Active Display

Active Display$1.44

Rated 3.82/5 (74) —  Free Android application by Scheff's Blend

About Active Display

Bring your device to life with Active Display for Android.

With Active Display, your notifications are available to you right on your screen without any other clutter or distractions. You can easily open up any important notifications or simply dismiss them with a swipe of the screen. Easily view full notifications at the touch of a button or browse through all current notifications with a swipe of your finger. Active Display will turn your screen on and display notifications as they arrive if your device is out in view. If your device has a proximity sensor Active Display will poll it to see if the device is tucked away somewhere and if it is then the display will not be turned on. Want your display to come on the moment you take it out of your pocket? With Active Display that is just one of the many possibilities and easily enabled via Active Display's settings. Become the life of the party when you show your friends your Jedi skills of turning your device on with a wave of your hand. So what are you waiting for? Download Active Display today and put the smart back into smartphone.


FEATURES
• Instantly turns the device screen on, when the device is not stowed away, and displays notifications as they arrive
• Up to 8 notifications displayed in a horizontal strip that can be viewed by touching the notification icon
• Short notification description can be displayed around the outside of the center ring
• Touch the center ring notification to view the full notification
• Unlock the device, open the app for the current notification or dismiss the current notification
• Set a re-display time to have active display remind you of your pending notifications
• Exclude selected applications from being displayed in Active Display
• Use Active Display as your device's lock screen
• Pocket mode which allows active display to turn on once you remove the device from your pocket or bag

How to Download / Install

Download and install Active Display version 1.1.20140216 on your Android device!
Downloaded 1,000+ times, content rating: Not rated
Android package: com.scheffsblend.activedisplay, download Active Display.apk

All Application Badges

Paid
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Android
4.3+
Bug
buster
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rated
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App History & Updates

What's Changed
1.1.20140216
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Settings organized into categories in navigation drawer
Option to swipe up to open application
Added option to ignore notifications in Active Display but remain in status bar
Added battery level indicator
And of course bug fixes for better stability and usability
1.0.20140106
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Fix for screen timeout being set to 15 seconds
Some under the hood optimizations
1.0.20140101
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Bug fixes
Improved tablet layouts
More downloads  Active Display reached 1 000 - 5 000 downloads
Price update  Price changed from $1.99 to $1.44.
More downloads  Active Display reached 500 - 1 000 downloads

What are users saying about Active Display

R70%
by R####:

This app would be 5 stars if it would stay in memory. I have to relaunch it 1 or 2 times a day which is a little annoying. Otherwise, I love the functionality and the minimal black look of it.

R70%
by R####:

Persistent question mark notification after upgrading to Kit Kat

R70%
by R####:

I have purchased the app now its not working for lollipop

R70%
by R####:

The one gripe I have about this app is that when it's on lockscreen mode, if the back button is pressed on the phone, it exits the lockscreen and takes you to the phone's home screen. That just makes it feel like an artificial lockscreen rather than an authentic one. If this is fixed I'll give it 5 stars :)

R70%
by R####:

Pros 1. Looks good. Cons 1. Turns off my screen within seconds. Since this has a drastic effect on the way I use my phone with the screen turning off every few seconds it makes it a deal breaker. 2. In phone calls, it seems to be interfering with or having an issue with the proximity sensor. The screen just turns on and off continually through the duration of any call. 3. Bugs somehow persisted even after I turned off the features. Had to uninstall completely. No other lock screen apps were installed.

Y70%
by Y####:

garbage

X70%
by X####:

But I wish it did because it looks good.

S70%
by S####:

Device nexus 6. Actually it doesn't work at all. No screen light up when notification arrives. Maybe I didn't set something in settings.

M70%
by M####:

Sometimes it works, other times it doesn't. When unlocking device from the lockscreen, it automatically puts you directly into this application's core settings screen instead of simply unlocking the phone, and there didn't appear to be a way around that. Also noticed that it messes up the timeout screen time by reducing it unexpectedly. And this is the paid version.

Y70%
by Y####:

Sometimes it works, other times it doesn't. When unlocking device from the lockscreen, it automatically puts you directly into this application's core settings screen instead of simply unlocking the phone, and there didn't appear to be a way around that. Also noticed that it messes up the timeout screen time by reducing it unexpectedly. And this is the paid version.

T70%
by T####:

This app would be 5 stars if it would stay in memory. I have to relaunch it 1 or 2 times a day which is a little annoying. Otherwise, I love the functionality and the minimal black look of it.

