3 ms·
I like Syncthing, but it is significantly held back by Google's restrictions on running background apps on Android. Every working app has to display a persisten
by Andrew_nenakhov 5y ago
I like Syncthing, but it is significantly held back by Google's restrictions on running background apps on Android. Every working app has to display a persistent notification, and if you run xmpp client, vpn and Syncthing, on a phone with a notch, you are effectively down to ONE notification icon - it could be two but if you have more than that, they all collapse into an ininformative dot.
Working without a vpn and xmpp is a no-go for me, so I have to sacrifice Syncthing, running it only from time to time.
- rustyminnow 5y agoidk if this works for all phones (I hope so!) but on my Pixel, you can long-press on a notification to open settings for that notification type. Changing it to "silent" will move it to the bottom of the list and no longer shows an icon in the status bar. You could also "hide" that notification channel entirely. I'm fairly sure this doesn't affect the ability to run background processes, but I could be mistaken EDIT: This is a more recent feature so you might need the last one or two versions of Android, but if you have a phone with a notch I bet you're good :)
- Andrew_nenakhov 5y agonotifications silenced this way are not guaranteed to be kept in memory, so this roughly equals just stopping the app - especially on crapphones by Samsung and Xiaomi, which are the worst offenders of Android's background functionality.
- deleted 5y ago[deleted]