topic Re: "Messenger is displaying over other apps" issue in Samsung Apps and Services

"Messenger is displaying over other apps" issue

Struglen — Fri, 15 Apr 2022 16:12:18 GMT

since the March 18th update; it's has been impossible to remove the "Messenger is displaying over other apps" notification from the notification bar.

(insight into why this happens is; when a user long presses the notification > opens the 'notification' settings menu > attempts to remove the notification > the chat head disappears; therefore the instance in which the chat head is causing the notification is now gone and you are removing the notification for an instance that is no longer taking place or in other words a "positive feedback loop" {I.e. removing a notification that doesn't exist; once leaving the notification settings screen; and pulling down the notification panel the message "Messenger is displaying over other apps" persists})

Re: "Messenger is displaying over other apps" issue

Struglen — Fri, 15 Apr 2022 16:16:13 GMT

screenshots; off the issue

Re: "Messenger is displaying over other apps" issue

Tom6068 — Fri, 15 Apr 2022 20:24:06 GMT

Is that a 3rd party app?

Re: "Messenger is displaying over other apps" issue

DannyBoy91 — Sat, 16 Apr 2022 05:32:30 GMT

You want to turn off the Bubble notification feature to get it to stop saying that.

Re: "Messenger is displaying over other apps" issue

Vysionous — Sat, 16 Apr 2022 18:22:50 GMT

Go to developer options and turn on allow screen overlay on settings. Then disable system notification for messenger bubbles. Turn off the overlay in developer options after.

Took me a good minute to figure that one out, it was never a problem turning that off in the past but thankfully that method works. FYI if you leave chat head on screen for a long time you'll notice messenger background usage skyrockets. Prior to Android 12 this didn't occur but now it seems to be a noticeable battery drain.

Re: Re: "Messenger is displaying over other apps" issue

Struglen — Sat, 16 Apr 2022 18:27:09 GMT

thanks for the advice; and I did not know that! thanks for the information.

(hopefully they get it addressed)

Re: Re: Re: "Messenger is displaying over other apps" issue

Vysionous — Sat, 16 Apr 2022 21:13:55 GMT

It's something to do with native bubbles in Android 12. You can disable chat head and use that instead but it feels more cumbersome IMO, unless you are using your phone with your left hand. Native bubbles also don't retain the position last used on-screen once cleared. There's also an adb method to get rid of overlay message if my prior instructions didn't work for you.

O and I had to turn on the messenger notification that chat heads were active otherwise after a while I would not receive messages until I unlocked my phone. Saw that was off in your screenshot so I figured I'd mention that.

Re: Re: "Messenger is displaying over other apps" issue

user9GlnSkWkJQ — Mon, 25 Apr 2022 00:05:14 GMT

Sorry, but I'm not understanding, from the above screenshots, why toggling on or off the auto-rotate works to affect the bubble notifications.

Re: "Messenger is displaying over other apps" issue

userlyjyV7Cnyd — Wed, 18 May 2022 14:18:42 GMT

Man, you are the super star! I lost hope I could find a solution for this, but decided to give it another try and found your answer. Thanks!

Re: "Messenger is displaying over other apps" issue

user04CQq1UWPD — Sun, 31 Jul 2022 05:06:07 GMT

Thank you!! This has been annoying me for the longest time and now I've finally fixed it!

Re: "Messenger is displaying over other apps" issue

Dioshy — Sun, 25 Sep 2022 03:44:54 GMT

Anyone has been able to disable those notifications?

Re: "Messenger is displaying over other apps" issue

Dioshy — Sun, 25 Sep 2022 03:49:15 GMT

I should have stated on my previous entry that I am not looking for a fix for the Messenger app only, but for all apps. Right now I have three notifications that tell me that XYZ app is displaying over other apps. One notification per app. I cannot get rid of those notifications. Help!

Re: "Messenger is displaying over other apps" issue

Members_LHfzQtd — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 08:58:40 GMT

Help!

I can't find where to do this "Then disable system notification for messenger bubbles"

Please help!

Re: Re: "Messenger is displaying over other apps" issue

xZILx — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 13:43:17 GMT

I can't find where to do this part either. 🤦‍♂️

Re: Re: "Messenger is displaying over other apps" issue

xZILx — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 13:46:23 GMT

Out of your first 3 sentences, the second and third have me stumped. I can do the first thing in developer options but after that I am lost.
Can you help? TIA!

Re: Re: "Messenger is displaying over other apps" issue

WatSynn — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 17:26:03 GMT

Genius! Thank you!