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[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] andrewpmoore:
Apologies I must have misread that. I'm not sure what they do as part of the rom. Could anyone else shed any light.

Also a question that I'm not sure if anyone can answer. I'm hoping to add a "screen on" option for root users who don't use a custom rom. I can control the led colors via a shell, but can't work out which files control the flash rate. Does anyone know which they are?
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] kwerdenker:
The new Hangout update brakes the Talk integration. It still shows up as Talk in the notifications settings area but the LED doesn't light up when I receive a message. Curiously it worked right after the update but after a reboot it just stopped.

Light flow isn't the only notification type app that's having problems with this update btw., so I'm guessing Google changed something with their notifications in Hangout.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] andrewpmoore:
The way gtalk was accessed was all based on non-public API's using reverse engineering of the gtalk app. That's what allow the notification to clear when you read remotely.

I've started looking into the new version, doing a bit of decompiling of the main app, checking on the broadcasts sent out etc, so hope to have something going soon (presuming that the data is accessible and not made private by google)
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] andrewpmoore:
Just been having a play after spending a day decompiling and checking through things getting a handle on the database for hangouts. Then start to do some experiments to find that the content provider is made private so only the hangout app has access to the data. It also seems that there's no broadcasts publicly available on event changes. That's becoming more common as the default for android now is not to make the data public without explicitly settings to be public, before the default was public.

I'll be able to monitor for new notifications, but will need to have a think about if there's a way to automatically clear them. It'll be possible for root in one way or another, but not sure about clearing automatically for non-root. It's such a shame as if the data was available, I'd worked out how to get contact specific notifications from hangouts across multiple accounts.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] keda:
Hey, good to know that you are working on this. I too had the new hangout installed and found out the LED stopped flashing on my N4. Will be great if you can do a incremental update, first for root user then non-root once you figure it out.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] andrewpmoore:
I've just released version 3.7.1 of the app to add basic support for hangouts. No automatic clearing of the notification when read remotely yet. I'm going to work on it for root users and hope if June 10th is android 4.3 day that there's a new API access to this for non root as I'm running out of things to try and everything is tied down to prevent 3rd party access to the information needed.

Changelog for the release is here: http://www.folioflow.com/ff/page/website/lightflow/pageId/1693

Also note that if the app runs in the foreground now it'll always show the notification icon. Not something I wanted to do, but google got in touch asking me to do this for a future release of android where they thinking of making it mandatory. They've been quite keen too checking on progress and ensuring it's been added - hopefully that means something new is coming soon!
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] SubyWill:
I updated the app tonight, and now there is always a notification that says lightflow is running in the status bar, how do I get that off of there?
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] spicediablo:
Disable running on foreground option from settings

Sent from Mako⁴
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] thephantom:
Excellent update. Many thanks
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] andrewpmoore:
Is everyone getting it persistent icon showing? It was a tricky one to test (given I didn't get the release out until 2:30am here), but the upgrade process should have tried to get the option to run in the background.

If you reboot does it come on or does it then clear it?
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] ben_pyett:
no I upgraded...mines still running in the background, so no icon:thumbup:

Update: Rebooted still no icon.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] thephantom:
I'm with ben. Upgraded to latest, running in background, no icon, no issues too
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] VivaErBetis:
No icon too. Running in nexus 4 & 10.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] spicediablo:
Icon disappeared after disabling run in foreground

Sent from Mako⁴
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] VivaErBetis:
That is. I had the option ”Run in foreground” active but I think that the update unchecked it. Once checked the icon appears.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] andrewpmoore:
Thanks. I've tried to recreate it, but even if running in the foreground in a previous version (put without the persistent icon showing), when I install the new version the migration code detects you don't have the persistent icon on and switches the app to a default of running in the background.

I guess it's not working for some people though as there's certainly a few support queries about it.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] Neefy:
Is there a way to make LED flash while screen is on?
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] andrewpmoore:
I've been looking into this. I can control the led color when the screen is on and rooted and I can get one flash rate out, but for the life of me I can't work out what I need to do to change the flash speed. I've posted in xda devs to see if anyone knows but not had a reply.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] benrees21:
I'm still waiting for rainbow led! :p

Sent from the Tardis.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] andrewpmoore:
I'd started work on this for incoming calls when hangouts came along, so I have made a start on this for one notification type!
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] ermacwins:
What about global led settings i.e. custom timing of flashing for all apps rather than having to do all one by one?
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] andrewpmoore:
It is planned. Version 4 is probably where this will come as part of a redesign.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] andrewpmoore:
I've had an n4 since launch. The n4 is the number one phone for the app and it only uses android's standard led access method.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] ben_pyett:
It works....on n4
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] Q.Entity:
Could you add WeatherPro to LightFlow, please?
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] TooSlo:
I'm not sure what's happened, but is there a known incompatibility with the PA Alpha ROMs? I can't seem to get LED functionality to work since the beginning of the month.

I haven't changed the way I set up my ROMs, and always do a clean flash and allow my apps to reinstall instead of doing a TiBu/Helium restore.

I just don't know what to do at this point. Bloody hell frustrating.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] kwerdenker:
I'm currently using LIght Flow with the latest PA version and it's running as good as ever. Just to check for a possible source of the problem: do you have "Pulse notification light" under Settings->Display checked? It is for me.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] TooSlo:
Indeed, it's checked, and custom colors is unticked.

I'll try a full reinstall of the app and see what happens. I just tested an SMS message and didn't see anything after verifying that I received a notification. Same with Facebook Messenger.

/boggle
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] andrewpmoore:
Sure I'll add it into the next release.

