Why is it that none of the third party applications use dock notifications?
For instance, I really like GO SMS, but when I have it in my dock, I don't get notifications of new messages.
The same is is a lot of other apps, like K-9, and even Google Voice doesn't have them (which is totally inconsistent with the rest of their apps, like Phone and GMail).
Is there a technical issue with showing notifications in the Dock, or is it that developers just don't think about it.
I personally hate the notification bar, which often gets cluttered, has randomly looking icons popping up, and is too small. So I finally decided to hide it, and I am much happier with the look of my screen now
It'd be great if we could have the option of In-Dock Notifications.
ADW Notifier is absolutely great, and I LOVE IT!, but it covers only a handful of apps (although in Chuck Norriz Mode it works with GO SMS, but not with Google Voice).
MacGuy2006 said:
Why is it that none of the third party applications use dock notifications?
For instance, I really like GO SMS, but when I have it in my dock, I don't get notifications of new messages.
The same is is a lot of other apps, like K-9, and even Google Voice doesn't have them (which is totally inconsistent with the rest of their apps, like Phone and GMail).
Is there a technical issue with showing notifications in the Dock, or is it that developers just don't think about it.
I personally hate the notification bar, which often gets cluttered, has randomly looking icons popping up, and is too small. So I finally decided to hide it, and I am much happier with the look of my screen now
It'd be great if we could have the option of In-Dock Notifications.
ADW Notifier is absolutely great, and I LOVE IT!, but it covers only a handful of apps (although in Chuck Norriz Mode it works with GO SMS, but not with Google Voice).
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I assume you're referring to adw dock notifications. The reason most apps do not have them is because the developers have to specifically add adw notification support. Not everyone uses adw and not every developer knows/cares about adw notifications
I use launcherpro and I have dock notifications. Its not just adw. But LP and adw together make up most of the launchers on the phones out there. So I would say this was a valid question.
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matt_stang said:
I assume you're referring to adw dock notifications. The reason most apps do not have them is because the developers have to specifically add adw notification support. Not everyone uses adw and not every developer knows/cares about adw notifications
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I am not sure this is the reason -- I just downloaded the Phone.com app (the VOIP service I use) and it shows a notification counter bubble on the icon whenever I receive a voicemail on Phone.com.
Just like Google's own Phone app, which shows bubble notifications while in the dock.
I am starting to think that most developers are simply ignoring this, and not implementing on icon notifications.
Which is a real bummer, because virtually everyone I have mentioned this to, notes that this is the one feature which prevents them from using third-party email or text apps.
LauncherPro does notifications only for the stock Google apps, AFAIK, and that's why I stopped using it (and I stopped using Go Launcher for the same reason). ADW Launcher EX with ADW Notifier is the only one which offers the ability to have on-icon notifications for third party apps. Please correct me if I am wrong.
BTW, after I uninstalled and reinstalled ADW Notifier after my Nexus S upgraded to 2.3.2, now my Google Voice icon in the Dock is popping a notification bubble when I get a voice mail.
It is not a counter bubble, but only a question mark bubble, but it's still a notification
I have turned on Chuck Norriz Mode and included Google Voice in the whitelist.
I really wish developers would start including on-icon notifications natively....
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Ok when I use ADW do i turn off HTC sense and if so how do I. I tried to turn it off but it popped right back off. Do I have to turn all the widgets off then turn it off?
Also how do I get the count numbers to appear in the launcher bar for messages and emails plus voicemails?
Thanks, Thomas
Go to settings>applications>manage applications>htc sense> click clear defaults tab then press home key and choose the launcher you wish to use and set it as default if you like
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Ok when I use ADW do i turn off HTC sense and if so how do I. I tried to turn it off but it popped right back off. Do I have to turn all the widgets off then turn it off?
Also how do I get the count numbers to appear in the launcher bar for messages and emails plus voicemails?
Thanks, Thomas
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I think Launcher Pro is the only launcher (besides Sense) that does this.
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I think Launcher Pro is the only launcher (besides Sense) that does this.
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Man I was really liking the settings in ADW. I flashed a new rom and forgot to back up first so I lost a crap load so I guess while im at it ill give launcher pro a second chase lol.
Is there a setting in LP that allows me to lower the phone bar and have apps pop up below it? In ADW i had all the phone settings like phone, messages, apps, mail, Vmail and then if I swiped up the task bar would lower and I had all my favorit contacts stored down there. Its a really cool feature. I just dont know if I can deal with not having notification numbers lol I have been using HTC phones for so long now I am use to seeing them and not seeing them will take some getting use to.
Maybe there is an app in the market or someone has something I can dowload to use so I can get the notifaction icons to display numbers?
