Not exact matches
If your readers choose to accept
notifications, new issues are downloaded silently in the
background so that the latest issue is always ready and waiting when a reader launches your magazine
app.
Some
apps have internal settings that let you turn off
notifications or other «features» that automatically check things for you, which means they keep running in the
background.
Android Nougat brings in some nifty features such as multi-window support to run two
apps side by side, improved
notifications pane with inline replies, improved data saver to restrict
background data, more tweaks to doze mode for extended battery life and more.
This includes all of the features you've come to expect from Android Oreo, such as Picture - in - Picture mode,
notification channels,
background app optimizations, the Autofill API and more — that's without even mentioning the enhanced security.
The
Notification Area (sometimes called the «System Tray») holds system icons — like your Action Center and clock — and icons for various
apps that run in the
background.
The
apps you drag there remain running in the
background, but you won't see their
notifications on your taskbar unless you click the up arrow.
In the
notification shade, a persistent
notification will now alert you to any
apps that are running in the
background.
However, while there isn't a switch to turn the interface dark, Pixel 2 users discovered that they could «trick» Android into displaying a dark
background on the
app drawer and
notification shade by picking a dark wallpaper.
It won't revolutionize the way you use the phone, but
notification dots, a retooling of the way
apps work in the
background, as well as picture - in - picture mode, make for some exciting additions.
Features list: Call Recording Auto call recording 4 Ways Reboot (Reboot, Recovery, Hotboot, Download) Full Color / Transparency customization for Status bar and
Notification drawer elements Secure Samsung Keyboard Option to keep «Add Call» button with Call recording menu Disable Camera shutter sound (+ Screen Capture) Skip Music with Volume buttons Save Call Logs View Enable Keyboard Symbols Enable Hangouts Calls trough cellular Enable Camera while calling Unlimited and Customizable Multi-View support Bypass Exchange Lock check Notification Panel Customization Long Home key behavior Long Back key to kill App (+ white list) Disable increasing ringtone Messaging Tweaks (raise limits and conversion) Disable Scrolling cache Enable Full rotations White / Colored Circle Battery Transparent Notifications panel Customize Clock format and size Customize Battery text helper size Customize Quick Settings buttons number per row Collapse Quick Settings after toggle 2 line formatted date on the panel header Dark themed Multi-Window Disable Boot sound Customize Two line date header format White / Black Email App background (Supported on some devices) Transparent Quick Settings buttons background Default hidden SMS logs Add Call button to Logs and Contacts list Disable Accounts icons on Contacts list Custimize Wifi AP Clients number Disable Launcher page rotation Add Exit button to browser SMS Automatic input mode Disable Call number formatting Enable unlimited Contacts joining Enable Gallery Rotation trough button Set default Browser view to Desktop Hide Wireless charging popup Hide Full Battery Notification Clock position Status bar (Hide, Left, Right, Center) NFC behaviors (UN / Locked on Screen ON / Off) Hide Headset icon and notification bar Disable TW DVFS Blacklist for Application where you want to disable DVFS when it's default enabled Hide Smart Stay, Alarm, NFC icons on status bar Launcher: Enable Scroll wallpaper and Hide Dock labels Disable Wake Home button Use separate Address field on Contacts Add Fast PIN unlock (to be used with caution) Added SMS sent time details Enable Screen ON options on Messaging App Disable low Battery warning Add custom carrier label on notification label Set low Camera battery level Change System Holo Dark / Light background Acces hidden Lockscreen shortcuts menu Disable SEAndroid / Knox notifications and container Disable volume control sound Disable low battery sound Auto Disable Knox notifications when Knox Apps are installed Set SELinux to Permissive mode on boot ScreenShot and ScreenRecord (Requires Busybox) on Power menu CM Numeric Circle battery Screen Off animation (CRT / Fade) Expand all notifications Disable Temperature check on Camera recording and Flash Enable Heads up notifications (Optional ongoing notifications and display delay customization) Support SHealth and Private mode (Disable secure storage on both Apps) Disable Battery and USB cover warning And much
Notification drawer elements Secure Samsung Keyboard Option to keep «Add Call» button with Call recording menu Disable Camera shutter sound (+ Screen Capture) Skip Music with Volume buttons Save Call Logs View Enable Keyboard Symbols Enable Hangouts Calls trough cellular Enable Camera while calling Unlimited and Customizable Multi-View support Bypass Exchange Lock check
