ISSUE 45 • ANDROID ADVISOR 59FEATUREit may be), and a panel appears at the bottom of
the screen with just the widget or widgets for that
app. You can long-press and drag any of them onto
your home screen.
- Enforce background limits on apps
Android 8.0 comes with a new raft of tweaks to
background processes that prevents apps from
bleeding your battery dry. There’s a big catch,
though: These background limits are enforced
only on apps that target the new API level in Oreo.
You can force an older app to abide by the new
background limits, however.
To make this change, open your system settings
and go to Apps & notifications > App info. Find the
app you want to modify. On the info screen is a link
to battery usage. Tap that, and you can turn off the
toggle for Background activity. Keep in mind, apps that
aren’t set up to use the job scheduler correctly will