Phone call floating icon appears during a call. How to get rid of it?

[Andrew Brehm]

Since I use my new phone a blue floating icon appears whenever I am on a call. It is always in the way and no matter how much I move it around it will sooner or later be in a place where I want something below it or accidentally touch it. How do I disable the floating blue call icon?

 

[B. Diddy]

Which phone? This is when you minimize the Phone app so you can do other things? On my Pixel 3 XL, I don't think there's a way to get rid of that.

 

[mustang7757]

Which phone? This is when you minimize the Phone app so you can do other things? On my Pixel 3 XL, I don't think there's a way to get rid of that.

If it's a pixel there is a work around, long press the phone dialer icon> tap info>tap permission appear over other apps toggle off .

 

[B. Diddy]

Ooh, good idea! But I assume the ongoing call won't be a notification, so presumably you'd have to tap the Phone app icon to get back to your call.

 

[mustang7757]

Ooh, good idea! But I assume the ongoing call won't be a notification, so presumably you'd have to tap the Phone app icon to get back to your call.

I haven't tested it out but I helped another member and they said all was good except 1 call came up floating and haven't heard again.

 

[Andrew Brehm]

It's a BlackBerry Key 2 LE. I seem to remember that the first time I long-pressed on the blue icon there was an option to dismiss it. But the blue icon has since re-appeared and the option to dismiss is no longer there.

 

[B. Diddy]

Does it happen in Safe Mode? If it goes away, that would indicate that some 3rd party app is responsible.

https://www.hardreset.info/devices/blackberry/blackberry-key2/safe-mode/

 

[Andrew Brehm]

Does it happen in Safe Mode? If it goes away, that would indicate that some 3rd party app is responsible.

https://www.hardreset.info/devices/blackberry/blackberry-key2/safe-mode/

No, it's not a third party app. It's Google Phone:

https://www.androidpolice.com/2017/08/15/google-phone-app-getting-call-floating-action-bar/

 

[B. Diddy]

Then that goes back to what we were initially talking about -- the floating icon is for an active call when you exit from the main Phone interface and go to the homescreen or open another app. It's a way for you to easily control a call while you're doing other things on the phone. I don't think there's a way to get rid of that with Google's Phone app.

 

[Andrew Brehm]

Turns out I can disable the Phone app's permission to draw over other apps.

Go to "Setting" then "Apps and Notification". Then "See All Apps" at bottom. Select "Phone" app, then disable "draw over other apps".

I can easily control a call using the Phone app icon on my launcher which is not floating over other things I need to use.

 

[B. Diddy]

Good idea, I didn't even think about that!