VARG EX APP

Anyone find a work-around to keep the VARG EX app from opening on top of all other apps you are trying to use? I can't use my onX maps because of this.

Use split screen mode.
How to use split screen on Android:

1. 1. Open the Recent Apps menu:
   Swipe up from the bottom of the screen (or use the navigation button if your phone has one) to view your recently used apps.
   
   
2. 2. Select the first app:
   Tap on the icon of the app you want to use in the top (or left) part of the split screen.
   
   
3. • 3. Activate Split Screen:
     Tap the app icon and select the "Split Screen" option.
     
   • 4. Choose the second app:
     Select the second app you want to use from the recent apps list or open a new one.
     
   • 5. Adjust the divider:
     You can adjust the size of each app's portion of the screen by dragging the divider line up or down.

Thank you. That Actually worked. It fools the phone into thinking the VARG app is running because it is, in the background. Still a little wonky that we have to do that but it's much more helpful than what the Stark folks were telling me.

Another alternative complements of @Chadx
There is a setting to defeat App "always on top"...
Displaying GPS/Trail/Mapping app on Stark phone while riding

See Method 2.

I have not personally tried this….

Like in the thread @svtride linked to above, there are several ways you can do it. In my opinion, turning off the "display over all apps", in the Stark app, is the best. I use onX every trail ride (I have Varg MX) and it is so nice to have the map up the entire ride. True you can't see battery level, which of your 5 ride settings you are in, nor get warnings (overheating, etc.) but that is the same as if you choose to ride with the Varg phone dismounted and in your pocket. And you can stop and flip to any other open app, like the Stark app, quickly. So you can stop and check battery level or for warnings anytime. I mainly use ride settings 2 or 3 and I can tell by feel which I'm in, so don't really need the Stark app displayed. When in doubt, I can thumb down to what I know is setting 1 and then go up to 2 or 3 as needed. I don't miss having the app displayed as battery level is the only reading I need to keep an eye on and I don't need that constantly; only now and then.

Example: I just did a typical single track and 50" ride in the mountains. Started at 99% battery, rode 41.3 miles for 3h25m with 5,989feet of elevation change and got back to the trailer with 31% battery State of Charge (SOC). I mostly checked battery level mid ride so I knew when to turn around and head back, which I did at 64% SOC (after ~20 miles). I decide when to turn around based on the terrain and elevation on return trip. If it's all down the mountain on return trip, I turn around with 50 - 55% battery remaining. In this case, I had to climb back up elevation from my turn around point, so turned around at 64%, was down to just over 50% when I got back to high point after less than 5 miles, then road the remaining 15+ miles out and was down to 31% SOC at the trailer.

Around the midpoint, I flipped the Stark app to the front to keep an eye on battery level. After I turned around, flipped onX map back to front. Checked battery level once when I got back to high point and then not again until I got back to the trailer. Changing the Stark App to turn off "display over all apps" works great. So in a 41 mile, 3h25min ride, I probably had the Stark app up 5 or 6 times to check battery level; one of those being for about 10 minutes straight in the middle of the ride. The rest of the 3.5 hours, onX map app was up.

svtride said:

Another alternative complements of @Chadx
There is a setting to defeat App "always on top"...
Displaying GPS/Trail/Mapping app on Stark phone while riding

See Method 2.

I have not personally tried this….

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Thanks, this worked on my MX but not on my EX.