I have a TECNO Spark 2 running on Android 8.1 Oreo (**Go Edition**). Every time I try to install apps that require notification access, it says that the feature is not available. How to fix it?

I have an Android(7) phone [also fine if you can provide a solution for Android 10] and a Linux pc. By enabling USB debugging and using the terminal of my pc, I am able to read the notifications of my phone using the command:

shell dumpsys notification --noredact

Now, there are some notifications in Android in which we can interact with the app directly from the notification. For example, in a WhatsApp notification, there are usually two buttons: *Reply* & *Mark as read*. On YouTube, there are options like *Play, Turn off, Watch later*. In the output of the above command, these options are visible in the following form:

actions={
         "Reply" -> PendingIntent{6becf48: PendingIntentRecord{87b8050 com.whatsapp startService (whitelist: +30s0ms)}}
         "Mark as read" -> PendingIntent{c1661e1: PendingIntentRecord{b8e3249 com.whatsapp startService (whitelist: +30s0ms)}}
      }

I have two questions: 1. Can we interact with these options from adb shell? For example, is there any command like

shell  'Message to be sent in WhatsApp with reply option'

which will send the text as a reply in WhatsApp without opening the app? 2. Is it possible to swipe the notifications using any ADB command? (Not the

shell input swipe x0 y0 x1 y1

, it requires to unlock the phone each time) Thank you in advance! **Edit:** Here is what I found that may be relevant to this question. I think that I have to somehow launch the specific intent linked to the mentioned PendingIntent id (in this case

or

) Using the command

shell dumpsys activity intents > output.txt

and then searching for

in

.txt

, I found the name of the intent. It was as follows:

* PendingIntentRecord{87b8050 com.whatsapp startService (whitelist: +30s0ms)}
    uid=10104 packageName=com.whatsapp type=startService flags=0x0
    requestIntent=act=com.whatsapp.intent.action.DIRECT_REPLY_FROM_MESSAGE dat=content://com.whatsapp.provider.contact/contacts/2256 cmp=com.whatsapp/.notification.DirectReplyService (has extras)
    whitelistDuration=+30s0ms

Now I think that it may be possible to launch the intent

.whatsapp.intent.action.DIRECT_REPLY_FROM_MESSAGE

using

shell am

command, and passing the intent id and message as some parameters. (Just like we can launch WhatsApp from adb with

command, it should be possible to launch the pendingIntent also.) **Edit 2:** Using this command:

adb shell am startservice -a com.whatsapp.intent.action.DIRECT_REPLY_FROM_MESSAGE -d content://com.whatsapp.provider.contact/contacts/2256 -n com.whatsapp/.notification.DirectReplyService --es 'com.whatsapp.Intent.EXTRA_TEXT' 'Hi. Okay.'

The output was as follows:

Starting service: Intent { act=com.whatsapp.intent.action.DIRECT_REPLY_FROM_MESSAGE dat=content://com.whatsapp.provider.contact/contacts/2256 cmp=com.whatsapp/.notification.DirectReplyService (has extras) }
Error: Requires permission not exported from uid 10104

Hi pls I have tried anytracker(paid for the platinum plan), webalert(paid for the pro version I.e webalertxp which was saying an error with the expansion pack so I couldn't use it) but they didn't work the anytracker works on text and numbers. And the website I want to watch is more of like a bar chat that keeps on changing colours. I initially paid for the pro of the above apps because they do check for updates in the website every 1 minute not like other websites or apps including the pro version that has as low as 5 minutes. Pls I would appreciate if anyone that recommend to me any app or anything that can allow me to check updates on a website as low as 1 minute and send pop up notifications as soon there's a change or update in the website, I even tried using termux app to monitor the website and send pop up with the help of Ai using coding but it didn't work

Just switched from iPhone to my Note10 and I love it. However what drives me crazy is that I get tons of system notifications that all pool in the Notification bar. However, to be honest I only really want to see personal notifications there, like messages and so on, System Notifications better only if I request to see them. How do I separate system notifications and message notifications? Also how do I specify different sounds, so I hear if it's a WhatsApp or Insta or Facebook ... Also, how do I make these notifications appear on the locked screen, like they do on the iPhone?

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I'm constantly harassed by these *" Download unsuccessful."* notifications. After taking the above screenshot, I cleared the entire notifications list. Within the next three minutes (usually even less), the list was already overflowing again. I've learned to manage the symptom by navigating to the ***Download Manager*** application settings; hitting *FORCE STOP*, followed by *CLEAR DATA*, and *CLEAR CACHE*. Although the notifications slowly start showing up again. Just one at first, but gradually increasing in number with each occurance. Within a day or two, the numbers are usually back out of control. I have no idea what it's supposedly attempting to download, or why. But whatever it is, it's not instigated by myself. I could just disable download notifications, but I'd rather identify the underlying problem and kill it directly. Needless to say, I'm not too keen on my devices automatically trying to download random mystery files from the internet. Any ideas? Thanks. FYI: The device in question is a **ZTE Blade L5** smartphone.

Is there a way to get my phone to not vibrate during calls? I want it to vibrate for various notifications when I'm not on a call, but it's a bit startling with my phone up to my ear. I've found a few SMS apps that can do it, but I'm hoping for something general, across all notifications. Upon further testing, it seems that my phone (Moto G, Android version 5.1) doesn't vibrate during a call by default. But sometimes, it messes up and allows the notification vibration to go through.

My phone is a Samsung S23 Ultra running Android 14. Whenever I check my notifications history for WhatsApp on my Android phone’s Notification history, a few of my notification’s history states “Custom app notification”. The messages are not there. Also, when I open the custom app notification and filter it for "Whatsapp", in my notification history it says “Media playback”. What does this mean?

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