Persistent Notification #

Starting from version 3.37 Kustom might show a persistent notification on top like this:

TL;DR I dont care, how to disable it? #

To have the notification go away you have two options, just do ONE of the following:

Remove Kustom from Android Battery optimization (instructions HERE), this is the preferred approach
Long press on the notification and press the “info” icon (or go to Android settings -> Applications -> Kustom app), then select “Notifications” and turn them off.

Why is that needed? #

Apps build for Android Oreo (API 26) or later are automatically battery optimized, it means that they cannot run background services for a long time, starting from November 2018 Google doesnt allow new apps and apps updates to be built for versions older than Oreo and for this reason Kustom had to comply to this rule. Kustom needs to display a clock, needs to know when battery status changes to track its usage, needs to follow location updates for weather data and listen from other events coming from Tasker and other places. For this reason it has to be always on.

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