Notification issues on Chinese-vendor phones #89
Description
What's going on?
This issue similar to #77. Where I found that Chinese vendor phones (like Xiaomi, Realme etc.) has a restriction where apps can't autostart which prevented apps to fire a scheduled notification.
Some of the user report (From Google Play Store)
User 1
At first using the app I was pleased . After sometime I don't get azan notification anymore. Uninstall and installing a few times still no azan on each prayer time. Keep the apps because it shows dhuha time which is absent in most prayer app.
User 2
assalamualaikum. pada awalnya, aplikasi ini ada beri notifikasi(azan) bila masuk waktu solat. tapi beberapa hari selepas tu, sudah tidak ada lagi notifikasi daripada aplikasi ini sehingga sekarang. saya menggunakan oppo. adakah aplikasi ini tidak berfungsi untuk oppo?
Yup there are many more.
Proposal
- Add more in app message to guide the user around the issue. Probably make the message permanent, or mention about the issue in the onboarding screen etc.
- Use AlarmManager API in additions to the current NotificationCompat API. #137
Challenges
- Code complexity.
I don't have any Chinese-vendor phone 😓. Yeah, it causes inconvenience for me since I can't test the app on those devices. So, I may do something that is predictable, ie, if it doesn't break on my devices, it also not going to break on other devices (but that's not always the case 🤣)I just got a Redmi Note 11 hehe, here is mpt running on that phone.