[APP][Root][7.0+]RunInBackgroundSetter v1.4 :: [25.07.2017]

MrBIMC · Jul 16, 2017

Few hours ago @explainAndroid posted article on xda main page onto how to use android's hidden RUN_IN_BACKGROUND permission to restrict app's background behavior. I made an app for that.

Here's link to original article: https://www.xda-developers.com/freeze-app-background-processes-without-root-android-nougat/
Here's link to app's github: https://github.com/MrBIMC/RunInBackgroundPermissionSetter
Here's link to reddit thread about app: https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/co...en_run_in_background/?st=j570s1rf&sh=675cc4d6
Here's link to xda labs: https://labs.xda-developers.com/store/app/com.pavelsikun.runinbackgroundpermissionsetter

MrBIMC · Jul 16, 2017

Omg it created multiple threads. Sorry. Trying to remove duplicates now.

MishaalRahman · Jul 16, 2017

Submit this to XDA Labs as well! Don't worry about a crappy icon or whatever. I've made apps in Tasker and have posted them to Labs hehe. As long as people find it useful feel free to submit!

jordirpz · Jul 17, 2017

@MrBIMC
Thanks for the app!!
Is possible add hours of the days of week when selected apps run or doent run in background?

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Nintenbas · Jul 17, 2017

Nice app!
Will charging disable this?

thisisarjun · Jul 17, 2017

Can u make the app work without rooting, just using adb, where the permission through adb for this app is granted once and then it can be used to limit background permission of other apps

kpirnie · Jul 17, 2017

excellent mate.
we should post a tutorial... not everyone will understand the potential ramifications of disabling everything

dnle71 · Jul 17, 2017

I will try to test this out! Though, I kinda like the old icon compared to the new one, it seems like it's not properly cropped. Additionally, could you add an option to show system and user apps only? Maybe a toggle to ignore apps all at once or vice versa too?

Al Gore · Jul 17, 2017

No chance for Marshmallow?

hassan_1000 · Jul 18, 2017

Does this have the same functionality as in lineage os ROMs app ops where you can disable background processes?

DEVILOPS 007 · Jul 18, 2017

As someone is undoubtedly going to ask it, I'll ask it for them. How does this differentiate to apps like greenify @MrBIMC? Do they both limit background processes? Anyways, the all looks very interesting, thanks!

nfsmw_gr · Jul 18, 2017

This looks great!
Do the settings stick after reboot?

Mattwmaster58 · Jul 18, 2017

arjuntsgowda said:
Can u make the app work without rooting, just using adb, where the permission through adb for this app is granted once and then it can be used to limit background permission of other apps

No.

From the Github page:

Anyway, this app is for those who don't want to mess with adb shell and input commands manually and prefer to just click on app name to enable/disable it from running in the background. Sadly, android apps are not allowed to implicitly edit permissions of other apps, so this application requires root to overcome it.

Al Gore said:
No chance for Marshmallow?

No.

From the Github page:

Anyway, this app is for those, who don't want to mess with adb shell and input commands manually and prefer to just click on app name to enable/disable it from running in the background. Sadly, android apps are not allowed to implicitely edit permissions of other apps, so this application requires root to overcome it.

neonixxx · Jul 18, 2017

jordirpz said:
@MrBIMC
Thanks for the app!!
Is possible add hours of the days of week when selected apps run or doent run in background?

This would be really cool. Best way to implement that I think would be to add Tasker plugin functionality to the app to allow Tasker flows to toggle the permission, which would have the benefit of being able to change it for any reason (such as low battery).

DEVILOPS 007 said:
As someone is undoubtedly going to ask it, I'll ask it for them. How does this differentiate to apps like greenify @MrBIMC? Do they both limit background processes? Anyways, the all looks very interesting, thanks!

If I understand both correctly... Greenify forces apps to hibernate when you turn your screen off (or manually tell it to), but the app can still wake itself back up for a variety of reasons, such as receiving push notifications, location updates, or any other unnecessary reason like Facebook, lol. This app overrides a hidden permission in Android 7+ that tells the system to not allow the app to run in the background, which means it will not be able to wake itself up.

sergej_7 · Jul 18, 2017

hassan_1000 said:
Does this have the same functionality as in lineage os ROMs app ops where you can disable background processes?

according to the reddit comments its the same. but maybe the Developer can confirm this

MrBIMC · Jul 18, 2017

xdauser7 said:
according to the reddit comments its the same. but maybe the Developer can confirm this

Am Developer. Can confirm, toggle "limit background activity" in LOS14 is the same as this app. At least that's what reddit tells me as I haven't checked myself.

Jakub_Z. · Jul 18, 2017

Wow. Looks promising. I was too lazy to run ADB manually xD
So lets see if I can screw something up with disabling almost everything

Redhawk2000 · Jul 18, 2017

MishaalRahman said:
Submit this to XDA Labs as well! Don't worry about a crappy icon or whatever. I've made apps in Tasker and have posted them to Labs hehe. As long as people find it useful feel free to submit!

Ditto

dimm0k · Jul 19, 2017

neonixxx said:
This would be really cool. Best way to implement that I think would be to add Tasker plugin functionality to the app to allow Tasker flows to toggle the permission, which would have the benefit of being able to change it for any reason (such as low battery).

If I understand both correctly... Greenify forces apps to hibernate when you turn your screen off (or manually tell it to), but the app can still wake itself back up for a variety of reasons, such as receiving push notifications, location updates, or any other unnecessary reason like Facebook, lol. This app overrides a hidden permission in Android 7+ that tells the system to not allow the app to run in the background, which means it will not be able to wake itself up.

thanks, makes sense about Greenify... do you or anyone know the difference between this and Brevent?

neonixxx · Jul 19, 2017

dimm0k said:
thanks, makes sense about Greenify... do you or anyone know the difference between this and Brevent?

I actually tried Brevent for the first time a few weeks ago. According to the app itself, aside from not requiring root, it's supposed to monitor when you hit the back button or remove an app from recents, and then actually kill the app process when you do, despite if the app has some background process that it intended to keep running. Basically lets you manually control when an app is killed in a quick and intuitive way, but for me personally, it didn't seem to work as expected for some reason; background processes seemed to keep running after.

Also Brevent, being a non-root solution requires you to connect the device to a PC and run some ADB commands to give it permission every time you reboot. It has an experimental root mode that doesn't require this.

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