How do I disable the "Screen overlay detected" security bandaid?

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I use Toucher Pro (whose whole point is to always be on top) essentially in place of a homescreen, insofar as I launch apps from it 95% of the time instead of using a launcher. Now, thanks to the recent security update which doesn't let you change permissions while an overlay is running, I have to disable Toucher, change the permission, and re-enable Toucher immediately because I can't use my phone without it.

This is most ridiculous when installing a new Marshmallow app, since this includes initial permission requests even for basic behavior:

I'm an advanced user, and I can smell when a malicious app is trying to fool me, so I feel reasonably safe disabling this. Is there any way to disable this kludge?

Have you seen Determine which app is drawing on top of other apps? That should help you finding the culprit. — Izzy, Aug 05 '16 at 16:37
I did – but reading it again, I've misread it the first time. You want to have the screen overlay ignored it seems – not much luck with that, I'm afraid, for reasons already pointed out. Sorry. — Izzy, Aug 05 '16 at 16:40
@Izzy I figured. Might there be a solution that involves rooting andor writing an app? — Ky -, Aug 05 '16 at 16:41
Would be off-topic here (development focused), but of course by altering the code one could do that. Maybe someone wrote a corresponding XPosed module for this – but there's no hit in the XPosed repo yet. — Izzy, Aug 05 '16 at 16:43
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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 12 '17 at 19:28

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This bandaid seems to have been removed in Nougat. So... I suppose the answer is to upgrade to Nougat?

answered Mar 12 '17 at 19:28

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so... no way for a Marshmallow? – Ooker Mar 29 '17 at 14:25
@Ooker I haven't found a way. If you do, make sure to add that as an answer! – Ky - Mar 29 '17 at 16:13
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That's sad. I've thought that Xposed will free us from any limitation. So, in Nougat, the screen overlay detection just disappears? You won't need to worry about it anymore? – Ooker Mar 29 '17 at 23:34

How do I disable the "Screen overlay detected" security bandaid?

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