Notification Panel Customization Long Home key behavior Long Back key to kill App (+ white list) Disable increasing ringtone Messaging Tweaks (raise limits and conversion) Disable Scrolling cache Enable Full rotations White / Colored Circle Battery Transparent Notifications panel Customize Clock format and size Customize Battery text helper size Customize Quick Settings buttons number per row Collapse Quick Settings after toggle 2 line formatted date on the panel header Dark themed Multi-Window Disable Boot sound Customize Two line date header format White / Black Email App background (Supported on some devices) Transparent Quick Settings buttons background Default hidden SMS logs Add Call button to Logs and Contacts list Disable Accounts icons on Contacts list Custimize Wifi AP Clients number Disable Launcher page rotation Add Exit button to browser SMS Automatic input mode Disable Call number formatting Enable unlimited Contacts joining Enable Gallery Rotation trough button Set default Browser view to Desktop Hide Wireless charging popup Hide Full Battery Notification Clock position Status bar (Hide, Left, Right, Center) NFC behaviors (UN / Locked on Screen ON / Off) Hide Headset icon and notification bar Disable TW DVFS Blacklist for Application where you want to disable DVFS when it's default enabled Hide Smart Stay, Alarm, NFC icons on status bar Launcher: Enable Scroll wallpaper and Hide Dock labels Disable Wake Home button Use separate Address field on Contacts Add Fast PIN unlock (to be used with caution) Added SMS sent time details Enable Screen ON options on Messaging App Disable low Battery warning Add custom carrier label on notification label Set low Camera battery level Change System Holo Dark / Light background Acces hidden Lockscreen shortcuts menu Disable SEAndroid / Knox notifications and container Disable volume control sound Disable low battery sound Auto Disable Knox notifications when Knox Apps are installed Set SELinux to Permissive mode on boot ScreenShot and ScreenRecord (Requires Busybox) on Power menu CM Numeric Circle battery Screen Off animation (CRT / Fade) Expand all notifications Disable Temperature check on Camera recording and Flash Enable Heads up notifications (Optional ongoing notifications and display delay customization) Support SHealth and Private mode (Disable secure storage on both Apps) Disable Battery and USB cover warning And much
Notification Panel Customization Long Home key behavior Long Back key to kill
App (+ white list) Disable increasing ringtone Messaging Tweaks (raise limits and conversion) Disable Scrolling cache Enable Full rotations White / Colored Circle Battery Transparent
Notifications panel Customize Clock format and size Customize Battery text helper size Customize Quick Settings buttons number per row Collapse Quick Settings after toggle 2 line formatted date on the panel header Dark themed Multi-Window Disable Boot sound Customize Two line date header format White / Black Email App background (Supported on some devices) Transparent Quick Settings buttons background Default hidden SMS logs Add Call button to Logs and Contacts list Disable Accounts icons on Contacts list Custimize Wifi AP Clients number Disable Launcher page rotation Add Exit button to browser SMS Automatic input mode Disable Call number formatting Enable unlimited Contacts joining Enable Gallery Rotation trough button Set default Browser view to Desktop Hide Wireless charging popup Hide Full Battery Notification Clock position Status bar (Hide, Left, Right, Center) NFC behaviors (UN / Locked on Screen ON / Off) Hide Headset icon and notification bar Disable TW DVFS Blacklist for Application where you want to disable DVFS when it's default enabled Hide Smart Stay, Alarm, NFC icons on status bar Launcher: Enable Scroll wallpaper and Hide Dock labels Disable Wake Home button Use separate Address field on Contacts Add Fast PIN unlock (to be used with caution) Added SMS sent time details Enable Screen ON options on Messaging App Disable low Battery warning Add custom carrier label on notification label Set low Camera battery level Change System Holo Dark / Light background Acces hidden Lockscreen shortcuts menu Disable SEAndroid / Knox notifications and container Disable volume control sound Disable low battery sound Auto Disable Knox notifications when Knox Apps are installed Set SELinux to Permissive mode on boot ScreenShot and ScreenRecord (Requires Busybox) on Power menu CM Numeric Circle battery Screen Off animation (CRT / Fade) Expand all notifications Disable Temperature check on Camera recording and Flash Enable Heads up notifications (Optional ongoing notifications and display delay customization) Support SHealth and Private mode (Disable secure storage on both Apps) Disable Battery and USB cover warning And much
Notifications panel Customize Clock format and size Customize Battery text helper size Customize Quick Settings buttons number per row Collapse Quick Settings after toggle 2 line formatted date on the panel header Dark themed Multi-Window Disable Boot sound Customize Two line date header format White / Black Email
