AOD not working

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Bug Description

MR.Developer
"The Always-On Display (AOD) feature is not working on my Realme device, even though I have granted all the necessary permissions. It doesn't show up on my lock screen, and it fails to display anything when a notification arrives."

Steps to Reproduce

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Expected Behavior

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Screenshots

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Android Version

16

Device

Realme 12x 5g

App Version

Latest version

Additional Context

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[sameerasw]

It isn't supposed to show over the lock screen. it's to be shown over your AOD. And some OEMs might have weird AOD implementations where it doesn't allow overlays above it and that just breaks this feature and we do not have a workaround for such scenarios unfortunately.

[a38923706-ship-it]

Okay MR.Developer thank you for confirming that.

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