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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

Bug:30133512
Change-Id: I4494f85090b384831bc2534cbc813f28a62a29cf
parent 78747a11
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</p>

<p>
  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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