Just in case anyone else, like me, totally overlooked this area within Settings, there is a somewhat hidden (IMHO) area where you can go and make apps exempt from this phone's battery optimization. And this is NOT the same thing as going in and "protecting" an app from being cleared from the background.
Here's the path to the Settings area I'm referring to:
Settings-Apps-Advanced-Exempt From Battery Optimization-switch to "all apps" view
Once you go here and switch to the "all apps" view, you'll see you can go through your apps and allow/disallow an app to be exempt from battery optimization.
I totally overlooked this feature because I had never switched to the "all apps" view here. It defaults to showing you just the "allowed" apps and so I thought it was just showing me a list of the apps I had protected from being cleared in the background. (Stupid me).
I only just realized this after browsing through the XDA Honor 8 forums and seeing someone complain about certain apps not showing notifications on the Honor 8, even after protecting the apps and making sure their notifications were enabled. This setting was the thing that finally fixed the issue for the user, so it's definitely good to know these settings exist on the phone.
Just wanted to share the info.
Here's the path to the Settings area I'm referring to:
Settings-Apps-Advanced-Exempt From Battery Optimization-switch to "all apps" view
Once you go here and switch to the "all apps" view, you'll see you can go through your apps and allow/disallow an app to be exempt from battery optimization.
I totally overlooked this feature because I had never switched to the "all apps" view here. It defaults to showing you just the "allowed" apps and so I thought it was just showing me a list of the apps I had protected from being cleared in the background. (Stupid me).
I only just realized this after browsing through the XDA Honor 8 forums and seeing someone complain about certain apps not showing notifications on the Honor 8, even after protecting the apps and making sure their notifications were enabled. This setting was the thing that finally fixed the issue for the user, so it's definitely good to know these settings exist on the phone.
Just wanted to share the info.