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Title: annoying aqua mail sync icon on s4
Post by: chrissiddle on May 08, 2014, 02:19:33 am

Hello,

I've got a S4 and I've got aqua mail installed on it, very good program, but I've got this annoying aqua mail sync icon (its like a A inside a circular sync icon similar to a @ symbol) how do i get rid of this icon its annoying me.

Title: Re: annoying aqua mail sync icon on s4
Post by: Yury on May 08, 2014, 09:52:07 pm

You can disable it in Settings->Look and Feel->Status bar icon.

It says that it is required for proper operation. However everything seems to work fine on my Nexus 5 and old Nexus 4.

Title: Re: annoying aqua mail sync icon on s4
Post by: danny on May 17, 2014, 04:45:11 am

Lol,
I just happened to read this because I noticed that Icon as well, but it does not bother me.  If it is required for proper operation, why does the option to turn it off exist?  Does the Trunk Monkey jump out and knock you on the head if you disable it?  lol  Just something to think to think about..

Danny

Title: Re: annoying aqua mail sync icon on s4
Post by: Kostya Vasilyev on May 19, 2014, 02:09:06 am

Don't know who Trunk Monkey is, but the name sounds scary.

Since you wanted to know the details:

- The "by the book" method to have a long-running background process doing something important for the user involves posting a status bar notification.

This tells the system "please don't kill this process, let it hang in memory and do what it needs to do".

It's been that way since Android 2.0, and you can read about it here:

http://android-developers.blogspot.ru/2010/02/service-api-changes-starting-with.html

- With the setting for the icon "off", Aqua will use its own "tricks" to stay in memory. Those tricks work pretty well, but the warning is still there just in case, since it's not the official documented method.

Title: Re: annoying aqua mail sync icon on s4
Post by: Sumisu on June 13, 2014, 01:43:55 pm

Is it possible, to change the colour of the icon to white? That would be fine, because all of my icons in the bar are white.

Title: Re: annoying aqua mail sync icon on s4
Post by: Kostya Vasilyev on June 13, 2014, 08:37:25 pm

That icon was white before (a long time ago), and many uses were mistaking it for new message notifications.

Title: Re: annoying aqua mail sync icon on s4
Post by: Kostya Vasilyev on June 13, 2014, 08:56:44 pm

Maybe a setting to change the app's launcher title too?

- AquaMail
- AlphaMail
- BetaMail
- GammaMail
...
- ZetaMail
- KatherineZetaJonesMail
- A template with %d replaced by week day, %t by current temperature (+ a setting to choose between C and F... oh, I forgot about K), and %g replaced by a Greek letter of the week, from The Greek Cultural Council's web site?

I'm sorry, but this is getting ridiculous.

A white color icon was confusing to a certain number of users, who took it for the new message notification.

Anyone who finds the icon "annoying" (as it says in this post's title) can switch it off. There is a setting for it. Then it doesn't matter what color it is, because it's just not there.

Title: Re: annoying aqua mail sync icon on s4
Post by: g6agarwal on June 13, 2014, 11:57:16 pm

I like KatherinezetajonesMail lolz

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Title: Re: annoying aqua mail sync icon on s4
Post by: Kostya Vasilyev on June 15, 2014, 11:21:37 pm

I had some spare time between 2am and 3am on Saturday night.

Please see the screenshot.

Title: Re: annoying aqua mail sync icon on s4
Post by: g6agarwal on June 16, 2014, 11:06:04 am

Thank you so much!!

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Title: Re: annoying aqua mail sync icon on s4
Post by: Sumisu on June 16, 2014, 07:54:36 pm

Wow, that's really nice, thank you very much  :)

I love your app more and more!!

Title: Re: annoying aqua mail sync icon on s4
Post by: fisherman on July 03, 2014, 01:26:01 pm

Thank you very much for adding this!

Has this change already made it into the release version? I just can't find the setting (on Android 2.3).

Title: Re: annoying aqua mail sync icon on s4
Post by: Kostya Vasilyev on July 03, 2014, 02:26:32 pm

Colored icons are for Android 4.0+

Title: Re: annoying aqua mail sync icon on s4
Post by: fisherman on July 03, 2014, 03:25:58 pm

Okay, no worries!
I'm going to try and disable it completely and see where it goes  :)