I know how you feel. I love both launcher pro and ADW but there are some features from both that i just wish I could just merge into one. Like the ability to change drawer background color/opacity like in ADW or the 3D drawer in launcher pro, the Galaxy S homescreen dots in ADW, the dock in ADW or the ability to swipe to the next dock in launcher pro. I wish launcher pro was as smooth in scrolling as ADW.
But they don't want to "copy" each other's features apparently... It just makes it harder to choose which one I want to use though because there are certain times when I prefer a certain aesthetic or feature of one and I have to keep switching back and forth.
I personally think they should just work together on one bad-a** launcher. I'd honestly pay a healthy amount for that app if they decided to charge...
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I know how you feel. I love both launcher pro and ADW but there are some features from both that i just wish I could just merge into one. Like the ability to change drawer background color/opacity like in ADW or the 3D drawer in launcher pro, the Galaxy S homescreen dots in ADW, the dock in ADW or the ability to swipe to the next dock in launcher pro. I wish launcher pro was as smooth in scrolling as ADW.
But they don't want to "copy" each other's features apparently... It just makes it harder to choose which one I want to use though because there are certain times when I prefer a certain aesthetic or feature of one and I have to keep switching back and forth.
I personally think they should just work together on one bad-a** launcher. I'd honestly pay a healthy amount for that app if they decided to charge...
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Love the swipe feature in ADW and if you close the dock in ADW you can actually set apps, icons or even peope icons down there if you set say 15 people down there that dock will swipe back and forth. So there are very few things in LP that i like that ADW doesnt have. But like you said it goes both ways. Really if ADW had a notification counter that would seal the deal because swiping the finger to open or close a specific action is so freaking awsome plus the galaxy dots at the top like you said are nice but not a deal breaker. LP does have a scroll bar you can use at the bottom but its not very noticable and seem to always be on unlike the galaxy dots. Well ADW is my choice but I choose to not use it its going to be because it doesn notify my with a number icon lol. I am trying LP now and I noticed that if you use the regular mail app icon for gmail it wont post a number too it will only post a number to the gmail app. Which for me sucks because the gmail app sucks. Well its not as refind as the stock mail app is the stock mail app is really nice compaired to the gmail one. The gmail one looks rather raw. So as of this moment the only thing giving me any notification numbers is the messages with LP so really i mise well use ADW lol and just get use to looking it the notification bar for updates. If thats the case why not just swipe the notifaction bar down every time to check text or mail so why even have the icons on the screen hoggin up space. I mean if I gotta send an email or text im clicking on my person file anyway. Blah the phone has only been out for a month soo I guess we are still working our way to a good launcher. HTC sense has weak options and the widgets are pigs. Most the time the lag when you use them and the 7 screens is way to much for me. I could get buy with just 3 using ADW.
Sorry for rambling.
I am looking for a way to have notifications appearing on the dock icons for K-9 (email), SMS (I use GoSMS) and Google Voice Voicemail.
I can't grow fond of the notification bar -- it gets too busy, messy looking for me. So I generally hide it.
But I still want to see message and voice mail counters on my dock icons.
It seems that the stock apps can do it, but I like a unified email app, and use Google Voice for my voicemail. Plus, I like my own icons....
Anyway this can be done (and what is the reason that this feature is not not built into any of these 3rd party apps)?
This works just fine with ADW notifier. Not sure if you need ADW Launcher EX or if the free one will work.
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Thanks! This is a good reason to switch to ADW Launcher (even though I was happy with Go Launcher).
ADW Notifier is absolutely great for everything else, but it does not notify of Google Voice messages
Anyone with a solution to GV notifications?
Hi gojimi,
as a noob, I cannot ask my question directly to your VTL Launcher thread but I have read it thoroughly and since this matter has not been discussed so far, I decided to ask you. But first - VTL is the best launcher for my Galaxy Tab. I have tried them all. Even the biggest like ADW and GO Launcher EX are not so cunningly coded. I have bought the VTL from the market, although there are so many ways to get it free. I simply think that good things must be donated. It is trully a Tablet Oriented Launcher. Especially after I flashed the Gingerbread to the Tab, everything is so snappy.
And, my question:
Can you make some additional add-on, or just include it in some version to come the option to have the little red circle showing up over the app icon of mail and messages that indicates how many unread emails, gmails or text messages there are.
Apart from the stock Samsung launcher, I think only the Go Launcher has this add-on available.
Thank you!
unread count
i would also like to see this available for vtl launcher
Hi All,
My very first post on XDA forums, i have used these forums for great help in the past.
I'm a little stumped at the moment, i am using Dodol Launcher on my Nexus 5 with Lollipop OS, i'm about 90% happy with the whole launcher, just need to know if there's any good notification badge applications out there for Ebay? so when i get notifications in Ebay, the badge app icon with notification count comes up on the homescreen icon? An app which lets me select which apps show homescreen unread badge counts on the icon would be perfect!
