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permissions: make calendar notifications user-mutable

tcecykrequested to merge
tcecyk/android_vendor_eos:905-calendar_notification_user_mutable into a15

Description

users that install a secondary Calendar app checking the same caldav source as the builtin Calendar app will see duplicate notifications.

They cannot silence the default Calendar app.

Screenshots

fixes being unable to disable:

Screenshot_20251102-200601_System_UI_400x800-q85 Screenshot_20251102-200544_Settings_400x800-q85 Screenshot_20251102-200928_Settings_400x800-q85

Technical details

the notification permission for calendar is SYSTEM_FIXED:

android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS: granted=true, flags=[ SYSTEM_FIXED|GRANTED_BY_DEFAULT|USER_SENSITIVE_WHEN_GRANTED|USER_SENSITIVE_WHEN_DENIED]

this MR removes that flag

Tests

  • install Etar upstream
  • set event in 6 minute with 5min alert
  • get 2 notifications

after fix and disabling default Calendar notifications

  • get 1 notification

Issues

closes e/backlog#905

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