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| author | Daniel Micay <danielmicay@gmail.com> | 2022-08-11 11:06:33 -0400 |
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| committer | Daniel Micay <danielmicay@gmail.com> | 2022-08-25 23:15:08 -0400 |
| commit | 81c87b669135b886f2a6f9704e0ea5ae69c91648 (patch) | |
| tree | cc32f8acc749b1a9d0fcbeeb6bc65d666dbb1dab | |
| parent | 5884da2ddb5873b70fdb1f2209092b32b5e4eb7f (diff) | |
clarify foreground service notification priority
| -rw-r--r-- | static/faq.html | 13 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/static/faq.html b/static/faq.html index 8d992d0e..4216394c 100644 --- a/static/faq.html +++ b/static/faq.html @@ -1247,11 +1247,14 @@ <p>In order to properly implement either push messaging or frequent polling themselves, an app needs to run a foreground service. This is displayed as a persistent notification. It will normally be marked as a silent notification - with the lowest possible priority, so it will be collapsed at the bottom and - won't show up as an icon in the status bar or on the lockscreen. A battery - optimization exception is also needed for the app to bypass device idle states - and run while the device is idle. If you can tolerate delays while the device - is idle, then the battery optimization exception isn't mandatory.</p> + with the lowest possible default importance for a foreground service + (IMPORTANCE_LOW). It can be reduced to the lowest importance (IMPORTANCE_MIN) + by the user if they set the notification channel to be collapsed which will + collapse it in the notification tray and it won't show up as an icon in the + status bar or on the lockscreen anymore. A battery optimization exception is + also needed for the app to bypass device idle states and run while the device + is idle. If you can tolerate delays while the device is idle, then the battery + optimization exception isn't mandatory.</p> <p>FairEmail and Signal are examples of apps using the proper approach of a foreground service combined with an optional battery optimization exception. |