Why do I see a running notification when AutoMate is closed?

If you see a running notification stating that "AutoMate is active", this is because you may have enabled a feature that requires AutoMate to listen in the background for certain events. This may include features such as:

Start/Exit on Bluetooth connection
Start/Exit on WiFi connection
Start/Exit on charger connection
Start/Exit on headphone connection
Gestures

Starting from Android 8.0 Oreo, any long running background services must show a running notification to let the user know that app is active.

Figure 1: AutoMate's running notification

Updated: 21 Oct 2018 10:39 AM

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