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SchildiChat / SchildiChat-android

Matrix client / Element Android fork
https://schildi.chat/android/
Apache License 2.0
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Syncing / listening #1

Closed Wandelstock closed 3 years ago

Wandelstock commented 3 years ago

Hi there, nice fork! But is it possible to disable the listening/syncing icon (or make an option to disable it), it is a lot visible

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SpiritCroc commented 3 years ago

Unfortunately, due to Android background execution limitations, the notification is necessary to ensure that Android doesn't kill the app and thus to ensure message notifications, so I don't think it is a good idea to disable the notification from within the app. In recent Android versions (at least in Android 10, I don't remember when it got introduced), it is possible to disable the listening notification from the system settings, however.

Wandelstock commented 3 years ago

Strange that on the same device where Element is installed it doesn't show.

SpiritCroc commented 3 years ago

That might be because SchidliChat right now does not use the google push notification mechanism, while Element (if installed from the Play Store) does. I'm currently investigating means of enabling push notifications for SchildiChat as well.

SpiritCroc commented 3 years ago

I pushed a new release to the beta channel on google play (version sc.11) with hopefully working push notifications, if you want, you can test it once it's up and reports if it's better

Wandelstock commented 3 years ago

I will let you know

Wandelstock commented 3 years ago

Works great! Not slower or faster than Element. Tomorrow i do a battery test, looking how much it uses.

Wandelstock commented 3 years ago

No extra battery usage

SpiritCroc commented 3 years ago

Since push notifications are now included in google play store releases, and other syncing/listening issues would also apply to upstream, I assume this can be closed now.