Screen Overlay Detected

[Stuart Blyth]

Good afternoon all,
Is there a definitive fix/solution to this godforsaken problem?

It seems to be affecting the draw over other apps and storage permissions on my phone.

All my apps are defaulted as "draw over - yes". I've tried changing all of the apps to no, but this makes no apparent difference. I don't have the patience to try combinations - there are too many apps - unless there is a proven fix lol.

All help and advice gratefully received.

 

[garrisonclark01]

Every time I have this pop up for a new app, I just have to say no to Facebook messenger, additive the new app, then turn messenger on again... Worked about ten times now.. It's a pain, but it has been doing the trick...

 

[tcanedy1944@gmail.com]

Same here. Mine is an app called Screen Dim.

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! The problem is that there is no single universal answer, as you can tell by looking at the many threads that currently exist, like this one: http://forums.androidcentral.com/sa...often-some-apps-what-how-properly-select.html

 

[Rich215]

Yes it is very annoying for sure. My Lux Dash app is always the only one I have to turn off to accept new apps or run new apps for the first time when this happens.

 

[lostchild]

Yes it is very annoying for sure. My Lux Dash app is always the only one I have to turn off to accept new apps or run new apps for the first time when this happens.

Same for me. I used to be able to use "Alternate Screen Overlay" option in Lux to not turn on Screen Overlay. But it seems to work for certain OS version and not others. I really hate all those permission and settings required to run an app. It used to be that you installed an app it will run. Now you have to go thru a bunch of "Do you want to let it do.. " questions to run it the first time.

 

[deviddevid]

Screen Overlay detected problem solved:
Follow this simple guide:
>Settings
>Apps
>Option(Three Dots)
>Click on “Draw Over Other Apps” OR “App Can Appear on Top” whichever option available in your device…
>Now list of apps whose screen overlay is enabled will appear…
>Disable /Turn Off For All App…
Then Your Problem Must Be Solved…


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