Do you know how to use the Android 5.0 notification system effectively?

In Android 5.0 Lollipop version, the notification bar has been completely new, much more neatly designed. Users only need to swipe 2 times to receive notifications of applications and Quick Settings buttons.

Android 5.0 Lollipop launches to bring useful improvements to users. Especially and most noticeable is the Notification notification bar has been completely changed about the design. Now, when you swipe the top-down notification bar once, you'll see notifications of apps, mail, and date and time. And when you swipe again the Quick Settings icon will appear.

But that operation does not cause inconvenience to users, but just swipe 2 fingers from the top down has appeared Quick Settings button and notification. In the following article, we will bring you a few tips to effectively use the notification bar on Android 5.0 Lollipop.

1. Display notification at lock screen:

Android 5.0 operating system allows users to receive and read notifications right on the lock screen. With previous operating system versions, users are forced to unlock to receive notifications, now they just need to read at the lock screen. If too much notice, just pull up or down to read.

To open the notification, we just need to press twice on that message. In case you want to remove any notifications just swipe the notification to the right of the screen.

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2. Customize the display of the message content:

As mentioned, notifications from apps, weather, messages, etc. appear right on the lock screen. However, sometimes you don't want private messages to appear on the lock screen, if accidentally read by others. So you can hide the personal content.

We access Settings> Sounds and notifications> When locking the device , then select Hide sensitive notification content . Note to users , this feature only applies to locked devices with PIN, password, or Unlock Patter.

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3. Quickly call:

When you use the application on the device and have an incoming call, we will see a call notification in the corner of the screen, not the full screen as before. If you want to skip the call, just press the reject button right in the notification bar and continue using the app.

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4. Option to change notification settings:

Notification notification feature on Android 5.0 allows users to customize to suit each person. First of all, you need to access Settings> Sounds and Notifications and will see a lot of options.

  1. Pulse notification light: use LED for new notification or not.
  2. When locking the device: choose to hide personal content on the lock screen.
  3. Application notifications: adjust notifications for each application.
  4. Notification permissions: some applications when installing will require users to allow notification access on the device.

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5. Interrupt feature Interruptions:

On Android 5.0 there is a feature to adjust the notification that appears at the time when the user selects. This is the feature of Interruptions and works with Priority mode . To activate this mode, press the volume key up or down , then select Preferences at the dialog box at the side of the screen.

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If you want to customize Interruptions mode, go to Settings> Sound and notifications> Interrupt . Options include:

  1. When the call and notification arrive: the notification option is always displayed, showing the priority message, not displaying any notifications. With priority preferences for events, reminders, and call messages, we can select the preferred contact to display a notification when clicking Call / message from.
  2. Time does not work: take Android device and Priority mode with set time. Depending on your needs, you can choose the time, so as not to receive unimportant notifications.

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6. Setup automatically re-enables notifications:

To be able to set the notification timer to automatically turn on again after a certain time, press the volume up and down button, then click No to disable the notification, or Priority to use Priority mode for an application. Some applications still receive notifications, while others do not.

Or you can choose the time to display the message in the Item For 1 hour, with the + button or - to change the time.

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7. Turn off notifications from Gmail:

This is a different feature of Gmail than other applications. We access Settings> Sounds and Notifications> Application notifications> Gmail , click the gear icon . Then select the Gmail account that doesn't want to display the message, in case you log in to multiple Gmail accounts on the device and then uncheck the Notifications .

Above are some of the basic but quite useful tips with the notification bar on Android 5.0. Hopefully with the above article you will have to give yourself more effective use of Notification system, as well as other features on Android devices.

Refer to the following articles:

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I wish you all success!

Update 25 May 2019
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