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pelya / screen-dimmer-pixel-filter

Android screen dimmer, which disables individual pixels, for AMOLED screens
BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License
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Should disable itself for certain apps. #9

Open asciipip opened 7 years ago

asciipip commented 7 years ago

Some apps (most notably the system UI) will refuse to take certain actions if a screen overlay is active. Pixel Filter should be able to disable itself for such apps (preferably with a built in list of standard ones like System UI plus a user-configurable additional list).

pelya commented 7 years ago

Might not be possible, as Android Lollipop and newer disallows to retrieve a name of a foreground app, without some dirty tricks: http://stackoverflow.com/a/30778294/624766 Changing tap action from 'exit the filter' to 'pause the filter' will do this at least less painful.

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Some apps (most notably the system UI) will refuse to take certain actions if a screen overlay is active. Pixel Filter should be able to disable itself for such apps (preferably with a built in list of standard ones like System UI plus a user-configurable additional list).

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asciipip commented 7 years ago

I'd be happy with that UI change as a workaround.