App background (Supported on some devices) Transparent Quick Settings buttons
background Default hidden SMS logs Add Call button to Logs and Contacts list Disable Accounts icons on Contacts list Custimize Wifi AP Clients number Disable Launcher page rotation Add Exit button to browser SMS Automatic input mode Disable Call number formatting Enable unlimited Contacts joining Enable Gallery Rotation trough button Set default Browser view to Desktop Hide Wireless charging popup Hide Full Battery
Notification Clock position Status bar (Hide, Left, Right, Center) NFC behaviors (UN / Locked on Screen ON / Off) Hide Headset icon and notification bar Disable TW DVFS Blacklist for Application where you want to disable DVFS when it's default enabled Hide Smart Stay, Alarm, NFC icons on status bar Launcher: Enable Scroll wallpaper and Hide Dock labels Disable Wake Home button Use separate Address field on Contacts Add Fast PIN unlock (to be used with caution) Added SMS sent time details Enable Screen ON options on Messaging App Disable low Battery warning Add custom carrier label on notification label Set low Camera battery level Change System Holo Dark / Light background Acces hidden Lockscreen shortcuts menu Disable SEAndroid / Knox notifications and container Disable volume control sound Disable low battery sound Auto Disable Knox notifications when Knox Apps are installed Set SELinux to Permissive mode on boot ScreenShot and ScreenRecord (Requires Busybox) on Power menu CM Numeric Circle battery Screen Off animation (CRT / Fade) Expand all notifications Disable Temperature check on Camera recording and Flash Enable Heads up notifications (Optional ongoing notifications and display delay customization) Support SHealth and Private mode (Disable secure storage on both Apps) Disable Battery and USB cover warning And much
Notification Clock position Status bar (Hide, Left, Right, Center) NFC behaviors (UN / Locked on Screen ON / Off) Hide Headset icon and
notification bar Disable TW DVFS Blacklist for Application where you want to disable DVFS when it's default enabled Hide Smart Stay, Alarm, NFC icons on status bar Launcher: Enable Scroll wallpaper and Hide Dock labels Disable Wake Home button Use separate Address field on Contacts Add Fast PIN unlock (to be used with caution) Added SMS sent time details Enable Screen ON options on Messaging App Disable low Battery warning Add custom carrier label on notification label Set low Camera battery level Change System Holo Dark / Light background Acces hidden Lockscreen shortcuts menu Disable SEAndroid / Knox notifications and container Disable volume control sound Disable low battery sound Auto Disable Knox notifications when Knox Apps are installed Set SELinux to Permissive mode on boot ScreenShot and ScreenRecord (Requires Busybox) on Power menu CM Numeric Circle battery Screen Off animation (CRT / Fade) Expand all notifications Disable Temperature check on Camera recording and Flash Enable Heads up notifications (Optional ongoing notifications and display delay customization) Support SHealth and Private mode (Disable secure storage on both Apps) Disable Battery and USB cover warning And much
notification bar Disable TW DVFS Blacklist for Application where you want to disable DVFS when it's default enabled Hide Smart Stay, Alarm, NFC icons on status bar Launcher: Enable Scroll wallpaper and Hide Dock labels Disable Wake Home button Use separate Address field on Contacts Add Fast PIN unlock (to be used with caution) Added SMS sent time details Enable Screen ON options on Messaging
App Disable low Battery warning Add custom carrier label on
notification label Set low Camera battery level Change System Holo Dark / Light background Acces hidden Lockscreen shortcuts menu Disable SEAndroid / Knox notifications and container Disable volume control sound Disable low battery sound Auto Disable Knox notifications when Knox Apps are installed Set SELinux to Permissive mode on boot ScreenShot and ScreenRecord (Requires Busybox) on Power menu CM Numeric Circle battery Screen Off animation (CRT / Fade) Expand all notifications Disable Temperature check on Camera recording and Flash Enable Heads up notifications (Optional ongoing notifications and display delay customization) Support SHealth and Private mode (Disable secure storage on both Apps) Disable Battery and USB cover warning And much
notification label Set low Camera battery level Change System Holo Dark / Light
background Acces hidden Lockscreen shortcuts menu Disable SEAndroid / Knox
notifications and container Disable volume control sound Disable low battery sound Auto Disable Knox notifications when Knox Apps are installed Set SELinux to Permissive mode on boot ScreenShot and ScreenRecord (Requires Busybox) on Power menu CM Numeric Circle battery Screen Off animation (CRT / Fade) Expand all notifications Disable Temperature check on Camera recording and Flash Enable Heads up notifications (Optional ongoing notifications and display delay customization) Support SHealth and Private mode (Disable secure storage on both Apps) Disable Battery and USB cover warning And much
