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navjot94 t1_j1ep7mp wrote

Reply to comment by WIMOS in It feels like a wasted opportunity to not be able to access app settings from the home screen by long pressing an app by SantiFRV_

To change notification settings or permissions for those apps. You have to go to settings and scroll/search to get to the app’s system settings. If they had an App Settings option in the long press menu, it could take you directly to that screen.

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WIMOS t1_j1eq4cc wrote

Deciding what elements show in that long press menu is up to the app’s developers themselves

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navjot94 t1_j1evlcr wrote

Most are not gonna do that and i don’t think devs can invoke the system settings from those shortcuts. They likely only allow you to trigger intents for your own app- but I could be wrong.

This would be useful for example, bc you could quickly toggle permissions for apps or turn notifications on/off for those apps. This is also in line with iOS behavior in other situations. For example if you swipe to “options” from a notification, all the menus that pop up there include a “view settings” option. Should work the same way on the Home Screen, that just takes you to that app’s system settings page.

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