[Android] Reception when minimised.

[sierragls]

When i minimise the app to do something else and carry on listening to DAB the signal goes or is really weak so the app has to be constantly on screen for it to work, are there any settings to change this?

[andimik]

No, here it works under Android. I don't need Welle.io in the foreground.

[orryverducci]

New versions of Android are very aggressive when it comes to power saving and suspending/limiting background applications, so it wouldn't surprise me if welle.io is being suspended when put to the background.

To avoid being killed applications need to implement a foreground service, which I don't believe welle.io does currently (but I've not looked deeply in to the code so correct me if I'm wrong).

Obviously I'm assuming here that the original query refers to Android and not desktop platforms. On desktops, no it does not have to be on screen, it works when minimized.

[andimik]

FYI

I have Android 9

[AlbrechtL]

The Android version of welle.io is really more a technical demo with a lot of restrictions and bugs. To make it running smoothly tons of coding hours needs to be invested. At the moment nobody is spending that. But we are always open for pull request!