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Commit 33aae316 authored by Adarsh Fernando's avatar Adarsh Fernando
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Docs: Clarified certain restrictions to whitelisted apps

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Change-Id: I4494f85090b384831bc2534cbc813f28a62a29cf
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An app that is whitelisted can use the network and hold
<a href="{@docRoot}reference/android/os/PowerManager.html#PARTIAL_WAKE_LOCK">
partial wake locks</a> during Doze and
App Standby. However, <strong>other restrictions still apply</strong> to the
whitelisted app, just as they do to other apps. For example, the whitelisted
app’s jobs and syncs are deferred, and its regular {@link android.app.AlarmManager} alarms do not
fire. An app can check whether it is currently on the exemption whitelist by
calling {@link
An app that is whitelisted can use the network and hold <a href=
"{@docRoot}reference/android/os/PowerManager.html#PARTIAL_WAKE_LOCK">partial
wake locks</a> during Doze and App Standby. However, <strong>other
restrictions still apply</strong> to the whitelisted app, just as they do to
other apps. For example, the whitelisted app’s jobs and syncs are deferred
(on API level 23 and below), and its regular {@link android.app.AlarmManager}
alarms do not fire. An app can check whether it is currently on the exemption
whitelist by calling {@link
android.os.PowerManager#isIgnoringBatteryOptimizations(java.lang.String)
isIgnoringBatteryOptimizations()}.
</li>
</p>
<p>
Users can manually configure the whitelist in <strong>Settings &gt; Battery
&gt; Battery Optimization.</strong> Alternatively, the system provides
ways for apps to ask users to whitelist them.
</p>
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