Hey,
I've noticed on the latest Kang/CM9 builds that the notification bar "sticks" sometimes. As in you press it and it flashes but doesnt pop up as it should. Anyone else had this issue? Found anyway around it/what causes it?
Thanks!
Recently, my google navigation stopped turning to face the direction I was driving. It still follows the blue arrow around but the map doesn't rotate to follow the direction driving. Has anybody else experienced this or have any idea how to fix it?
So, fresh out of ios for the last few years I really got use to Google maps having banner notifications while in a different app and navigating.
It seems this is missing on the Android app. It must be doable because I get banner notifications for my phone and music apps.
Curious if anyone has any insight on why this great feature is missing, and if there's any word on it possibly being added.
Anyone have any info at all? Even a Google request page where this is being discussed would be cool. I can't find a thing about on the Web, an it seems like a significant thing to be missing.
They don't do the banner notifications in Android because it's in the notification drawer. Just have to swipe the status bar down to see it.
es0tericcha0s said:
They don't do the banner notifications in Android because it's in the notification drawer. Just have to swipe the status bar down to see it.
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Hmmmm.... I will give that a shot, but they do banner notification for a couple apps. Phone comes to mind immediately.
Pulling down the drawer is a huge distraction, as is muting the navi voice when a call comes in.
I feel that a banner over my other apps would be more distracting. Different strokes for different folks and all that.
I don't see how on earth directions a person is relying on being hidden is less distracting than being visible. But ya.... Different strokes I suppose.
Given the fact it's on ios and not Googles own OS makes me wonder. I mean, ios is known for having more polished apps, and also known for having better Google Apps in some cases.
Because when I use Maps, it's connected to Bluetooth in my car, thus having no need to see directions. It also tells me where to go via voice controls. If you need to see the directions, why would you be in another app anyway? I sometimes pop into the directions to see a head of time if I'm at a stoplight or something, but just have to double click on the lockscreen notification or the notification drawer and good to go.
To add insult to injury, Google maps will flash a banner notification telling me the route is 'clear', or 'being rerouted'. So..... It seems very very possible to throw in the upcoming turn banner notifications as well.
And for those who use an ear piece, or no blue tooth at all an auto mute function would be so nice.
I just don't understand the lack of these features or the lack of people who find their absence not inconvenient at the least. *sigh *
I'm a long time Waze but when running Waze on my OPX there's no GPS icon in the status bar. With Google Maps there is. I'm wondering if this is a Waze bug or if this is an indication that Waze is not using actual GPS but rather WiFi to determine my position. One of the things I've noticed is that Waze is slower to react when I don't follow the route that it was on my OPO.
Anyone else seen this?
Same on H2OS. No icon. But i did use it a few days on Oxygen OS and Waze seemed fine. BUT not as fast as my previous phone, so something IS wrong here...
Works fine for me.
But you're right no GPS icon. When you open the notification drawer, "Localisation" is all right. You can long clic on it to see your settings.
I get extremely annoyed when certain apps force full-screen mode and my navigation buttons disappear. Would it be possible to hack Android to prevent this? I want navigation to be like the old days: reliably present.