Closed OkyDooky closed 1 year ago
cvzi
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1 year ago Yes it is a side effect of the assist app feature. It is because of a bug in Android 11 and lower. Basically any assist app is assumed to be a voice input as well by Android 11 and lower #190
No idea why it is listed twice though and why you can't select them
cvzi
commented
1 year ago It is normal that it appears twice and only one can be selected. Other assist apps also do this. It is because the app offers a voice input service and an assist app service. (The voice input service of this app does nothing, but it necessary that it exists because of that bug #190)
It seems that the second entry can be renamed. Google's own assist app is listed twice as well, but with different names Google Assistant and Google Voice Recognition. I should try to rename the second entry to something like "Do not select this"
cvzi
commented
1 year ago I wonder if this app could do it the way Dicio is doing it at the moment. What they are doing "wrong" could be the right way for this app 😂
OkyDooky
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1 year ago Lol, lmao. That's the friendliest burn I've read in a while. "Your bug is my feature." XD Haha! That makes more sense then. I thought it was some weird duplication thing going on, but if you can make one "disappear" or simply rename it to let users know what it does/doesn't do, or something making it clearer, that would be a good fix, I think.
cvzi
commented
1 year ago I've taken a look on how they do it.
With the current method of my app, when you start the assistant, Android immediately takes a screenshot and then delivers it to my app. With Dicio's method, when you start the assistant, Android just starts the app. Then the app would have to take a screenshot itself, which is possible but would take longer.
Dicio's method does avoid the speech recognition bug on Android 11 and lower.
But I don't really want to implement something inferior for the already two year old Android 11.
I'll stick with the current method and add a "do not select this" label to the selectable entry.
OkyDooky
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1 year ago Yeah, if it would make a noticeable difference in reaction time, then using a label would be best.
This is on Android 9 (stock) and I noticed that the assistant app Dicio wasn't properly coming up as a voice input option for a translation app and, well, this was occupying that spot:
Dicio currently isn't even listed as an option, which is not this app's problem, but the fact that this is listed twice is kinda weird:
Is this a side effect of it using the Assist App features listed in the othet issues? (And, for the record, I cannot select either of the other two options)
I don't think this is anything, major, but it seemed worth binging to your attention.