I've experienced similar when working with android's api. Docs say x should work, but it's just not happening. Five hacks later, and you've got a working app th

I've experienced similar when working with android's api. Docs say x should work, but it's just not happening. Five hacks later, and you've got a working app that feels choppy. Granted this was back in the 4.4.4 days, so things may have gotten easier since then.