Auto-toggle for Mic, Camera and location like the Wi-Fi toggle

oci3o

Hi All,

Just wondering, would it be an idea to have the mic, camera and location toggles automatically turn off again after X amount of time like the Wi-Fi toggle does?
I know its quite the edge case, but I think it would be a cool addition to the OS.

GrapheneOS

oci3o You can use the standard option to grant access only for the current usage session of app. Apps would keep these active by continuing to use them so a global timer wouldn't work well.

user539

It's all ready there in quick settings

oci3o

user539
You mean by the permissions tab?

GrapheneOS
Makes sense but wouldn't you need to force close the app to kill the session of the app?

other8026

oci3o I believe they're suggesting you change the permission to "ask every time" and when prompted allow an app access for one time only.

GrapheneOS

oci3o

Makes sense but wouldn't you need to force close the app to kill the session of the app?

It ends shortly after it's no longer in the foreground. Unless it runs a foreground service, which is very visible unless you hide the mandatory notification, there would be no reason to force stop it. The app remaining cached and frozen in the background doesn't mean it's running. Their execution is frozen when not active, and the limited periods of time where they're allowed to run in the background don't count as the app usage session continuing.