Also, is there a good email app which supports multiple email accounts (Gmail, Yahoo etc) all in one, and will combine the unread messages as a badge app count on the homescreen icon?
Any suggestions would help, please don't mention another launcher as i'm quite happy with Dodol at thei stage.
Thanks!
The email app you need is my mail. I use it and it is superb. Takes all accounts plus you get an email account from them which just uses your phone no as a pass word so can only be used on your phone. Makes for really good names. As you put say your name then its just @MY.com. I've Gmail Hotmail etc on it and it takes nova notification badges
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I ve received this mail from the devoloper last night;
TeslaUnread is no longer supported and will not be updated again! Please read below for the full details.
TeslaUnread is no longer available via the Google Play Store for several reasons. You can however download the last APK that we released from the link below.
https://help.teslacoilapps.com/teslaunread
Please note, that you can use Dots or Dynamic Badges with the current stable version of Nova. The beta version is not required for those two, but currently required for Numeric Dots.
If you are using TeslaUnread and experiencing issues as of March 27th, 2019, please note that we can no longer update the app to make it work, make changes or add new features in any way. It's simply not possible any longer. Basically it's a use at your own risk type of thing.
To replace TeslaUnread, there is now a new feature built into Nova Launcher itself that you can enable to get numeric count badges. Nova Settings -> Notification Badges -> Numeric Dots. You must be using Nova 6.1.1(currently a beta version) for this. You can find more information here: https://help.teslacoilapps.com/versions/6-1. This still requires you to have purchased Nova Launcher Prime as it is a Prime feature just like all Nova notification badges are.
One thing to note is that Dots, Dynamic Badges and Numeric Dots are notification based. What this means is that you must have a notification in the notification bar at the top of the screen for the app icon to get a notification badge. This is what makes Dots, Dynamic Badges and Numeric Dots 100% accurate compared to old methods like TeslaUnread.
Unread Badges Not Working on Note 8 - Android Pie
I am using the Nova Prime Launcher and I can confirm that none of the unread badges work. Samsung's unread badges do not work either. I am so ready to get a Google Pixel 3. Samsung cannot seem to keep up the pace with Android's operating systems.
Talking about pace, it's ironic how the tables turned since it's Google that implemented a majority of the Samsung's features that existed at least since the Galaxy Note 2.
uruno said:
One thing to note is that Dots, Dynamic Badges and Numeric Dots are notification based. What this means is that you must have a notification in the notification bar at the top of the screen for the app icon to get a notification badge. This is what makes Dots, Dynamic Badges and Numeric Dots 100% accurate compared to old methods like TeslaUnread.
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Is there going to be something built that isn't notification based?
Having the dots be notification based is pointless. I can just look at the notification bar if I want that.
The reason I like it being an unread count is that I can swipe away the notifications and the TeslaUnread count reminds me to come back later.
But if I have to leave the notifications up, that defeats the purpose.
Please create a new built in version of TeslaUnread
merlinpatt said:
Is there going to be something built that isn't notification based?
Having the dots be notification based is pointless. I can just look at the notification bar if I want that.
The reason I like it being an unread count is that I can swipe away the notifications and the TeslaUnread count reminds me to come back later.
But if I have to leave the notifications up, that defeats the purpose.
Please create a new built in version of TeslaUnread
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I agree. I came across this because my phone call unread count were not clearing anymore with TeslaUnread. I clear the notifications so they don't stack up and don't obscure my lock screen, but I would like to know I have something I need to look at later.
READ_SMS and READ_CALL_LOG permissions it is no longer welcome on the Google Play Store. You can still download the APK here ; You can still dowload from this orginal devolopers(nova launcher web page) own link Here: https://help.teslacoilapps.com/teslaunread
Has there been any movement towards a replacement or something in the works in terms of functionality like Tesla Unread?
The current swipe away notification garbage on Android does not cut it for me as I require my notifications to stay until I actually want them dismissed.
I am stuck using TeslaUnread 5.1.2 which works perfectly for me on my Samsung S10 running Android 10 however the only gripe I have is it doesn't display notifcations on the built in Samsung Email program for some reason which is rather annoying.
Any one using anything different or am I stuck with Nova Launcher + Teslaunread 5.1.2 ?
Well, if the developer isn't interested in updating this wonderful tool - would they be willing to publish the application under say an open source license to give the community the option to further update/develop said tool ?
Did you guys find any other app to do the job?
I culdn't find any
elm0nch said:
Did you guys find any other app to do the job?
I culdn't find any
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Me neither :-(