[Bug Report] Metered network detection

[Botan626]

[Bug Report] Metered network detection

[Lutra-Fs]

The setting is basically not detecting the cellular network, but metered network. See https://developer.android.com/reference/android/net/VpnService.Builder#setMetered(boolean)
From Android API 29, the default value for VPNService to detect if it is metered or not will be true.

[Lutra-Fs]

See this article
https://support.google.com/android/answer/9654714?hl=en-GB#zippy=%2Ccontrol-data-use-with-metered-wi-fi
You can force your wifi connection treated as unmetered

[Botan626]

The setting is basically not detecting the cellular network, but metered network. See https://developer.android.com/reference/android/net/VpnService.Builder#setMetered(boolean) From Android API 29, the default value for VPNService to detect if it is metered or not will be true.

This link says:

boolean: true if VPN network should be treated as metered regardless of underlying network meteredness

Is there a way to make VPN network treated as unmetered network?

[Botan626]

See this article https://support.google.com/android/answer/9654714?hl=en-GB#zippy=%2Ccontrol-data-use-with-metered-wi-fi You can force your wifi connection treated as unmetered

Didn't help. I set my Wi-Fi connection to unmetered network, Seal still refused to download video with VPN on with 'Download using cellular' setting set to off, but Seal successfully updated itself (downloaded update) to v1.4.0, why?

[JunkFood02]

The problem seems to be not on our side. The network detection is done by this line from Android OS.

[Botan626]

The problem seems to be not on our side. The network detection is done by this line from Android OS.

Then why Seal downloaded its update?

[JunkFood02]

update is not controlled by this option