In my last post 16 'sweet' things android L gives us we summed up some of the best features Andy L brought to the world, After looking at those fabulous features the only thing which struck me was, "How do i get android L as soon as possible? *_* "
Android L, and its new material design have made quite the impression but unless you own a Nexus device and don’t mind your phone flaking on you now and then, you aren’t going to be able to check out the new features. I did a little check-up of the internet and found a fabulous replacement! This is where the amazing and exceptionally active developer community comes in. There is a new Android app that mimics Android L’s heads up notifications on your device. You can interact with the notification just like you can on Android L!
You will have to enable the app once it’s been installed and it goes without saying that it will be able to access all your notifications. Depending on the type of notification you get, you can interact with it. You can open an email that you just received or open a file that you’ve just downloaded. Like the heads up notifications in Android L, these too can be dismissed and they play nice with full screen apps too!
Apart from imitating the heads up notification, the app also tries its hand at notifications on the lock screen though in our tests, the results were not satisfactory. The notification appears when you unlock your screen and not on the lock screen itself. To enable it, tap the more button and go to the app’s settings. Here you’ll also find an app filter option that will let you choose which notifications you should get a heads up alert for. You can mute the applications you don’t want to receive alerts for from a list of installed apps.
Heads-up notifications also lets you set notification priority; you can select critical and urgent notifications which will include emergency alerts or on-going calls. You can select to receive important alerts such as emails and text messages, and you can get normal alerts which are notifications from old apps (something of a vague concept here). These three types are enabled by default and you can enable two more types of alerts; non-important and contextual.
Although the app doesn’t handle lock screen notifications well, it does everything else really well. By providing customization options and giving the user complete control over which apps to receive heads up notifications for, the app has done more than just replicate a feature of Android L. Even if you aren’t dying to try Android L and some of its new features, this app is worth a try.
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Update: There is another way you can get all this and also the notifications on the LOCK screen! But you need android 4.3+ for that, If you need it- Comment on the post below or Just post it on our Facebook page (TechkMate.com) You will get a quicker reply. :)
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