notifications and container Disable volume control sound Disable low battery sound Auto Disable Knox
notifications when Knox Apps are installed Set SELinux to Permissive mode on boot ScreenShot and ScreenRecord (Requires Busybox) on Power menu CM Numeric Circle battery Screen Off animation (CRT / Fade) Expand all notifications Disable Temperature check on Camera recording and Flash Enable Heads up notifications (Optional ongoing notifications and display delay customization) Support SHealth and Private mode (Disable secure storage on both Apps) Disable Battery and USB cover warning And much
notifications when Knox
Apps are installed Set SELinux to Permissive mode on boot ScreenShot and ScreenRecord (Requires Busybox) on Power menu CM Numeric Circle battery Screen Off animation (CRT / Fade) Expand all
notifications Disable Temperature check on Camera recording and Flash Enable Heads up notifications (Optional ongoing notifications and display delay customization) Support SHealth and Private mode (Disable secure storage on both Apps) Disable Battery and USB cover warning And much
notifications Disable Temperature check on Camera recording and Flash Enable Heads up
notifications (Optional ongoing notifications and display delay customization) Support SHealth and Private mode (Disable secure storage on both Apps) Disable Battery and USB cover warning And much
notifications (Optional ongoing
notifications and display delay customization) Support SHealth and Private mode (Disable secure storage on both Apps) Disable Battery and USB cover warning And much
notifications and display delay customization) Support SHealth and Private mode (Disable secure storage on both
Apps) Disable Battery and USB cover warning And much more to come
Home button double tap tu run
apps (Camera, SVoice...) Quick settings theming (icon color,
background color, flat
background) Remove Brightness bar Fixed volume up / down on screen off while skip media enabled Quick PIN unlock (4 digits)
Notifications background Display 4G for LTE on status bar Hide Alarm clock on status bar
- Fixed
notification element pressed color - Use Crop feature for image
background settings (Your device must have a Crop
App, most of Samsung FWs should have one)- Update Italian translation (Thanks to Mattiadj)- Few other bug fixes
Android O offers of a slew of new features including
background limits,
notification channels and dots, Autofill APIs, Picture in Picture, XML font resources, downloadable fonts, emoji compatibility, autosizing textview, adaptive icons, Webview enhancements, AAudio API, high - quality Bluetooth audio codecs, wide - gamut color for
apps, and Google Play Protect, as well as Java 8 APIs and runtime optimizations.
Unfortunately for those of us who use Spotify, parts of that
app's
notifications are shown in black on a black
background.
And the Mate 10 likes to display the annoying «
app running in the
background»
notification even with music and podcast
apps, which other Oreo phones don't do.
The
app needs a persistent
notification so Android doesn't kill it in the
background, but it's easy to hide the
notification so it doesn't get in your way (just long - press on the
notification and hide it!)
Just as media controls are being pushed more into the foreground, persistent
notifications — for example, from Maps, the Google
app, a Wi - Fi hotspot, USB connection or any other process that might be running in the
background — are being de-cluttered.
Android Oreo offers of a slew of new features including
background limits,
notification channels and dots, Autofill APIs, Picture in Picture (see two
apps at once), XML font resources, downloadable fonts, emoji compatibility, autosizing textview, adaptive icons, Webview enhancements, AAudio API, Google Play Protect, high - quality Bluetooth audio codecs, wide - gamut color for
apps, security status in settings, and tighter
app install controls, as well as Java 8 APIs and runtime optimizations.
Android normally allows
apps to run in the
background, checking for new data, receiving
notifications, and generally doing whatever they want.
As we are mostly all on 7.0 on TouchWiz / Samsung Experience, we use a new method of «Optimizing
apps» (you are able to see this when you update your phone, it will show a
notification with the Android Nougat icon, saying that it is upgrading in the
background), so this way of optimizing
apps also unloads target packages, ultimately disrupting the idmapping process at boot (due to target package not existing) and thus, a few people experience overlay unloads after a reboot.
Android Oreo brings a ton of useful features such as better battery life / memory usage thanks to strict
background app limitations, a picture - in - picture mode,
notification channels, quicker boot times, and an Autofill API for password managers.
Android Oreo has many new features such as picture - in - picture mode,
notification channels,
background app optimizations,
notification snoozing, and more.
