Programmatically disable app power saving mode on Samsung

Question

I am the developer of a messaging application. My application get put on an automatic power save mode which prevents messages from getting through.

When I go to the App Power Saving option on a Samsung phone (Settings->Battery->App Power Saving option), I can see that this option is "Disabled" for certain apps (like WhatsApp and Facebook messenger).

When I do a clean install of the WhatsApp application, the power saving mode gets disabled by default before I even open the app.

This seems to be specific to Samsung devices Android version 6.0.1 and higher.

Is it possible to disable power saving by default for my application?

Answer 1

You can ask user to ignore battery optimizations: https://developer.android.com/training/monitoring-device-state/doze-standby.html#support_for_other_use_cases

But your use case needs to be acceptable for Google Play validation: https://developer.android.com/training/monitoring-device-state/doze-standby.html#whitelisting-cases