App Pause in Android Q?
I found a nifty little feature in Android Q Beta 4, which allows me to pause any application for a day and automatically recommence it by the end of the day. It is a handy feature, especially when I am taking a day off from work. Once I pause my work app, I am not disturbed by any work-related messages/emails until the end of the day.
What is App Pause?
App pause is a feature in Android Q which allows us as users to pause a specific application for that day. Once an application is in pause state, you will not receive notifications from the app for the rest of the day.
The app will restore to the normal state by the end of the day, i.e., after 11:59:59 p.m. and all the notifications triggered/received by the application during the paused duration will be posted/shown in the notification drawer/tray.
How to pause an app?
- Long press on the app icon till the app short-cut window shows-up.
- Click on the sand clock icon on the left of the short-cut window.
3. On clicking the sand-clock icon, you see a dialog box to confirm the app pause. Click on the pause button to Pause the application.
4. Once you click on the pause button application is paused. Also, the application icon is grayed out, giving a visual clue that the app is in pause state.
How to bring back the app to normal state?
It is straightforward to bring back the application to the normal state, click on the app icon. Confirm that you want to resume the app.
Once the confirmed app opens, and it isn’t in pause state anymore
What happens when the application is pause state?
Once the application is in pause state, it does not post any notification or disturb the user in any way. As a user, I cannot use the app until and unless I bring back the app to the normal state. The good part here is once the application is paused scheduled background jobs keep running as per the schedule and restrictions which helps the app developer to refresh content in the background and display the most updated content once he/she opens the application.
Note: I did not find any mention of this feature in the Android Q release notes, might come as a feature of the Pixel Launcher.
