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Your reply doesn't make sense since Samsung can simple relax its SELinux if this were actually the issue (they did this in the past, btw, to implement some feat

by m45t3r 7y ago

Your reply doesn't make sense since Samsung can simple relax its SELinux if this were actually the issue (they did this in the past, btw, to implement some features in the past). Remember that SELinux is simple a set of rules that can be overridden or removed, you just need privileged access, that you know, Samsung completely does in their devices. More likely: Linux on DeX had much less adoption than Samsung thought it would have, so after Android 10 they simple decided it wasn't worth continuing development.

hyperpallium 7y ago
Wouldn't google disallow this? i.e. if you allow access, you can't brand it "Android". OTOH your explanation is eminently plausible. A dual desktop/phone seemed like a cool idea to me several years ago, but people would rather just use their phones. Plus, people now use websites/services more than local applications - and services like dropbox have largely solved the rest of the files-anywhere problem.
- m45t3r 7y ago
  > Wouldn't google disallow this? i.e. if you allow access, you can't brand it "Android". Maybe if you're removing restrictions for all applications (this may make Android CTS to not pass). However I was mostly thinking of Samsung only giving elevated privileges for DeX, that is completely fine too (even some Google applications have those relaxed restrictions, i.e. Google Play). In this later case I don't see Google disallowing this, because you're not effectively reducing Android security.
  - hyperpallium 7y ago
    > even some Google applications have those relaxed restrictions, i.e. Google Play Google doesn't allow those apps on Google Play (clarifying because it's confusing i.e. you can't get an alternative to google play from google play). While DeX isn't downloaded from Google Play, so that restriction doesn't directly apply; I can well imagine google cracking down on it. Perhaps also on other Play alternatives. But just my imagination - IDK.
pmontra 7y ago
I had to download it manually last May because the package was not available in the standard way (Beta closed? Can't remember). But it works well on my Tab 5e. I used it a few times to work on the move. No need for an external monitor with a tablet. I guess I won't upgrade it to androidA 10 for as long as I can.

by m45t3r 7y ago

hyperpallium 7y ago

Wouldn't google disallow this? i.e. if you allow access, you can't brand it "Android". OTOH your explanation is eminently plausible. A dual desktop/phone seemed like a cool idea to me several years ago, but people would rather just use their phones. Plus, people now use websites/services more than local applications - and services like dropbox have largely solved the rest of the files-anywhere problem.

m45t3r 7y ago
> Wouldn't google disallow this? i.e. if you allow access, you can't brand it "Android". Maybe if you're removing restrictions for all applications (this may make Android CTS to not pass). However I was mostly thinking of Samsung only giving elevated privileges for DeX, that is completely fine too (even some Google applications have those relaxed restrictions, i.e. Google Play). In this later case I don't see Google disallowing this, because you're not effectively reducing Android security.
- hyperpallium 7y ago
  > even some Google applications have those relaxed restrictions, i.e. Google Play Google doesn't allow those apps on Google Play (clarifying because it's confusing i.e. you can't get an alternative to google play from google play). While DeX isn't downloaded from Google Play, so that restriction doesn't directly apply; I can well imagine google cracking down on it. Perhaps also on other Play alternatives. But just my imagination - IDK.

pmontra 7y ago

I had to download it manually last May because the package was not available in the standard way (Beta closed? Can't remember). But it works well on my Tab 5e. I used it a few times to work on the move. No need for an external monitor with a tablet. I guess I won't upgrade it to androidA 10 for as long as I can.