Question: Android 4.3. "Doing heavy tasks" text in tray.

[AleksMeshkov]

Hi! Can I somehow change this frightening message to more user friendly one? If I can't is there any way to hide this from the tray?

Thanks!

[boltex]

I did it last week :

Easy: find those strings in the code (see your plugins folder in your project.)

then delete the build files (in platform -> build -> ... ) and recompile , then reinstall on your mobile and voila!

[katzer]

@AleksMeshkov, the messages are configurable. The notification itself is required.

cordova.plugins.backgroundMode.configure({
    title: '...',
    text: '...',
    ticker: '...'
});

The REAME will be updated soon.

[AleksMeshkov]

@boltex, @katzer, thank you guys!

One more question to ask: is there any way not to show notification on Android? I found private Notification makeNotification() method in ForegroundService.java. Will It work If I comment out code of this method?

[katzer]

@AleksMeshkov,

Yes its needed, see startForeground.
Without the visible part, the OS will kill the service sooner or later because or lower priority.

[AleksMeshkov]

@katzer thank you very much.

[AleksMeshkov]

@katzer

Without the visible part, the OS will kill the service sooner or later because or lower priority.

Thank you! Does this OS behaviour applies only to Cordova based apps? As far as I know there are some apps that successfully live in background without any visible parts. Viber app, for instance.

Honestly speaking I don't think the idea of showing any additional and, in case of my app, useless notifications is good for user experience.

So, if there is any possibility not to show visual part I think it wold be cool to implement this like a feature.

But I there is no way to achieve this seems I have to get over with this...

[katzer]

@AleksMeshkov, that flag can be added with the risk that Android will stop the service & app sooner or later.

[AleksMeshkov]

@katzer that would be a very cool feature!