Programmatically disable app power saving mode on Samsung

Question

I am the developer of a messaging application. My application get put on an automatic power save mode which prevents messages from getting through.

When I go to the App Power Saving option on a Samsung phone (Settings->Battery->App Power Saving option), I can see that this option is "Disabled" for certain apps (like WhatsApp and Facebook messenger).

When I do a clean install of the WhatsApp application, the power saving mode gets disabled by default before I even open the app.

This seems to be specific to Samsung devices Android version 6.0.1 and higher.

Is it possible to disable power saving by default for my application?

I think that WhatsApp and Facebook messenger are on the OS white list. — netpork, Jan 09 '17 at 10:28
Use cloud messaging with high priority to reach your application when power saving is enabled. I think @netpork is right that there is a special place in Samsungs hell for WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger. — Jonas Köritz, Jan 11 '17 at 11:38
Possible duplicate of [NetD destroys sockets when device is not connected to charger](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44721418/netd-destroys-sockets-when-device-is-not-connected-to-charger) — Dayan, Jun 30 '17 at 20:40
Hi I was solving the same issue, this may help https://stackoverflow.com/a/48763927/4606542 — Elkes, Feb 15 '18 at 12:11

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 30 '17 at 20:36

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You can ask user to ignore battery optimizations: https://developer.android.com/training/monitoring-device-state/doze-standby.html#support_for_other_use_cases

But your use case needs to be acceptable for Google Play validation: https://developer.android.com/training/monitoring-device-state/doze-standby.html#whitelisting-cases

answered Jun 30 '17 at 20:36

Guillaume Perrot

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this isn't the same thing – Saik Caskey Sep 28 '17 at 08:48

Programmatically disable app power saving mode on Samsung

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