T70%
by T####:

I have purchased the app now its not working for lollipop

T70%
by T####:

Very, very similar to the Active Display feature in Beanstalk and Dirty Unicorn ROM's.

E70%
by E####:

Turned this off, still opened up in the middle of using my phone. Would not recommend

T70%
by T####:

Just like the Droid turbo, great and responsive active /moto display

O70%
by O####:

Sent a fairly detailed email (although not too long) to developer enumerating functionality issues. Allowed several weeks for a reply. Hearing nothing, I can only assume that the developer doesn't care about paying customers. The app is OK and I'm not looking for a refund or anything. I just feel that the developer is discourteous and unprofessional.

M70%
by M####:

I was looking forward to using this app because it is the only one to activate pocket mode if there is a notification. It does not do that, it acts as if I want pocket Mode always, or just doesn't work. It also changes my phones display timeout to 15 seconds. Really looking forward to a more robust version of the app, or I'd like a refund

T70%
by T####:

Pros 1. Looks good. Cons 1. Turns off my screen within seconds. Since this has a drastic effect on the way I use my phone with the screen turning off every few seconds it makes it a deal breaker. 2. In phone calls, it seems to be interfering with or having an issue with the proximity sensor. The screen just turns on and off continually through the duration of any call. 3. Bugs somehow persisted even after I turned off the features. Had to uninstall completely. No other lock screen apps were installed.

P70%
by P####:

15 sec display on bug still exists

U70%
by U####:

Buggy: often stops working on my Nexus 5. Also it would be nice if a background could be set for the lock screen.

X70%
by X####:

I got used to the Active Notifications in OmniRom and this is the closest I've seen to that in a 3rd party app. The "pocket mode" works better (at least for me) than any other app of this type. One small anoyance: the screen time-out seems to set itself to 15 sec when you activate this app. Even though you can override that in the Display settings, it seems to reset back to 15 sec after every reboot. I see from the changelog that this was supposedly fixed in a previous version, but it's still happening.

N70%
by N####:

Remove the square from the mini notification icons. No need to display small notification icon if its the only one. Right now it shows up small and big. Also 'open' appears behind the notification at times. These fixes would make it perfect.

N70%
by N####:

Brings my favorite feature from my beloved moto x to any phone.

T70%
by T####:

Does not turn screen on to display notification.

N70%
by N####:

A little slow to wake on pocket mode. Would like to be able to configure size and position of items. Would like to be able to configure what swiping each direction does. Would like breathing notifications.

N70%
by N####:

Persistent question mark notification after upgrading to Kit Kat

N70%
by N####:

Best of the active screen notification apps

R70%
by R####:

My wife has the moto x and I have the nexus 5 I fell in love with the active display on her x and this app is very very close and well done couldn't be happier

T70%
by T####:

Pocket mode doesn't work well. Some features missing like control over how much time the screen remains on. Correct this and you'll have 5 stars

X70%
by X####:

Glad to see this in the play store so more devices can use it. Still a little buggy with kitkat ROMs however, pocket mode only seems to work with notifications if you set it on always on. Clearing the notification by swipping to the x doesn't shut screen off and lock screen seems to not communicate with ROMs lock screen causing you to unlock phone twice. Using the latest cm11 nightly, but still enjoy trying this app out as I've missed the heck out of it since switching to cm11 on my d2att

R70%
by R####:

Few updates and options away from being top dog.

R70%
by R####:

Agree about being able to just hit the back button with the lock screen and open the phone

R70%
by R####:

It just works!

V70%
by V####:

Awesome!!!!

L70%
by L####:

Just work as is intend to do, better than those two out there

R70%
by R####:

Works great on my Nexus 4 and Nexus 5. Thanks for this useful app!

R70%
by R####:

Pros 1. Looks good. Cons 1. Turns off my screen within seconds. Since this has a drastic effect on the way I use my phone with the screen turning off every few seconds it makes it a deal breaker. 2. In phone calls, it seems to be interfering with or having an issue with the proximity sensor. The screen just turns on and off continually through the duration of any call. 3. Bugs somehow persisted even after I turned off the features. Had to uninstall completely. No other lock screen apps were installed.

R70%
by R####:

App prevents any security on your device, and runs poorly and very choppy, slow animations. Would rate 0stars if possible because of its lack of options and limited use.

R70%
by R####:

The best of the lot!! Easily beats dynamicnotifications, active notify, and acdisplay. Great support as well.

V70%
by V####:

Does not work on HTC One Max.


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