I'd like to prevent my notifications and program "badges" (can't think of the proper word!) From stacking up in my notification bar at the top of the screen.
It happens when i have a lot of icons there already, ie wifi, alarm etc. Despite there being plenty of room in the middle of the bar, my notifications all stack into one icon on the extreme left hand side with the number of different programs/notifications shown as a number.
Is there a way to prevent this behaviour and force android to use all the available space on the notification bar?
I'm running Ion r2 on my Dream, although my phone has always done this, with the stock rom and JF 1.5 as well.
Thanks for any help anyone can offer!
Sure, keep the number of notifications low and they won't stack. They stack when you run out of space on the bar. I know you think that there's lots of space, but if you unstack them, rest assured that there are definitely too many to fit in the space available.
setspeed said:
I'd like to prevent my notifications and program "badges" (can't think of the proper word!) From stacking up in my notification bar at the top of the screen.
It happens when i have a lot of icons there already, ie wifi, alarm etc. Despite there being plenty of room in the middle of the bar, my notifications all stack into one icon on the extreme left hand side with the number of different programs/notifications shown as a number.
Is there a way to prevent this behaviour and force android to use all the available space on the notification bar?
I'm running Ion r2 on my Dream, although my phone has always done this, with the stock rom and JF 1.5 as well.
Thanks for any help anyone can offer!
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Unfortunatly there is no forseen solution to this problem. I experience it as well. I think the best we can hope for are new phones with higher resolutions.
lbcoder said:
Sure, keep the number of notifications low and they won't stack. They stack when you run out of space on the bar. I know you think that there's lots of space, but if you unstack them, rest assured that there are definitely too many to fit in the space available.
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This isn't right. There is definitely space for 4 more icons, yet it stacks with just 2.
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This isn't right. There is definitely space for 4 more icons, yet it stacks with just 2.
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I'm on Ionr2 and I have 4 icons (email, Toggle Settings, Twidroid, USB) on the left side before the stacking starts. I'm not sure if it's gone up to 5 or not.
cigar3tte said:
I'm on Ionr2 and I have 4 icons (email, Toggle Settings, Twidroid, USB) on the left side before the stacking starts. I'm not sure if it's gone up to 5 or not.
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When the phone is in portrait mode it stacks when there are more than 2 items on the left hand side - even though there is space for more items. When in landscape, it shows all the notifications/app icons individually.
Very annoying, since the home screen will only display in portrait mode and wont auto rotate when the phone is turned.
Im convinced there must be something i can do to fix this issue!
setspeed said:
When the phone is in portrait mode it stacks when there are more than 2 items on the left hand side - even though there is space for more items. When in landscape, it shows all the notifications/app icons individually.
Very annoying, since the home screen will only display in portrait mode and wont auto rotate when the phone is turned.
Im convinced there must be something i can do to fix this issue!
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I was talking about portrait mode. I'm pretty sure there's a fix since I do not have this problem. However, my home screen does rotate though, since I have dxTop.
Do you happen to have Quick Calendar installed? Even though Quick Calendar did not display a little icon on the top for each item in the list and only say in my "ongoing" area on the bar, when I removed it the stacking you talk about went away! It was driving me crazy too, but it seems like either Quick Calendar or the OS sees each entry, even though it doesn't have an icon and counts them.
Not sure if it will help you, but my phone has been working properly after I disabled Quick Calendar. It's a shame, I like the app. :-/
YPhoto said:
Do you happen to have Quick Calendar installed? Even though Quick Calendar did not display a little icon on the top for each item in the list and only say in my "ongoing" area on the bar, when I removed it the stacking you talk about went away! It was driving me crazy too, but it seems like either Quick Calendar or the OS sees each entry, even though it doesn't have an icon and counts them.
Not sure if it will help you, but my phone has been working properly after I disabled Quick Calendar. It's a shame, I like the app. :-/
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Genius! Removing Quick Calendar solved the problem - thanks!
I've put a link to this thread at the devs website - perhaps when he has solved the issue he could let us know, so we can go back to using his otherwise useful app.
Never had this type of problem, only thing is that my colors blend together because of the custom theme I am using >.<
Ok, I confirmed with the developer this morning, it is QuickCal, though I guess any other app that hides icons would also have this problem as it is a restriction in the os. Jim (the developer) works for google and plans to petition his employer to make some changes to the way the notify bar works. The os allows the developer to 'hide' notification icons, but they still take up an invisible space.
We should see an update in the next couple of days to make a nicer widget with more info and smaller font size, so this may satisfy me if the widget is decent.
YPhoto said:
Ok, I confirmed with the developer this morning, it is QuickCal, though I guess any other app that hides icons would also have this problem as it is a restriction in the os. Jim (the developer) works for google and plans to petition his employer to make some changes to the way the notify bar works. The os allows the developer to 'hide' notification icons, but they still take up an invisible space.