Don't Miss: How to Hide «Running in the
Background» & «Drawing Over Other
Apps»
Notifications in Android 8.1
Razer hasn't provided a change log or release notes for its 8.1 update quite yet, but we should expect all of the basic Oreo features we've come to love — including picture - in - picture, better restrictions on
apps running in the
background,
notification dots by
app icons, and more.
We've also added links to check
background usage, lock screen
notifications, and defaults, and options to terminate and / or uninstall the
app.
Oreo also introduces persistent
notifications which are essentially
apps running in the
background condensed to be available in your
notification shade.
One of the few annoyances that came with Android 8.0 was a set of «Running in the
Background» and «Drawing Over Other
Apps»
notifications.
Those Samsung - specific changes are in addition to standard 8.0 platform features such as picture - in - picture mode, support for the Autofill Framework,
notification channels, stricter
background app limitations, and also native support for OMS — the theme framework behind Substratum.
Once you allow that, you'll see a persistent
notification showing that Datally's Data Saver is on, and it's blocking
background traffic for most of your
apps.
On my iPhone 6 Plus, I have to turn off animations (goodbye buttery smooth animations), turn off transparency (goodbye see through glass
notifications bar) and I have even turned off
Background app refresh and Siri to keep my iPhone running as smooth as it was on iOS 8.4.1.
In addition to Android O showing a
notification for
apps like Facebook Messenger that draw over other applications, there is now one for those running in the
background.
Basically, instead of just switching the shade and menus back to gray, the system UI now takes advantage from the newly introduced (API 27) WallpaperColors API, and grabs color from your phone's wallpaper, switching many aspects of the SystemUI like the quick settings panel, the mini QS /
notification shade, the volume sliders, the power menu and even the Pixel Launcher (both
app drawer and folder / shortcut
background) to a darker hue if the wallpaper is dark / black, and keeping it brighter if the wallpaper is light.
On top of all the new features that come with Android Oreo such as picture - in - picture mode,
notification channels,
background app optimizations,
notification snoozing, and more, there are also plenty of Samsung - specific changes with Samsung Experience 9.0.
Being based on the latest Android version 8.0, most key of Oreo features like picture - in - picture mode, improved
background app limiting and
notification updates are all there.
The other big thing is granular
app management, allowing you to select which
apps can show what
notifications, which
apps can work in the
background, and which
apps can use roaming data.
Android Oreo added a persistent
notification that constantly notes when
apps are running in the
background.
The
notification cards have received a design overhaul, with the cards now almost filling up the entire screen, and with the
background color changing to differentiate between the various
apps.
One of the most annoying «features» in Android Oreo is the new persistent
notifications that constantly tell you of any
apps that are running in the
background.
As a reminder, Oreo brings
background limits on
apps that help to save power, smart text selection, grouped
notifications, and picture - in - picture mode, among other features.
Select this, and you'll see several preset themes for the
background of your
notification tray
app launcher.
Meanwhile, Oreo brings Picture - in - Picture (PiP),
app notification dots,
background limits, Autofill, and more.
An Android system
notification lives in your tray near - permanently, constantly reminding you how many
apps are running in the
background.
Notifications on this version provide fine - grain control on what you receive from the source under
app - defined categories, allow developers to customize the
background color and better snoozing options.
We fixed an issue from recent flights where if you received 20
notifications from a specific
app, then received more (without ever clearing them from the Action Center), ShellExperienceHost would start crashing repeatedly in the
background.
Significant changes seen so far in the OS include changes and improvements in the
Notification menu, the status bar, the navigation bar, Quick Settings,
App badges, System UI customization options, physical keyboard support, Autofill API,
background processes, PIP support and much more.
Background tasks are restricted, and the OS bugs you with a persistent notification whenever a background app is impacting you
Background tasks are restricted, and the OS bugs you with a persistent
notification whenever a
background app is impacting you
background app is impacting your battery.
Even after enabling
notifications for each
app (they are disabled by default) and disabling all three levels of battery life optimizations («
Background Freeze,» «Abnormal
Apps Optimization,» and «Doze»), we still could not receive any
notifications.
With Android P «s
background camera limits in place, malicious
apps like the one described in Mr. Sidor's blog post would be easier to detect as such malicious
apps would need to implement a foreground service to stay alive, and thanks to Android Oreo's requirements, that would mean the the
app would have to display a
notification telling you the
app is running (and also that the
app is displaying on top of other
apps).
Technologies like Service Workers and push
notifications will allow the
app to perform
background tasks like syncing and sending you
notifications even when they're not running, like a native
app.
There are the usual Oreo features being delivered with this update such as
notification channels, adaptive icons,
notification snoozing,
background app restrictions, and more.