I have the KDE Connect app in order to connect my Android phone (Moto Z2 Play) to my Ubuntu machine. With the upgrade to Android 8, this app has a new annoying behavior in that its icon is always in the Notification bar even when not connected. (If I pull down it says "Not connected to any device").
How can I get the icon to not appear in the Notification bar when the phone is not connected to anything?
You can choose to disable that notification by long pressing it and following what shows up there.
If you have a rooted device with Xposed framework, you can setup GravityBox and use its Notification blocked under Miscellaneous.
I, however, use MacroDroid to clear that notification (works only on Android 8.0 and above).
Trigger: Device events → Notification received → Select Application (s) → KDE Connect: Text content: Matches; Text: Not connected to any device; uncheck both the following options.
Actions: Notification →Clear Notifications → and then follow it as you did in Trigger.
Constraints: not required
Reboot the device, or restart the KDE Connect app, or simply run the macro by long-pressing it, followed by "Test actions".
That notification would no longer annoy you.
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