We should see an update in the next couple of days to make a nicer widget with more info and smaller font size, so this may satisfy me if the widget is decent.
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Awesome - I already miss QuickCal and I only uninstalled it yesterday!
For some reason the graphic for HTC People - HTC Calander and HTC Music have disappeared in the start menu and shows a blank white window with its blue border. Even though this isn't a major problem I've set a Quick Link from the home screen to music and showing that white window loses the eye candy. Also the slider icons are working fine so its not a problem there. I'm sure if I reset the ROM it will fix it but I was wondering if there was another way to do this instead of having to lose everything and start again...
Thanks in advance !!
I dont know a solution, but partly the same icon problem here; HTC People icon in white/blue, Calendar icon okay, Music icon not there.
So you're not alone Ashley
Just reinstalled the ROM and its all back to normal, guess we couldn't fine a workaround no worries though !
any fixes without reflash.
did you try Change Start Menu Icons?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=589459&highlight=csmi
just deleted them, thanks for the info
Hi everyone i use aosp browser but i have a bug. I use labs and when I choose the lab with world for a Google search or for write an address manually compares a black bar on the top of the page and the blue bar of loading page is not regular. If I close browser from multitasking the bug disappear. My version is 20130312 but I know that there is another version of the end of April that doesn't have this bug. Is anyone have this version and can post it? Thanks a lot and sorry for my bad English.
Anyone has this problem?
Ive another Problem with the Browser.
The autofill function ist to aggresive in Offering the autofill, also i no textbox is selcted
I also have problems such as. After the page loads the blue load bar will remain but is distorted, but it's been Doing this for a while. I use named browser now is fast simple full screen give it a try
Sent from my Nexus 4
Black bar
Problem has been reported as Issue 39811 on google's side
so possible update on the matter may be there, google it
Disabling some apps in accessibility options may help
Sorry, I couldn't find a general Android questions forum, but I'm using 6P so here goes:
One of my biggest pet peeves with Android in general is when a notification icon appears in the status bar, but when you swipe down from the top of the screen, no corresponding notification appears. The latest offender is one that looks like the Chrome logo, except that it's monochrome white. Various other offenders have plagued me from time to time throughout the years as well. I've found guides to Lollipop icons, but this Chrome-like icon isn't on there. Anyone know where I can find a key to the Marshmallow icons? Google doesn't seem to know.
Thanks.
Jon
heofenum said:
Sorry, I couldn't find a general Android questions forum, but I'm using 6P so here goes:
One of my biggest pet peeves with Android in general is when a notification icon appears in the status bar, but when you swipe down from the top of the screen, no corresponding notification appears. The latest offender is one that looks like the Chrome logo, except that it's monochrome white. Various other offenders have plagued me from time to time throughout the years as well. I've found guides to Lollipop icons, but this Chrome-like icon isn't on there. Anyone know where I can find a key to the Marshmallow icons? Google doesn't seem to know.
Thanks.
Jon
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The chrome logo is used when you get a Facebook notification (assuming you opted in) via chrome instead of using the horrible Facebook app. The chrome logo will also appear if you require a passphrase go sync your Google account in chrome. I can go on for days but that's what its there for. There aren't any new icons in MM that I've seen, and the chrome logo has been around for a while now
I bought the Samsung Galaxy Tab 6 Lite as soon as it came out - I Really like it & it does all I want - except for one thing. I have downloaded several images(50+ now) & when I open the Gallery they are there - until about 2 weeks later, some of my images are gone. If I am scrolling thru looking at my images sometimes I get a light grey back ground with a big white circle and an white exclamation point in the middle - I can still see the thumbnail but the image is gone. Samsung wasn't much help on this - any ideas?? This happens ALL of the time & I find it very annoying.
fazeelbaig said:
I bought the Samsung Galaxy Tab 6 Lite as soon as it came out - I Really like it & it does all I want - except for one thing. I have downloaded several images(50+ now) & when I open the Gallery they are there - until about 2 weeks later, some of my images are gone. If I am scrolling thru looking at my images sometimes I get a light grey back ground with a big white circle and an white exclamation point in the middle - I can still see the thumbnail but the image is gone. Samsung wasn't much help on this - any ideas?? This happens ALL of the time & I find it very annoying.
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Don't panic, stock Gallery is trash especially samsung because it shows every freaking media on your storage (i think even hidden one too). For that weird image, that's just asset image from one of your app say like Minecraft. As for the image disappearing, it might due to .nomedia file which its function is to hide the folder content (sometimes music folder has this so delete that). How about using third party gallery like Simple Gallery or AI Gallery? Try browsing through.