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julian-klode
Android 8.1 stops respecting notification priority, should warn user about it somehow
I just updated my Pixel 2 to the final release version of Android 8.1 and now there's an ever present (shield) icon in my icon tray. Also, what used to be a non-intrusive, gray background notification that hung out with the other low-priority notifications is now a white background notification.
I know I can just hide the notification in the Android App settings but I liked the way it worked in Android 8.0.I could interact with the notification if needed by expanding the notification shade but there wasn't an always-on icon at the top of my screen.
You can freely configure notification channels and pick priorities yourself. That said, the default should be low as it was in Nougat.
If Google broke minimum priority notifications in 8.1, there's not much I can do about that.
Well OK this was an intentional change.
https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/69842394
Nothing can be done here.
Thanks, I was able to remove the icon by manually setting the priority of the "Running service" to Low.
Glad that worked for you. I guess I should add a note somewhere then, so let's reopen for that.
Instead of modifying all the Android system background notifications, I recommend this app. https://imgur.com/E5c4VcW
@anirudh7 that's a different notification. This bug is about DNS66's own notification (where you can also pause it). It's more visible in 8.1 than in 8.0 because some Android madness.