Android 4.3
over the next version of Android, we have heard many different rumors, but mainly about when the new version of Android would be launched and not so much about what would be new in Android 4.3. We expected to hear about Android 4.3 at Google I / O last May, but there were only some more details released.
Last week was in the United States start selling the Google Edition of Samsung Galaxy S4. This hardware device is exactly equal to the Galaxy S4 in the Netherlands and Belgium is available, but runs on a standard version of Android. Last Friday leaked a test version of a system update for the Google edition of the S4 and it turned out to Android 4.3.
Besides some small changes in Wifi and presumably the addition of Bluetooth LE (Bluetooth Low Energy) there are not many changes in Android 4.3. Under the hood there will be a thing adapted. Presumably we heard during Google I / O that the next version of Android would still run smoother and make multi-core processors for displaying the interface. Better use
Notifications in Android
One of the main features of Android is the notification from the start screen. Here are several notifications (system) collected apps, so you can see if you have received a new mail and if there might be an application in the background a file is downloading.
Applications can basically only see their own notifications on Android. This is an exception: it is possible to register in the system as --', for people with disabilities an application. This example can also read the notifications screen readers. Applications such as Light Flow that the notification light on your device to change color in different type’s notifications, use these options.
The possibilities are limited: it is not possible to make them disappear from another app, notifications but 4.3 seem to be changing with Android. The developer includes Nova Launcher, Kevin, told Android Police that he had new opportunities in the area of notifications found. That changes are coming, we already knew: the creator of Light Flow had been told that foreground applications from Android 4.3 requires a notification icon to display Google. This foreground applications are not necessarily in the picture, but not just shut down or "frozen" at the moment there is not enough memory.
New features
what are those changes that Kevin did exactly? He found a new screen hidden in the settings of Android 4.3. Then you can see that you are missing. Notifications A complete notification history so. The most interesting is that it seems that applications notifications from other apps can read and delete. This offers a lot of new possibilities. Firstly, applications like Light Flow no detours have to use to access the notifications access. Secondly, it seems that it is possible to replicate. Notification bar Launchers would, for example, can build their own notification bar on the home screen.
There are still some limitations found. Course, application developer’s permission (permission) questions when installing the app from other applications to view notifications, but in the test version of Android 4.3 that has surfaced is not possible for application developers to request these permissions: only system apps can use it. Possibly this will still change before Android 4.3 officially comes out. It seems, at least with only the changes in the area of notifications not yet possible to replace. Official notification bar anywhere
The possibilities are particularly interesting for applications such as Google Glass and smart watches. These smart devices can then easily view notifications and, when they are read, delete. Especially when you consider that Bluetooth LE is added to communicate with these devices, it appears that Android 4.3 is ideally suited to work with smart watches and gadgets like Google Glass. A smart watch Google would sometimes be higher than we expected. Closer
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