Android Police
Prev
Posts in the last
24 Hours
sorted by
Hottest
Next
Articles Tagged:

floating notifications

7

Twitter is testing custom in-app notifications for replies and DMs
Why not stick with the superior system notifications?

Manuel Vonau Manuel Vonau
Twitter is testing custom in-app notifications for replies and DMs

Twitter is working on floating notifications for replies and direct messages that pop up at the top of your screen when you scroll through the app. While the cards have a custom blue-ish tone to them, they don't add any extra functionality like those provided by Android itself do, such as "reply," "mute," "like," etc. Instead, they replace system notifications altogether when they pop up, so depending on your workflow, this might be the greatest thing ever or the worst possible decision.

Read More
15

Floatify Version 10 Adds Android N-Themed Notifications And Swipe Actions

Michael Crider Michael Crider
Floatify Version 10 Adds Android N-Themed Notifications And Swipe Actions

Android's notification system has gone through some pretty intense work since the start of the platform, but that doesn't mean that third-party developers can't improve it even more. Case in point: Floatify, a customization app that's been floating around (sorry) for the better part of two years. The latest version is number ten, and it adds a couple of features from the new Android N Developer Preview. If your device isn't invited to play with the Nexus crowd (or you just don't want to deal with the instability), you can back-port some of those neat touches.

Read More
13
Floatifications (Formerly Floating Notifications) Gets Updated To v1.7 With New Ticker Notifications And More

Floatifications (Formerly Floating Notifications) Gets Updated To v1.7 With New Ticker Notifications And More

Ryan Whitwam Ryan Whitwam

The status bar is a fine way to see your notifications as they come in, but Floatifications offers a different route. This app – which was previously known by the name Floating Notifications – puts your notifications into a secondary popup system. The app is getting an update today with a new notification type and plenty of tweaks and fixes.

2014-01-14 16.19.50 2014-01-14 16.20.26

The headlining feature in this update is the new ticker notification type. If you're playing a game or otherwise unable to see the status bar, Floatifications tells you there is a notification and lets you interact with it, but the ticker option shows you the text of the notification like the status bar would if it were visible.

Read More
18
Floating Notifications Updated To v1.5 - New Card Style UI, Android 4.3 Notification Listener Support

Floating Notifications Updated To v1.5 - New Card Style UI, Android 4.3 Notification Listener Support

Bertel King, Jr. Bertel King, Jr.

Floating Notifications brings the usefulness of Facebook chat heads to every Android app that shoots out a notification. Get an email - receive a floating Gmail icon on the side of the screen begging for attention. Tapping that icon reveals the contents of the message. Double tapping dismisses the notification, but there's a catch - before now, removing the floating notification hasn't also removed it from the status bar. Thanks to the latest update, devices running Android 4.3 will sync these actions due to integration with the new Notification Listener Service.

FloatingNotifications1 FloatingNotifications2

This isn't all that's introduced in version 1.5.

Read More

Popular

32
Google wants to give you $30 for using Google Pay
59
Samsung's April update is headed to even more phones and tablets — here's the complete list
0
29 temporarily free and 30 on-sale apps and games for Monday
29
Powerful new Google Photos video editor starts to roll out
31
[New App] Updated And Much Improved Floating Notifications App Pops Up In Play Store

[New App] Updated And Much Improved Floating Notifications App Pops Up In Play Store

Ryan Whitwam Ryan Whitwam

Floating Notifications earned a place in our roundup of top apps from May even though it wasn't even in the Play Store yet. Well, now it is and it comes with a ton of improvements over the beta version from XDA.

1 6 (2) 2

8 4 3

The basic premise of Floating Notifications is that it displays a subset of your notifications in a floating icon on the screen. It's a little bit like Facebook's Chat Heads feature. Floating Notifications has a plethora of settings for deep configuration, which is a definite improvement over the old version. There are a few known issues, some of which are simply Android restrictions.

Read More

What's Hot

Tip Us

Mastodon