Android vendors, don’t kill my app

Re:Android vendors, don’t kill my app by daveFNbuck on Monday January 14, 2019 @02:28AM (#18901304)

I don't want Slack or Gmail to deliver notifications instantly. I'd love to have functionality that saves battery by delaying them.

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Re:Android vendors, don’t kill my app by dbrgn on Monday January 14, 2019 @02:56AM (#18901422)

If the app is killed that doesn't just delay notifications. It prevents them until you manually open the app again.

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Re:Android vendors, don’t kill my app by daveFNbuck on Monday January 14, 2019 @11:30AM (#18904164)

Yeah, but we're talking about manufacturers adding custom functionality that delays notifications to save battery.

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Re:Android vendors, don’t kill my app by dtech on Monday January 14, 2019 @03:59AM (#18901663)

So why not disable the notification functionality if you don't want it?

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Re:Android vendors, don’t kill my app by daveFNbuck on Monday January 14, 2019 @10:58AM (#18903920)

I want the notification functionality, I just don't need it to be instant.

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Re:Android vendors, don’t kill my app by zo1 on Monday January 14, 2019 @12:47PM (#18904769)

Delaying them by how much?

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Re:Android vendors, don’t kill my app by daveFNbuck on Monday January 14, 2019 @11:04PM (#18908784)

For Gmail, an hour delay would be fine. For Slack, probably 5 minutes would be ok.

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Re:Android vendors, don’t kill my app by scarejunba on Monday January 14, 2019 @02:31AM (#18901318)

Both these apps allow you to do that in-app. I have Gmail not notify me for work emails and notify me for stuff on my personal account.

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Re:Android vendors, don’t kill my app by daveFNbuck on Monday January 14, 2019 @11:00AM (#18903943)

I want all the notifications. This was a question about timing. I don't want them to do the constant polling required for the notifications to appear instantly.

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Re:Android vendors, don’t kill my app by rplnt on Monday January 14, 2019 @03:30AM (#18901557)

That doesn't save the battery though.

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Re:Android vendors, don’t kill my app by me551ah on Monday January 14, 2019 @02:30AM (#18901313)

Get one of the phones listed in the link. Xiaomi is brilliant in this regard !

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Re:Android vendors, don’t kill my app by daveFNbuck on Monday January 14, 2019 @11:31AM (#18904174)

Does it allow the user to configure the delays per app?

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Re:Android vendors, don’t kill my app by handzbagz on Monday January 14, 2019 @05:58AM (#18902130)

Don't most apps use GCM to deliver notifications anyway?

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