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[Q] [APP REQUEST] Gmail Notifications

Hey Guys and Gals of XDA,
Kinda wondering if anyone has come across an app that will change how android handles when we get a new gmail email.
Currently when you get a new email you get a notification in the drawer.. Im looking for an app to change that. I dont want any notification in the drawer. I just want an unread email number to show up on the icon on the home screen. SMS message app does this when you get a new message.
If anyone has any known apps or wants to develop one id be full game..
Thanks

That is not possible for the time being. It used to be, but then GMail removed the API that allowed this (for security reasons)
http://www.launcherpro.com/2011/07/09/upcoming-changes-to-gmail-app/
We will have to wait until GMail offers this through some other type of functionality.

alraune said:
Hey Guys and Gals of XDA,
Kinda wondering if anyone has come across an app that will change how android handles when we get a new gmail email.
Currently when you get a new email you get a notification in the drawer.. Im looking for an app to change that. I dont want any notification in the drawer. I just want an unread email number to show up on the icon on the home screen. SMS message app does this when you get a new message.
If anyone has any known apps or wants to develop one id be full game..
Thanks
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Use the plug in for Go Launcher (Go Notifications), of course, implies that you have to use Go Launcher, but it's a very good launcher.

sanjsrik said:
Use the plug in for Go Launcher (Go Notifications), of course, implies that you have to use Go Launcher, but it's a very good launcher.
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The same problem I mention affects Go Launcher too (as well as any other apps that used to provide unread count)
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.gau.golauncherex.notification&hl=en
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The Gmail app has updated to new version and the API we uses to access your Gmail in our Notification app is being removed in Gmail.
We will continue support Gmail notification if your Gmail app doesn’t update to the newest version. But once your Gmail is updated, the notification option will be removed from GO Launcher.
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byrong said:
The same problem I mention affects Go Launcher too (as well as any other apps that used to provide unread count)
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.gau.golauncherex.notification&hl=en
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So, this is a gmail thing, don't upgrade to the latest version or downgrade to the previous version. I haven't upgraded to the latest version, my notifications show up.

[Q] Gmail Unread count

From all the reading I have done, it appears that the unread count not showing on the gmail app is a known issue? When I get text messages, I see a "1" overlay on my messages icon. But not for Gmail. I did see an app in the play store that is "supposed" to fix this. Or would I be better served by flashing a custom rom. It seems pretty absurd to me that an OS made by google doesnt have overlays for Gmail.

wisem2540 said:
From all the reading I have done, it appears that the unread count not showing on the gmail app is a known issue? When I get text messages, I see a "1" overlay on my messages icon. But not for Gmail. I did see an app in the play store that is "supposed" to fix this. Or would I be better served by flashing a custom rom. It seems pretty absurd to me that an OS made by google doesnt have overlays for Gmail.
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+1 here
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I think that's a TouchWiz feature. And thats why it only works with the messages and built-in email app, etc.
I use Nova Prime, I think the pay version of most launchers includes that. But, I never found a free launcher that did it.
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Nova might do it, if you install the tesla unread plugin, but I'm not sure. Picked up Prime when they had the $.25 sale and have loved it

Tried out nova prime with tesla unread plugin and it works decent. Without some app I don't know of a way to get the unread number on not stock apps.

rans0m00 said:
Tried out nova prime with tesla unread plugin and it works decent. Without some app I don't know of a way to get the unread number on not stock apps.
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When I have new emails in my Gmail account, there's a little icon in the notification bar. Ans when I swipe it down, it even shows me the titles of the emails. I know this doesn't solve ur problem, but it works for me.
Sent from Note II

x2h said:
When I have new emails in my Gmail account, there's a little icon in the notification bar. Ans when I swipe it down, it even shows me the titles of the emails. I know this doesn't solve ur problem, but it works for me.
Sent from Note II
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I have the same thing. The notification bar just seems very crowded to me and I end up overlooking the notification. More of a personal problem than anything but would be a nice feature to have standard.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using Tapatalk 2

Go Launcher notifications question

So I did a search but didnt see anything related to this.
I want to activate my other applications to show notifications but they are greyed out. The launcher says I have to give them accessibility in the system to do that. When I go into my accessibility I never see go launcher in there.
How do I give Launcher accessibility then to apply notifications to the other applications?

The GoLauncher team have quite a modular approach to features, I think you might be missing GoLauncher Notifications:
I can't post a link as my post count isn't high enough, but just search "Go Launcher Notification" in Google Play for the extra little app and install it if you haven't already.
The Play link says it supports notifications for the following apps
Support for missed calls, unread SMS, Facebook, Twitter, Gmail, Whatsapp, Viber, Kakao Talk, Viber, Google Talk, Native Mailbox, Skype, Yahoo Mail, Hotmail, WeChat.
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Take a look at the app screenshots on GooglePlay for how to check you've got notifications enabled.
HyperM3 said:
So I did a search but didnt see anything related to this.
I want to activate my other applications to show notifications but they are greyed out. The launcher says I have to give them accessibility in the system to do that. When I go into my accessibility I never see go launcher in there.
How do I give Launcher accessibility then to apply notifications to the other applications?
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Lyriel said:
The GoLauncher team have quite a modular approach to features, I think you might be missing GoLauncher Notifications:
I can't post a link as my post count isn't high enough, but just search "Go Launcher Notification" in Google Play for the extra little app and install it if you haven't already.
The Play link says it supports notifications for the following apps
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Take a look at the app screenshots on GooglePlay for how to check you've got notifications enabled.
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Thanks for replying. I have the application installed and its working correctly. I have my Gmail. SMS and phone notifications showing up. Its the other notifications that are greyed out: Twitter, facebook etc. that I cant get working. It says I have to give accessiblity to the application in order to get them working but I cant find it under accessibility to give it.

