Want to know when new emails arrive, if that download has finished or whether your character has finished healing in the game?
Some devices running Android 5 hide the notifications away. If you have a remote control that can easily move an on screen cursor, click at the top of the screen and drag down (so don’t left go of the OK/Left Mouse Button key until you’ve finished swiping down).
If a bar doesn’t appear, you can still use “Heads-up Notifications”, see https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=codes.simen.l50notifications for more information about the app.
To use this new notification system:
- Open the Play Store app on your DROIX device. If you’ve not signed in and used it before, you might want to click over to https://droix.net/first-run-of-googles-play-store first.
- In the search bar at the top, enter these words:
heads-up notifications - You will see multiple results, it is the app by simen.codes that we are looking at
- Once clicked on, select the Install button
- Make sure you are happy accepting the permissions it requests (Android 5 users, Android 6 users will be asked when the app is opened)
- Following the application’s installation, click the Open button
What Now?
You will now need to follow the on screen instructions…
- Click the Toggle Heads-Up button
- Tick the Heads-up notifications entry in the Notification Access area shown on your screen
- Click OK when asked if you’re sure
- The same screen will return, but the box should be ticked now
Click the Return button on your remote (it looks a bit like an arrow limbo dancing) - You should now see a confirmation on your screen that the system is working, with this confirmation itself being the proof!
- If you want to fine tune the settings (to make it easier to dismiss the notifications or other behaviour), click the Settings button and you will see a lot of tweaking can be done.
- You’re finished! You can press Return or the Home button on your remote.