Tiredofhavingtopressthepowerbuttontoseenewnotifications?
Ex-iPhoneuserandcannotbelieveyourAndroiddoesn'toffersuchabasicfunction?
Yournewphonedoesn'thaveLEDnotificationanymore?
Wanttopullyourphoneoutofyourbagorpocketandimmediatelyhaveitenabled?
Liketogetrepeatedremindersforpendingnotifications?
Thenthisappisforyou!
FEATURES
•Keepsusingthesecuresystemlockscreen
•Controlhowlongthelockscreenisshown
•Choosewhichappswhosenotificationsshouldturnonthescreen
•QuietTimestopreventthescreenfromturningonatabadtime
•SupportsSystemDoNotDisturb(DnD)modes
•Extensivepocketmodetopreventthescreenfromturningoninyourpocket
•Double-taptolockonthelockscreen(only<Oreo)
•Recurringnotifications
•Motiondetectionnoticeswhenyoupicketupthephonetocheckanewnotification
•Appisasenergyefficientaspossible
•Thisisaprivatepetproject-soit'sfree!Nodataisbeingcollected!
MEDIAREVIEWS
XDA:http://www.xda-developers.com/an-updated-look-at-glimpse-notifications/
Lifehacker:http://lifehacker.com/glimpse-automatically-turns-your-screen-on-to-see-your-1700901832
CaschysBlog(German):http://stadt-bremerhaven.de/app-tipp-glimpse-notifications/
RESOURCES
Website:https://sites.google.com/view/glimpse-notifications
XDADevelopmentThread:http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-glimpse-notifications-t3090575
FINGERPRINTSENSORSANDSMARTLOCKS
Dependingonyourconfiguration,thisappmayneedtheDeviceAdministratorpermission.
Toimplementseveral(optional)features,GlimpseNotificationsmayneedtoturnoffthescreen.Bydefaultnospecialpermissionsareneededforthis.Toimprovesecurityorforabetteruserexperienceyoumaygivetheappdeviceadministratororaccessibilityservicepermissions.
PROBLEMSONSOMEDEVICES
Androiddevicesarequitediverseandnotallfunctionsworkequallywelleverywhere.TheFAQ(English)containsalotofhintshowtoconfigurethisappfordevicesbySasmung,Huawei,Xiaomi,OnePlus,...
HUAWEI,Xiaomi(MIUI)
GlimpseNotificationsonlyshowsthelockscreen,itdoesn'trenderthenotifications.Toseenotificationsfrom,forinstance,yourtextingapp,yourneedtoopensystemsettingsandallowthetextingapptoshowshownotificationsonthelockscreen.
SAMSUNGEDGELIGHTING
Toavoidconflicts,itisrecommendedtodisableEdgelightingoratleastremoveGlimpseNotificationsfromEdgelighting.
REQUIREDPERMISSIONS
•BIND_NOTIFICATION_LISTENER_SERVICE:Corepermissiontohavetheappbeinginformedaboutnewnotifications.
•WAKE_LOCK:neededtoturnonthescreen
OPTIONALPERMISSIONS
•BIND_DEVICE_ADMIN:tocloseandlockthescreen
•BIND_ACCESSIBILITY_SERVICE:canbegiventoclosethescreenwithperfectuserexperience(onlyAndroid9+)
•READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE:todeterminethedurationofcustomnotificationsounds.
•SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW:implementdouble-taptolock(onlyuntilAndroid7)
•VIBRATE:recurringnotificationscanbeindicatedusingavibrationpattern
EXCLUSIONOFLIABILITY
NullgradAppscannotbeheldresponsiblefordamageshappeningbyusingthisapp.Thisincludes,butisnotlimitedto,notificationsbeingmissedormisinterpretedduesomefunctionofGlimpseNotifications.