but for some reason, Maps does not change the route? It sticks with the original no matter what, and I have to tap that sign or just take that exit/etc. I have to constantly watch the app during rush hour and it's a tad dangerous, but if I watch closely I can save 20-45 minutes daily, it seems.

ScrapMaker said:
Has anyone noticed that as you drive along a route, that "6 Minute Faster" etc signs pop up but for some reason, Maps does not change the route? It sticks with the original no matter what, and I have to tap that sign or just take that exit/etc. I have to constantly watch the app during rush hour and it's a tad dangerous, but if I watch closely I can save 20-45 minutes daily, it seems.
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No.. but im still using old faithful. 6.14.3 it works perfectly.. someone from apple is working on gmaps updating it to destroy it so you wont buy moto and go to apple. I can email you the old version.. so much easier to use and no problems with it
Arak, thanks for trying to help with the point to point directions but you shouldn't have to save a point to use it as a point I try to make my own shortest distance routes using touch the screen as a selection point all the time I don't want to go through the hassle of saving it and choosing from my saved points I'm constantly touching part of a highway and using it from there that spot to come up with a shorter route or just a different route that I wanted shoes no reason I should have to take time and save a point what up bull****
the old version works great just select point on map touch that point boom you are done no saving pins. so glad i was able to root the phone delete the new version and put the old version back on
another thing I don't like I miss Google update crap is talk to type it doesn't work you can't erase words that you didn't say in that last paragraph I didn't say shoes but it refuses to let me backspace and delete the damn word and I didn't say up again I can't get rid of the damn thing whatever you talk and it types it you cannot backspace erase the damn s*** like you used to be able to f****** Google man just leave something that works alone
again.. more .. i didnt say miss in that last para.. but one it is spoken and typed... you cant backspce.. anyone else have that issue? i will check settings see if i can change it. never had this problem on my razr m. if it didnt type what i said right i simply backspaced and corrected it.. but now backspace doesnt work over something King Google wants typed

Remove the bleepin Google Assistant from the 6P

It was with great horror that I discovered that Google is now forcing the effin' Google Assistant down our throats. Home long press now launches this abomination of an app. Quickly figured out how to disable the crapware, but nowong press of home does nothing. So Google, of you are reading this....
I DON'T WANT TO BE TALKING TO MY PHONE ALL THE TIME, I HAVE A LIFE AND PEOPLE TO TALK TO.
Is there a way to recover the old functionality? I want long press to launch the old style Google app. If no, what is the version of the last update that does not include this POS software? I had not updated for a while and now this...
Apologies for fuming, it is just so freaking invasive on Google's part to ot even ask if I want to opt in.
PS setting ro.opa.eligible_device=false does NOT do the trick. Grrrr, this is getting more annoying by the minute

Someone on Reddit says you can change your language to US Virgin Islands to get the old now on tap back if that's what you're wanting. I haven't tried this myself though.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Nexus6P/comments/5y578g/psa_if_you_found_old_now_on_tap_more_helpful_than/
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swallowingled said:
Someone on Reddit says you can change your language to US Virgin Islands to get the old now on tap back if that's what you're wanting. I haven't tried this myself though.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Nexus6P/comments/5y578g/psa_if_you_found_old_now_on_tap_more_helpful_than/
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Yes, this works, the original source may be here
https://android.gadgethacks.com/how...ndroid-device-switch-back-google-now-0174676/
Unfortunately editing the build.prop does not seem to do the trick for me. I have to wonder how long before Google screws up that workaround.
I am curious, is there ANYONE out there who wants to ALWAYS talk to their phone and have the phone talk to them. Say you are in the middle of a meeting and want to quickly check on something. What is Google thinking? Or am I missing something?

GroovyGeek said:
Yes, this works, the original source may be here
https://android.gadgethacks.com/how...ndroid-device-switch-back-google-now-0174676/
Unfortunately editing the build.prop does not seem to do the trick for me. I have to wonder how long before Google screws up that workaround.
I am curious, is there ANYONE out there who wants to ALWAYS talk to their phone and have the phone talk to them. Say you are in the middle of a meeting and want to quickly check on something. What is Google thinking? Or am I missing something?
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You can still type in searches using the Google search bar without talking. I prefer Google Assistant to the old functionality but I guess everyone uses their phone differently. Most people likely consider GA an enhancement rather than an intrusion like you do. Many people were unhappy that it was only offered officially on the Pixel but you can't please everybody.

All you have to do is turn GA off within settings.

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All you have to do is turn GA off within settings.
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Sadly this is not true. When you disable it in settings and long press home it pops up and says, Google Assistant is currently disabled, would you like to enable it? Options for yes or no. Yes pops up with assistant and no just disabled the window with no further actions. It doesn't revert to the old now on tap functionality.

i want to delete Google Assistant permanently, any clue ?

I'm surprised this thread doesn't have more attention. Before I had assistant I was trying to get it early on my device but now I am trying to go back to now on tap just because of the ease of use and time it takes to get to google.
The best workaround I found was this SwipeUp utility app. You can press and hold either your home button or fingerprint scanner to open straight to the Google app instead of the popup assistant (which is basically a blank screen until you say something or press on the keyboard symbol to type a search) it works really well.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.AdrianCampos.swipeuputility

No solution's to this yet? This is absurd.

