notifications (default and fullscreen)

These two apps are mutually exclusive as they overwrite the same Notify file, and the last installed will be the active one.

But as a user you don't need to know that, so following things can happen:

• having both installed and you don't understand why it is big or small
  
• having both installed, you uninstall one, you see one at AppsLoader but notifications doesn't work
  
  

I think the appLoader should manage and control mutually exclusive apps. What do you think?

Yes, definitely. The app loader should be able to check and remove the other app. Same for launchers.

Hmm - if one overwrites the other I dont see how you could have both installed at the same time. There will only ever be one notify file on the device. But there would be a unique info file on the bangle so the app loader should know which one is installed ? At the moment I delete both just to make sure then install the one I want.

Would it not be possible to have one notify module and have it configurable fullscreen / pop up style notifications ?

There will only ever be one notify file on the device. But there would be a unique info file on the bangle

Yes, that's the problem

Would it not be possible to have one notify module and have it configurable fullscreen / pop up style notifications ?

Yes, and it may have been easier. However the idea was to allow other developers to make different styles of notifications that could be installed, so you had a choice - it's just that nobody has actually done that yet.

I guess time will tell - which is the best way to go.
Fullscreen works best for me at the moment.

Hello, I'm interested in developing a banglejs app that can receive phone notifications from web sites. Where can I start/look? just forking notifications app?

Why pasting notify.js from github on the web ide and saving it on the watch does not work?

Hi, when the 'Notifications' app at https://banglejs.com/apps/#notification is installed, you can the use it like a library. For instance:

require("notify").show({id:1, title:"Test", body:"Some Alert"});

Check out the 'Read more' link on https://banglejs.com/apps/#notification for some examples.

I have tried it with both the normal notifications and the fullscreen notifications. I don’t see a difference. Is it subtle? In either case, for example, I still see the widgets at the top of the screen.

Are you running this on a Bangle.js 2? Because on the Bangle.js 2 you're really meant to be using the Android and Messages apps - which use a different way of displaying notifications.

As far as I know the non-fullscreen notifications should not even install on Bangle.js 2 (they don't work) so you're stuck with fullscreen

I have an iPhone, and use the IOS integration with Messages. When I saw the word “fullscreen” I was hoping notifications would have enough screen real estate to use a larger font. But maybe it is already as good as it gets.

Ahh, yes, you don't have other options right now then.

However the latest Messages app allows you to tap on the message to get a fullscreen, scrollable view.

There's also some talk of removing the buttons (maybe via a menu option) and using swipes instead.