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What do the icons mean at the top of my Android phone?

What do the icons mean at the top of my Android phone?

The status bar at the top of the home screen contains icons that help you monitor your phone. Icons on the left tell you about apps, such as new messages or downloads. Icons on the right tell you about your phone, such as battery level and network connection. …

What status bar icons mean?

The status bar and the notification bar are very similar, but in reality, they are two different things. The status bar is located at the top of the display, on the right. This is where you will see things like the current time, battery status, and current connections (Bluetooth, cellular network, and Wi-Fi).

How do I get notification icons on my status bar?

  1. how to make the small icon entirely white?
  2. @HammadNasir simply in your android studio click new image assets then choose icon for notification and status bar then choose your image and android studio will create the right icons. – mhdjazmati. Feb 25 ’17 at 19:28.

How do I get status bar notifications on Android?

To create a status bar notification:

  1. Get a reference to the NotificationManager: String ns = Context.
  2. Instantiate the Notification: int icon = R.
  3. Define the Notification’s expanded message and Intent: Context context = getApplicationContext();
  4. Pass the Notification to the NotificationManager:

How to have status bar icons clearly visible in Lollipop devices?

Only solution I found to have clearly visible status bar icons in lollipop devices was to manually set status bar color for API levels below 23. In my BaseActivity class’s onCreate () method, which all other activities in my app inherit from, I add the following:

What’s new in Android Lollipop?

Welcome to Android 5.0 Lollipop—the largest and most ambitious release for Android yet! This release is packed with new features for users and thousands of new APIs for developers. It extends Android even further, from phones, tablets, and wearables, to TVs and cars. For a closer look at the new developer APIs, see the Android 5.0 API Overview.

Is windowlig htstatusbar supported in Lollipop?

As you can see, `windowLig h tStatusBar` is supported only in API 23 and above. For lollipop devices, i.e API 21 and 22, this theming will create a light status bar with light status bar icons which provides a very bad user experience.

How to enable status bar icons in tweak Android Oreo?

Download SystemUI Tuner app to Tweak Android Oreo or earlier. This app is an advanced System UI Tuner. It not only enable the functionality to enable or disable status bar icons, but also help you change the grids and order of Quick Settings panel. However, this app requires special access (root privileges).