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Re:I switched to Android after 7 years of iOS by kuschku on Thursday March 24, 2016 @12:04PM (#11353911)
As an android developer:

You have realized that from Android M on you can’t rely on getting notifications on Android anymore unless they go through Google?

Any application running in background – unless it is from Google – can be killed at any moment to save battery.

In Android M, when the device hasn’t been used or moved for half an hour this "Doze" mode activates, usually during the night.

In Android N, it activates as soon as the screen is off.

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Re:I switched to Android after 7 years of iOS by hobarrera on Tuesday March 29, 2016 @09:08AM (#11381143)
> You have realized that from Android M on you can’t rely on getting notifications on Android anymore unless they go through Google?

I find it extremely annoying that android devs assume this, because apps fail to install/work when one doesn't have google play services installed.

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