Requirements: Android 4.0+
Overview: DynamicNotifications allows you to receive important notifications when your screen is off.
When you miss a call or receive a new email/SMS, the display will
discreetly light up to let you know, without needing to unlock the
device. Most phones only have a pulsing notification LED that doesn't
actually tell you anything about the incoming notification - with
ActiveNotifications, you can immediately decide if something is
important enough to act.
FEATURES:
* Notifications don't light up when your phone is in your pocket, purse, or face down to avoid accidental unlocks
* Select which app-notifications you'd like to receive via ActiveNotifications
* "Custom timeout": Select for how long ActiveNotifications should be shown (Premium feature)
* "Sleep at night": Don't show notifications at night (Premium feature)
* "More privacy": Hide additional notification details (e.g. SMS text, sender) (Premium feature)
* "Adjust screen brightness": Select how bright the ActiveNotifications screen should be (Premium feature)
* Automatically switch off screen when dismissing notifications(Premium feature)
HOW-TO:
- Swipe up to see more details about the notification
- Swipe down to unlock the device (respects your unlock-security settings)
- Swipe left or right to dismiss the notification
FAQ:
- How can I make sure the app is working correctly?
Launch
the app and follow the setup steps. Then, switch off your phone's
screen and send an email to yourself from your PC. After a few seconds,
the notification screen should light up!
- The screen sometimes turns on to the lockscreen, even if my phone is in my pocket
Please
go to your phone's system settings --> "Security" --> "Device
administrators" and tick the checkbox next to "ActiveNotifications".
This will *only* allow the app to lock your screen, nothing else!
- When I lock my screen, nothing happens!
The
app isn't a lockscreen replacement. It respects your security settings
(PIN/Pattern lock) and only appears if you actually receive a new
notification while the screen is turned off
- Will the app become available for Android 2.x, 3.x, 4.x?
The
app is now compatible with Android >=4.0. If you're running Android
4.3, it will make use of the new "NotificationListenerService"-feature
introduced in Android 4.3. Support for Android 4.0 to 4.2 is
experimental, at the moment, but please try it out and let me know how
you get on!
- Why can't I uninstall the app?
Please go to your
system settings, select "Security", “Device Administrators” and uncheck
the ActiveNotifications-entry. You will then be able to uninstall the
app.
KNOWN ISSUES:
- If you're using "None" or "Slide" as your
system lock setting, the "custom timeout"-feature isn't recommended,
because it will turn your screen fully on after the timeout has passed.
Please consider adjusting your system display timeout setting to the
desired time as a temporary workaround. This will be fixed in the next
version
Please note: This is an experimental app. It has been
confirmed to work on the Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 4, 7, 10, and the Google
Play edition of the S4 (all running stock Android 4.3 or CM10.2) so far.
Please let me know if it does/doesn't work for you! It should work on
any phone with Android >=4.0 and doesn't require "root".
Feature graphic design by Robert Olejnik (
http://goo.gl/LNXimn)
What's New
-
Revamped the "Custom screen timeout"-feature - it should now work even
if you've got your system lockscreen set to "None"/"Slide" and also
should play nice with the "Use as lockscreen"-feature. Please let me
know if it works better than before - if it doesn't, I can easily switch
back to the "old" custom timeout-implementation
- (Short) breathing animation once the notification screen starts up
-
Dismissing a notification by swiping left or right should now turn off
the screen for everyone, even if you're using "None" or "Slide" as your
system lockscreen.
- New high-quality icons for popular notification types (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Google+, YouTube, WhatsApp)
-
New ActionBar-menu-options for the Settings-screen (e.g. view FAQs,
email me (with a log-file attached), uninstall the app (the app needs to
be deactivated from the "Device Administrator" system settings menu
before it can be uninstalled, which is why I included a
"one-step-uninstall"-feature in the menu))
- Breathing feature (turns screen on and off at pre-defined intervals until you acknowledge the new notification)
-
"Use as a lockscreen"-feature (Shows the notification screen every time
you unlock your device, even if there are no new notifications)
- Some minor bugfixes (e.g. screen no longer stays on indefinitely if you've got the "custom brightness" feature enabled)
- Rebranding ("DynamicNotifications")
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Code + Download Free:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.greatbytes.activenotifications
