How to fix Screen Overlay Detected in any android device - Problem Solved

 

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I’ve recently joined a site where people ask for help with their android phones, and by far the most asked question is about the screen overlay on the J7 and other phones, after countless hours of working with people, I think I found a solution that should work for everyone.

Here is a video I made detailing the solution to this problem, so many people are having.

If you find that the video didn't solve the problem, please let me know as I am trying to find a solution that will work for everyone.

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Just disabling the Draw over other apps permission for certain apps would help you with this. Do check out the following steps:

How to fix Screen Overlay Detected in any android device

Method 1

1. First and foremost thing to avoid this Screen Overlay Detected error is to exit the apps that are having Screen Overlay or floating windows.
2. Apps such as Facebook Messenger, Twilight, Lux, Internet Speed Meter, Clean Master, etc. are the main cause in this case, as they’ll always be having screen overlay option enabled.
3. If you’re having any of these apps and they’re running (like Messenger chat head or Twilight filter), simple fix would be to exit the app before installing any new app or after it asks to disable Screen Overlay.

Bonus Tip : Uninstall Clean Master, DU Speed Booster, Go Speed & other cleaners and speed boosters from your phone. Not only they can be causing screen overlay detected pop up every damn time, they’ll be actually the apps that are causing more battery drain and ram usage. Oh by the way, the data they show cleaned are mostly fake and RAM cleaning is not required for Android (I’ll talk about this in a different post:) ).

This works only if you know which app is causing the screen overlay problem, and if you’re not sure about that, you can follow the next method given below.

Method 2

In this method, we’re going to disable all the screen overlays by all apps all together to run your new app for the first time. So when screen overlay detected pop up is shown in an app, follow the below given steps :

1. Open Settings by clicking on the gear icon in notification bar.
2. Scroll down, you’ll find the “Apps” option. Click on that.
3. Now click on the gear button on top right, as given in this image.
4. In this screen. you’ll find “Draw over other apps”, click on that.
5. You can alternatively find this option by searching the “Settings” menu for “Draw”. You can just click on the magnification glass icon on the top right on the Settings menu for that.
6. Now, in the “Draw over other apps” screen, you can see the apps which are having the Screen overlay/Draw over other apps permission.
7. You can click on each app and uncheck “Permit drawing over other apps”.
8. Now, clear the app you were trying to run from “Recents screen” and open the app again, you’ll not see the “Screen Overlay Detected” again!
9. One more step is left, that is to reactivate the screen overlays that you’ve disabled before. Just go back to the “Draw over other apps” settings from recents and recheck all the apps you’ve disabled. Else, you won’t be able to use those apps.

Additionally, if you find some unknown apps in there, you know what to do, uninstall them! This must solve the screen overlay detected Android error on most phones.

Now the Method 2 works for phones on Stock Android. In Samsung phones, the steps can be a little different. Follow the below given steps for Samsung phones:

1. Launch the Settings app from your home screen or app drawer.
2. Scroll down and tap Applications.
3. Tap Application Manager.
4. Tap More to open the menu in the top right corner.
5. Tap Apps that can appear on top.
6. From here, you'll need to track down the app that needs permission to use a screen overlay — usually the app you were just using. When you've found it, tap the toggle next to it to turn it off, and you should be good to go.
7. Once you're done, try starting the app you were originally using once again. With any luck, you'll be able to grant it permissions and start using it as normal.

In other Android phones, just try the Method 2, or you can just search the options for “Draw over other apps”, and follow from step 6 in method 2 given above.

NOTE : Found these solutions from some sites. Attaching them as sources below. In case you need explanations with screenshots, visit these sites.

Screen overlay settings needs to be disable for every single apps. Most of the time this occurs due to apps like Twilight,Es file explorer, CleanMaster, Lux and all. Check this

To complete the set up of the application permissions, disable the Draw over other apps feature for the enabled application by following these steps:

1. Open Settings
2. Select Apps
3. Tap the Gear icon
4. Select Draw over other apps
5. Select the application that is running in the background
6. Turn Off Permit drawing over other apps
7. Close and reopen the application
8. Set the application permission

Once the application permissions have been set, the Permit drawing over other apps may be re-enabled.

Note: Android OS 6.0.1 build AAF518 and later allows the option to temporarily turn off the screen overly for 2 minutes. To turn off the screen overlay for 2 minutes, complete the following;

1. Open Settings
2. Select Apps
3. Tap the Gear icon
4. Select Draw over other apps
5. Enable Temporarily turn off overlays
6. Close and reopen the application
7. Set the application permission

In order to fix “Screen Overlay Detected”, or turn of screen overlay, we need to know the reasons of it first!

Normally, you may found Screen Overlay Detected appears in many Android phone, including Samsung galaxy S7,S6, note 5, lg v10,oneplus 3,lg g stylo, lg stylo etc.

What Might Cause Screen Overlay Detected?

Different apps already installed in your android device may causes this error but we will apply final solution to solve this error. Screen Overlay Detected арреаrѕ on android, while you are installing any new app in your android phone. Once the follow error appears, you cannot keep going and open any app…

How to fix Screen Overlay Detected For All android mobiles

Here shows 2 solutions For All android screen overlay detected:

Solution 1:
1. Go to Settings and click on Apps. See the pics as below

 2. In Apps interface, clіck оn Three Dоtѕ on the tор right corner and click on Configure аррѕ.

3. In the screen as below, choose “Draw Ovеr Othеr Apps” option and tap on it.

 

4. Now, in the "Draw Ovеr Othеr Apps" page, you can see the apps which are having the screen overlay/Drew over others permission.

5. In this page as below, you need to switch off the “Permit drawing over other apps” button, like this:

The above solution could solve Screen Overlay Detected error in any android device. Still could not solve your problem? Keep moving, let us show you the content as below.

How to Turn Off Screen Overlay

Solution 2:
How to Turn Off Screen Overlay
1. Open Settings
2.Click on Apps or Application

Click on Three Dоtѕ on the tор right corner and click on Reset App Preferences.
4.Finish

 

This solution will is ultimate, the notification of Screen Overlay Detected won’t appear again.

So, what is the solution of Samsung screen overlay detected? Please continue to read.
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How to fix Screen Overlay Detected For Samsung Galaxy (S7, S6, note 5, note 4, etc.)?

If you are Samsung users, the steps as below are for you:

Step 1 : Go to open Settings, then move to Applications > Application manager > Apps that can appear on top.

Step 2:

in this screen, you will see a list of Apps which have allowed to floating buttons or other screen overlays. For now you can do is to find the problem app and disable its permission to draw over the screen.If don't know which one cause the problem, you can identify from the reasons as below:

1. The app bubble on your screen is most likely the one to cause the issue.

2. The app which can change the display colors and brightness.

3. Clean Master might be the reason, try disable it.

4. ES File Explorer, many users feedback that this issue is solved after disable or uninstall this one.

Step 3…

Step 4…

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Hope you will get the issue solved after reading it.