HyperM3 said:
Thanks for replying. I have the application installed and its working correctly. I have my Gmail. SMS and phone notifications showing up. Its the other notifications that are greyed out: Twitter, facebook etc. that I cant get working. It says I have to give accessiblity to the application in order to get them working but I cant find it under accessibility to give it.
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I'm having the same issue. It seems to not work well with the current OS accessibility.
I'm also noticing that gmail will not show notifications when it's in the dock.
Hopefully someone has a solution.

This thread should be in Q & A section
Sent from my Nexus⁴

Same problem here. CM10.1 4.2.1 android.

[REQUEST] Facebook "Chat Heads" Feature for HTC Messages App

Hi. I was just wondering if it's possible to create a Chat Heads like feature for the default HTC Messages app. Any input? For those unfamiliar with Facebook Chat Heads, it let's you use the Messenger aspect of Facebook from any app through a pop-up window.

You can use chat heads for sms and it will replace the use of the stock messaging app.

smjfosho said:
You can use chat heads for sms and it will replace the use of the stock messaging app.
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yep this works well

Go into Facebook Messenger App > select Settings > select Text Messaging (SMS/MMS), tick Turn On Text Messaging and Use as main texting app.
Job done!

Moto 360 notifcation bug, list your apps lets find app in common

Everyone including myself has the issue where once a day my phone stops getting notifications on my phone. It seems to be pretty wide spread but at the same time, some people don't have the issue at all. Which makes me think maybe it's a 3rd party app killing notification. So anyone who has the notification issue list all of your apps and maybe we will find one we all have in common.
To make this easy grab the app "List my apps" from the app store and edit the plain text template to remove the package name and just give you nice list of apps you can copy and paste .
I'll Start
A Better Camera
AcDisplay
Amazon
Android Wear
Apex Notifier
Authenticator
Barcode Scanner
Calendar
Camera
ColorNote
Facebook
Facer
File Manager
Find My Phone
Fraction Calculator Plus
Hangouts Dialer
IMDb
Inbox
Invoice2go
Launcher 8 Pro
List My Apps
Lollipop theme
Messenger
Neat Calendar
Not Call Log
Not Call Log
Notify!
Nova Launcher
Nova Launcher Prime
Ringtone Picker
RoboForm
Silence Premium
Smart Voice Recorder
SwiftKey Keyboard
TeslaUnread Plugin
Textra
Unread Badge
Volume Control
Wear Aware
Wear Mini Launcher
WiFi File Transfer
World Clock
XBMC Remote

Ok seeing how nobody is responding to my thread let me ask everyone this
How many people with the notification issue are running facer?

When I started having notification issues this was my app list:
- iHeartRadio
- Calculator
- UP by Jawbone
- Whoopee Wear
- Weather WatchFace
- Specialized WatchFace
- Planets WatchFace
- Swing by Swing Golf Scorecard
I then uninstalled all watchface apps and apps I don't use and reset Android Wear and the watch:
- iHeartRadio
- Calculator
- UP by Jawbone
- Whoopee Wear

640k said:
When I started having notification issues this was my app list:
- iHeartRadio
- Calculator
- UP by Jawbone
- Whoopee Wear
- Weather WatchFace
- Specialized WatchFace
- Planets WatchFace
- Swing by Swing Golf Scorecard
I then uninstalled all watchface apps and apps I don't use and reset Android Wear and the watch:
- iHeartRadio
- Calculator
- UP by Jawbone
- Whoopee Wear
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Thanks for responding. But I Recommend you give a full android application list. Because other applications do push notifications such as Textra.

does acDisplay install on Android Wear? because i only listed my watch apps - which is where the problem is. The watch. Not the phone. At least not in my case.
In my case, the watch was receiving notifications, but wasn't alerting me of them.

warwagon19792 said:
Thanks for responding. But I Recommend you give a full android application list. Because other applications do push notifications such as Textra.
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I think this is why people wont respond because there are simply too many apps. Each person on here probably has 20-50 that are completely different from the next person. It would take a monumental effort to find a commonality between devices, something that should be Google's responsibility. It will simply be too difficult to filter through all the different apps people are using amongst each other.
The best attempt at self-diagnosis would be to just run your phone in a vanilla state and progressively installs apps one after the other over a period of several days to see if you can break the watch, then you would know which app is causing it. For instance the only apps I have really pushing notifications are Gmail, Google Messenger, and Exchange email. However even then, by just having Gmail connected I am going to get other things like Calendar updates, ToDo reminders, etc. Some things we may not even be able to disable so we'll never know where the culprit is.
Ultimately it shouldnt really be any of the apps since everything worked fine before the damn update to 5.x. Anyone know if it's possible to downgrade to 4.x?

RunNgun42 said:
I think this is why people wont respond because there are simply too many apps. Each person on here probably has 20-50 that are completely different from the next person. It would take a monumental effort to find a commonality between devices, something that should be Google's responsibility. It will simply be too difficult to filter through all the different apps people are using amongst each other.
The best attempt at self-diagnosis would be to just run your phone in a vanilla state and progressively installs apps one after the other over a period of several days to see if you can break the watch, then you would know which app is causing it. For instance the only apps I have really pushing notifications are Gmail, Google Messenger, and Exchange email. However even then, by just having Gmail connected I am going to get other things like Calendar updates, ToDo reminders, etc. Some things we may not even be able to disable so we'll never know where the culprit is.
Ultimately it shouldnt really be any of the apps since everything worked fine before the damn update to 5.x. Anyone know if it's possible to downgrade to 4.x?
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If people would post using the app I mentioned above. I'll sort through and find a common denominator.