@tolol @applePhx in this thread someone recommends deleting the Google Home App folder from /system using twrp to get completely rid of Google Assistant. Haven't tested it though

URLs not opening in default apps

Hi all,
I did a cursory check to see if there was a thread on this and couldn't find it so I'm going to ask outright.
When I get sent an amazon web link or want to pay something with PayPal, to give a couple of examples, I'd like the default app to open and not a new browser page. I'm not to android so I've had plenty of phones in the past that have operated in this way (oneplus 3t being the most recent example). Unfortunately I can't seem to get it to work with my S8 and it's a bit of an annoyance.
Does anyone know how to get this to work?
I have tried changing some of the settings in the attached screen but no success yet.
Any ideas?

Greedyfly said:
Hi all,
I did a cursory check to see if there was a thread on this and couldn't find it so I'm going to ask outright.
When I get sent an amazon web link or want to pay something with PayPal, to give a couple of examples, I'd like the default app to open and not a new browser page. I'm not to android so I've had plenty of phones in the past that have operated in this way (oneplus 3t being the most recent example). Unfortunately I can't seem to get it to work with my S8 and it's a bit of an annoyance.
Does anyone know how to get this to work?
I have tried changing some of the settings in the attached screen but no success yet.
Any ideas?
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Clear the defaults of the app that opens the webpage not amazon

sofir786 said:
Clear the defaults of the app that opens the webpage not amazon
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That would be Chrome but that doesn't work. It isn't set as the default for Amazon/PayPal/YouTube urls

Greedyfly said:
Hi all,
I did a cursory check to see if there was a thread on this and couldn't find it so I'm going to ask outright.
When I get sent an amazon web link or want to pay something with PayPal, to give a couple of examples, I'd like the default app to open and not a new browser page. I'm not to android so I've had plenty of phones in the past that have operated in this way (oneplus 3t being the most recent example). Unfortunately I can't seem to get it to work with my S8 and it's a bit of an annoyance.
Does anyone know how to get this to work?
I have tried changing some of the settings in the attached screen but no success yet.
Any ideas?
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Anyone? The lack of threads on this would suggest no one else has this issue but three of us have recently purchased the phone and are all having the same issue

The time I've seen this, is the page gives an option to launch in app sometimes, I'm not really sure how you can set it to open in their respective apps. I am interested in this though so gonna look into this

sofir786 said:
The time I've seen this, is the page gives an option to launch in app sometimes, I'm not really sure how you can set it to open in their respective apps. I am interested in this though so gonna look into this
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That would be great. I can't find an answer and I don't get an option to choose the app...mostly. As a test, try and get this link to open in Amazon. It's 'shared' directly from the app do the expectation is that it would open in the app
Redbreast 12 Year Old Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey, 70cl https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00IXL998C/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_68KlAbZJ3Y24G

Greedyfly said:
That would be great. I can't find an answer and I don't get an option to choose the app...mostly. As a test, try and get this link to open in Amazon. It's 'shared' directly from the app do the expectation is that it would open in the app
Redbreast 12 Year Old Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey, 70cl https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00IXL998C/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_68KlAbZJ3Y24G
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It doesn't launch it but gives an option to launch it

sofir786 said:
It doesn't launch it but gives an option to launch it
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Yeah, I get the 'view in app' option also but that's an Amazon URL thing I believe. It doesn't give that option, for example, with a PayPal payment. It simply goes to the website which is what I'm hoping to change.
I'm surprised it's only you and I engaging in this. I find this very annoying and thought others might also

I've read about it a bit and involves something called app to app linking.
It's difficult for me because I've never had a device that launched, there are some apps that launch but from what I can remember when it comes to amazon and PayPal I've never had it auto launch. But you've given an answer, I'm just wondering if it has something to do with the framework, one plus is pretty much clean android whereas the s8 is touchwiz

sofir786 said:
I've read about it a bit and involves something called app to app linking.
It's difficult for me because I've never had a device that launched, there are some apps that launch but from what I can remember when it comes to amazon and PayPal I've never had it auto launch. But you've given an answer, I'm just wondering if it has something to do with the framework, one plus is pretty much clean android whereas the s8 is touchwiz
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Possibly that's it. I just assumed this was a given regardless of framework but it appears not. Does anyone know how other phones interact with URLs? Like I said, the 1+ was perfect in this regards.

So you are having issues when you attempting to open Amazon links with your app instead of the browser?

thehaXor said:
So you are having issues when you attempting to open Amazon links with your app instead of the browser?
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When there is a Amazon or say PayPal link web url, clicking on it opens a new browser Window instead of its respective app

Try this:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tasomaniac.openwith
Good luck.

So this is EXACTLY what I have been fighting with on my S8.
The play store link from thehaXor opens the play store aop on my S7, but on my S8 takes me to the browser version of the play store.
I'll try the suggested app now and report back.

Install another browser and see if that one opens the same. Try the Firefox