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The Noa app for iOS and Android
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[feature request] hide the notification #101

Closed josuah closed 3 months ago

josuah commented 3 months ago

Is it possible to disable the arrow appearing in the dynamic island? (iOS 17.5.1 see screenshot) I could not disable Live Activities in the Noa app’s preferences (in the Settings app)

https://discord.com/channels/963222352534048818/1245346269501587496

siliconwitch commented 3 months ago

Don't think it's possible since the app is always keeping the latest location so that Frame can pass it along with the question when making requests. Additionally, the location can't be stopped or started from background mode. i.e. we can't get location only on bluetooth events. It has to always be on. Otherwise, this would allow apps to sneakily track your location using any background event, and you'd never know because the icon comes and goes too quickly. Here the phone is telling the user that the location is active. Eventually though, if the user isn't moving, it will go away.

Apple allow this to be hidden by the user if they like. Go into the system app settings and selects "Always" for location. Then the icon will go away

josuah commented 3 months ago

One workaround seems to be:

changing permission to “Ask next time …” and the arrow is no longer there.

Thank you for the swift reply!