FR: auto restart service

[Frenzie]

c4b42d0 disables the service completely if the app is temporarily locked out of drawing overlays due to installing or updating an app, or granting permissions.

Also see #39 (comment)

[gabm]

I re-checked .. i don't think that this is the case for installing/uninstalling or updating apps?! that should work in any case without taking away the permissions?!

[gabm]

Currently I have the feeling that its quite sensible to auto-deactivate TnT and force the user through the re-activation process. The problem is the missing user-interface, actually just disabling TnT as long as the permission is not granted would work technically, but there is no real way of comunicating to the user: "Hey, please give the permission back"..

Options that come to my mind are:

1. displaying a toast on every rotation attempt saying: "I'm not showing u the TnT button, because I can't, please give me the permission back!"
2. silently do nothing and query for permission on every rotation attempt and when we have the permission back, return to normal operation
3. When permission-loss is detected, switch off TnT completly and force the user through the main menu

Do you have other options? what do you suggest?

[Frenzie]

I made a quick video on my Zenfone 2 with Android 6 to demonstrate (remove the .zip extension; it's just a video).

VID_20170829_124434.mp4.zip

[gabm]

ok, thats indeed different on Android 6.. I see...though I'm worried about user interaction.. what would you suggest? @Frenzie

@licaon-kter what is your opinion?

[licaon-kter]

Toast is fine.

[Frenzie]

I think a combination of options would be the most user-friendly if it's not too much trouble to implement.

Silently query for permission until you hit some arbitrary limit (e.g., 20 total tries, or exceeded 30s since first failed attempt), then display a toast.

[gabm]

ok.. I'll have a look into the code and let you know...

[Frenzie]

Awesome, thanks! Btw, which version of Android did you test with?

[gabm]

I'm always on the latest.. 7.1.2 i think - It seems this permission/overlay thing changed a lot between 6 and 7 ..

[gabm]

Ok, I checked and it looks good to me, I'll release it soon, but it will be a bit delayed due to another feature...

[Frenzie]

No problem. Thanks for the quick response!

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[gabm]

that should be released with 2.8.0 .. may take a while till it lands in fdroid..