Molly (Signal clone) preps UnifiedPush support - eviltoast
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    • Data encryption at rest - Protect the database with passphrase encryption

    I tried Molly once, and doing that meant I wasn’t getting notifications. Is that how it’s supposed to be?

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      It is pretty common when starting to use apps that don’t depend on Google services to not get notifications. Many struggle with inconsistent and sub-optimal notification strategies such as background sync via polling or a custom notifications service and need battery optimizations turned off. UnifiedPush allows for push notifications from a server or your choosing so those other methods don’t need to be used.

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        The app was generally able to send notifications just fine, through whatever way they used back when I tried it. Probably a websocket, since UnifiedPush is only now being introduced.

        Just when I used the database encryption specifically, the app was fully locked down, and wouldn’t send notifications out, then.

        I’m just wondering if that is by design, or if I maybe just missed a crucial setting.

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      Often apps in the background will be killed aggressively, so check this website out to see how to turn off battery optimization on the apps you need always running https://dontkillmyapp.com/

      Soon you’ll be able to turn it on again and use a UnifiedPush app instead