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China’s Humanoid Robot Boom Masks a Brutal Reality

BEIJING – China’s robotics companies shipped more than 97% of the world’s humanoid robots in the first half of 2026 and drew billions in speculative investor cash, yet almost none of those machines can perform an autonomous factory job on their own, according to a Nov. 6 industry analysis by Asia business commentator Statrys. Behind […] The post China’s Humanoid Robot Boom Masks a Brutal Reality…

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China’s Humanoid Robot Boom Masks a Brutal Reality

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android_telecom: A full phone (dialer) application on Android using Flutter

Initiating a phone call from a Flutter app is simple: you open a tel: link and the phone app on the system does the rest. But being the app that actually handles the phone call is a different story.

  • androidtelecom app provides full phone dialer functionality on Android using Flutter
  • Allows call blocking, call forwarding, and viewing call logs with sound control

·dev.to

android_special_permissions: one API for Android's special access screens

Android has two kinds of permissions. The first kind shows a dialog: camera, contacts, location. The second kind has no dialog at all.

  • androidspecialpermissions simplifies handling special permissions on Android
  • Manages checking status, opening Settings, and requesting input in one API
  • Supports 13 special permissions including usageAccess and overlay

·dev.to

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