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So I am using android and have joined groups but as soon as I open the app it starts to retrieve msg. which takes time and a lot of battery. There is no inbuilt setting for this so those who use it . How do you deal with this issue

Thank you

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[-] artyom@piefed.social 6 points 3 days ago

SimpleX uses its own notification service, which is why it consumes excessive battery. Which notification setting are you using?

[-] omniman@piefed.zip 0 points 3 days ago

I installed it from Google play so I think it would be using play service like element does but in settings I can see 3 options run at startup run all the time and 3rd one

[-] limerod@reddthat.com 1 points 2 days ago

Use the run all the time setting. There is no getting around that. Unless, you have a unified push server which can notify for replies.

[-] artyom@piefed.social 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

It does not use FCM. Like I said, they have their own service.

You just need to adjust that setting to your preference.

[-] omniman@piefed.zip 0 points 3 days ago

There is no settings to fetch stuff when I click on a group instead of fetching for every group 😕

[-] limerod@reddthat.com 1 points 2 days ago

You can make this suggestion to the developer. Maybe, he can suggest something to reduce the battery impact of server polling.

[-] Moonrise2473@feddit.it 3 points 3 days ago
[-] omniman@piefed.zip 1 points 3 days ago

Groups in simple x Linux group, tech group etc .. search with the simple x bot chat

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