"Secure Element is not presented" error on Samsung Galaxy A5

[GeorgeMina]

After successfully importing the project, building it and installing it on my Samsung Galaxy A5, I get the following error in the logs:

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07-08 16:11:47.606 26778-26778/com.gieseckedevrient.android.hellosmartcard E/HelloSmartcard: Error occured:
java.io.IOException: Secure Element is not presented.
at org.simalliance.openmobileapi.service.SmartcardError.throwException(SmartcardError.java:134)
at org.simalliance.openmobileapi.Reader.openSession(Reader.java:95)
at com.gieseckedevrient.android.hellosmartcard.MainActivity$1.onClick(MainActivity.java:49)
at android.view.View.performClick(View.java:5716)
at android.widget.TextView.performClick(TextView.java:10926)
at android.view.View$PerformClick.run(View.java:22596)
at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:739)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:95)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:148)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7331)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1230)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1120)
07-08 16:12:17.906 26778-26778/com.gieseckedevrient.android.hellosmartcard V/ActivityThread: updateVisibility : ActivityRecord{113e38c token=android.os.BinderProxy@d5a62e {com.gieseckedevrient.android.hellosmartcard/com.gieseckedevrient.android.hellosmartcard.MainActivity}} show : true

The service does connect successfully (as per the logs, and the button is enabled on start also). What could be the cause of this error?