{"id":19735,"date":"2017-05-22T12:03:23","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T06:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/?p=19735"},"modified":"2017-05-22T12:03:23","modified_gmt":"2017-05-22T06:33:23","slug":"how-to-fix-screen-overlay-detected-error-in-apps-on-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/how-to-fix-screen-overlay-detected-error-in-apps-on-android\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Fix \u201cScreen Overlay Detected\u201d Error in Apps on Android"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you are using an Android smartphone running Android 6.0 Marshmallow or above, you must have encountered a \u201cscreen overlay detected\u201d error. The error\u00a0generally occurs with apps that bring a floating interface that keep running on\u00a0top of the usual Android interface.<\/p>\n

\"How<\/strong><\/p>\n

For example, apps like Facebook Messenger, Drupe, CleanMaster, Button Savior, Lux, Twilight etc. take over the\u00a0screen to bring you their features.<\/p>\n[ad type=”banner”]\n

\"How<\/strong><\/p>\n

So, if you\u2019ve facing the screen overlay detected error,\u00a0here\u2019s how to fix it:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Step 1:<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n

If you are sure\u00a0of the app that is resulting in the error, you can just go to\u00a0Settings->Apps<\/strong>\u00a0and hit the\u00a0<\/strong>settings cog icon<\/strong>\u00a0on the top right.<\/p>\n

\"How<\/strong><\/p>\n

Step 2:<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

Here, you can just go to \u201cSpecial Access<\/strong>\u201d and tap on \u201cDraw over other apps<\/strong>\u201c.<\/p>\n

\"How<\/strong><\/p>\n[ad type=”banner”]\n

Step 3:<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

In this page, you will find all the apps that require the screen overlay permission. Just look for your app and enable the \u201cPermit drawing over other apps<\/strong>\u201c.<\/p>\n

\"How<\/strong><\/p>\n

Note<\/u><\/strong>:<\/p>\n

The \u201cDraw over other apps\u201d option\u00a0may be available differently on non-stock Android devices from the likes of Samsung, LG, HTC etc. For example, the option\u00a0is called \u201cApps that can appear on top\u201d in Samsung smartphones.<\/p>\n

Step 4:<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

If you\u00a0find the permission already enabled for an app<\/strong>\u00a0that brings you the error, you should just\u00a0disable and enable it back again<\/strong>\u00a0to fix it. You might have to restart your phone though.<\/p>\n[ad type=”banner”]\n

Step 5:<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

Once done, the app should work fine\u00a0and you should not get any screen overlay detected errors. However,\u00a0if you do not know what app is causing the issue<\/strong>, you can disable this permission for all the apps listed and turn on the apps that you know use the floating interface. This will ensure that apps taking this permission unnecessarily do not bother you with any errors.<\/p>\n

Additionally, users have described that apps like Cheetah Mobile\u2019s CleanMaster, File Manager from Asus and Samsung\u2019s one-handed mode feature are said to be\u00a0culprits of the error<\/strong>. You should uninstall these apps and disable the feature on your Samsung smartphone, restart your device and\u00a0you shouldn\u2019t see errors any more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How to Fix \u201cScreen Overlay Detected\u201d Error in Apps on Android – Mobile – If you are using an Android smartphone running Android 6.0 Marshmallow or above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23870,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1791,46018],"tags":[59351,28010,59327,21562,46433,59333,59332,59308,59311,59335,59313,59348,28011,59312,59326,59325,59372,59328,59349,59347,58063,59356,59345,59364,59321,59365,59350,59337,59341,59344,34643,58470,46460,59371,59358,59373,59352,59353,59359,59361,59366,59314,59367,59363,59357,59355,59323,59368,59346,59362,59360,59315,59306,59316,59309,59318,59317,59343,59330,59331,59310,59324,59329,59336,59339,59307,59338,59342,59340,59370,59334,59354,59319,59320,59322,59369],"class_list":["post-19735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-android","category-mobile","tag-allow-mock-locations","tag-android-developer-options","tag-android-dialog","tag-android-hidden-features","tag-android-lock-screen-app","tag-android-marshmallow-lock-screen","tag-android-screen-lock-apps","tag-android-screen-overlay-detected","tag-android-settings","tag-developer-mode-in-android","tag-developer-option-in-android","tag-developer-options","tag-developer-options-android","tag-developer-options-in-android","tag-developer-settings","tag-dialog-android","tag-display-flickering","tag-draw-over-other-apps","tag-enable-developer-options","tag-flickering-screen","tag-hidden-features-of-android","tag-home-screen-lock","tag-how-do-i-turn-off-screen-overlay","tag-how-to-disable-developer-options","tag-how-to-disable-screen-overlay","tag-how-to-fix-screen-overlay-detected","tag-how-to-get-developer-options","tag-how-to-turn-off-screen-overlay","tag-how-to-turn-off-screen-overlay-s7","tag-how-to-turn-off-the-screen-overlay","tag-keyword","tag-lock-screen-android","tag-lock-screen-android-app","tag-marshmallow-keyboard","tag-marshmallow-lock-screen","tag-marshmallow-tricks","tag-mock-location","tag-mock-location-app","tag-off-screen","tag-off-the-screen","tag-overlay","tag-overlay-app","tag-overlay-settings","tag-s5-lock-screen","tag-s6-lock-screen","tag-samsung-screen-lock","tag-samsung-screen-overlay-detected","tag-screen-filter-app","tag-screen-flickering","tag-screen-on-and-off","tag-screen-on-off","tag-screen-overlay","tag-screen-overlay-android","tag-screen-overlay-detected","tag-screen-overlay-detected-android","tag-screen-overlay-detected-oneplus-two","tag-screen-overlay-detected-s7","tag-screen-overlay-turn-off","tag-screen-settings","tag-set-application","tag-settings-android","tag-the-screen","tag-turn-off","tag-turn-off-screen","tag-turn-off-screen-overlay","tag-turn-off-screen-overlay-android","tag-turn-off-the-screen","tag-turn-on-screen","tag-turn-screen-off","tag-usb-debugging-meaning","tag-what-is-developer-mode","tag-what-is-mock-location","tag-what-is-screen-overlay","tag-what-is-screen-overlay-detected","tag-whatsapp-screen-overlay-detected","tag-wifi-verbose-logging"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19735\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}