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Maybe try temporarily uninstall lightflow and install "led color tester" by coolbeans from the play store and see if that works. That's about as simple as led control can be.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] TooSlo:
I downloaded that and tested (and verified!) that all the different colors work. Occasionally I'll get a single flash of one color when receiving an email or something similar, but it seems to always revert back to a white notification color.

Can you (or anyone) verify what the settings should look like under display->Pulse notification light->various settings?
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] kwerdenker:
I have a question concerning the DashClock support: would it be possible to split the "clear notification" setting into a LED and a DashClock setting?

My use case for this is the following: when I see the LED flashing I turn on the screen to see what the content of the received notification is but don't want to unlock the phone and go into the app. Since I've seen the notification, the LED could be cleared with the screen on but if I do set this in the settings, the DashClock notification also gets cleared before I have a chance to properly see it. So I would like to clear the LED with "screen on" but keep the DashClock notification until I entered the app (or pulled down the shade).
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] redandwhitearmy:
Bug maybe!!!!

Yesterday all SMS messages were read still led was blinking. i opened and closed message app 2-3 times then only LED stoped blinking. Today morning i had unread messages but led wasnt blinking at all. m using stock messaging app. Something is wrong with respect to messages ... however it works perfectly 90% of the time though
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] DesmoDavid:
All this app nedd, IMHO, is a UI refresh. For the rest it's an amazing app. :good:
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] pixelsfarm:
Hi

First of all, great app!

For a little over a week now I've had some trouble with light flow. It doesn't allow my phone to go into deep sleep when the screen is off. I have searched around but I haven't been able to find a solution. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling it but that didn't help. Anyways, is there something i'm oblivious to? Would like some help :)
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] benrees21:
Can confirm the led changes to default white after a while of flashing. Had a Gmail earlier and my phone had been left for a while, when I picked up the phone it was flashing white (supposed to be orange). So I turned the screen on then back off and it was orange again. Also light flow keeps getting killed, I normally run it in the foreground but since we have to have the icon visible all the time, I turned it off and it seems to get killed.

Sent from the Tardis.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] fgjruiz:
Custom Hangout Notifications

It looks like the goal of Google Hangouts is to unify all google message services in one app.

As it stands now, does it look like custom Hangout notifications per user is something that may be in the cards at some point in the immediate future or does the app not push out enough information to Lightflow at the current time?

I'm dying for something to provide me custom Google Voice notifications for my business so I can know right away who is trying to reach me...
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] andrewpmoore:
Which sms app do you use?

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As discussed via email (but I'll post here for others to know). I plan to add a switch off when the screen is unlocked option.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] redandwhitearmy:
stock messaging app that comes on nexus 4.

app Version 4.2.2-573038

see if u can find any bug... maybe its app related but i am not sure... notification doesnt turn off even after message is read... happened a couple of times. works fine 9 out of 10 times.

I do heavy texting.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] benrees21:
Just not working properly now. LED only flashes once I've turned the screen on and off. Won't go off on it's own and sometimes when I turn the screen on it flashes a few random colours.

Sent from the Tardis.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] dejan16v:
Sorry If following problem was already mentioned before.

My Nexus 4 is rooted.

After last update of Light Flow 3.7.1 LITE when showing light for SMS or mail notification, I unlock screen and check the SMS or mail and lock the screen back, the light goes ON again. The notification light wont turn off until I start app itself.

Are there any settings solution for this?
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] benrees21:
Same happened to me with Gmail. Latest update is really buggy for me. Never had a problem before but this update has killed it. Hope the dev pops in soon to see there are problems.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] nedooo:
Use LIGHT MANAGER and enjoy :silly:
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] MatMaul:
I have an other problem : this app seems to conflict with the newly introduced framework to customize led colors/speed in cyanogenmod.

Sometimes my led is white (default configuration in cm settings), sometimes light flow seems to be able to override it and I have the good color.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] benrees21:
Yes can confirm now that's the route of all our problems. The CM led settings are overriding lightflow.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] Deeco7:
Not really related to the app, but Would you be able to add a feature where the display flashes, when notifications are received?
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] darkrom:
Is there any known way to stop the led from being on while charging? Haven't found anything yet.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] ztmike:
What do I need to do to get notification light to work right if my SMS app is Chomp?
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] steviewevie:
In the stock ROM, the LED will only be on for charging if you have set it to be so in LightFlow, and you can easily turn it off. So it sounds like you have a custom ROM or other mod which is doing that.

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] Caner092:
Is there anyway to delete Lightflow notification from the bar which comes with 3.7.1? I don't want to see it all time.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] steviewevie:
Untick the option in LightFlow settings to have it run as a foreground process, you shouldn't need that.

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] DJMartini:
Is forward ground processing even really necessary? I've never had a problem on the Nexus with it in background, but I've been questioning if I should use forward ground. Thoughts?
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] steviewevie:
No, you don't need to run it in the foreground on the N4.

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] DJMartini:
Thx... I didn't think so, but wanted to check :)
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] andrewpmoore:
Light manager are also going to get hit with the persistent notification icon issue in newer jellybean builds. They also don't support non-root devices (which is uncommon on here).

Each to their own though :)

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Yes that's correct.

I've been clarifying a few things with google on the new persistent notification. It will only effect Jellybean and up devices (ok, so that's nexus 4's anyway), but it'll be ok to have a lower priority notification so it won't show in the notification bar, but will show in the pull down bar (similar to google now's weather and standard traffic)

The galaxy nexus does seem to sometimes need "run in foreground" checked, but I've never needed it on the n4

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With chomp, you'll probably need "alternate off monitoring" checked in lightflow->notifications->sms apps

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I've loads of ideas for this. It's a background task at the moment, but I've big plans for version 4. Life would be so much easier if it wasn't for supporting 2.x devices.

Saying that unlike the usage metrics from google which show gingerbread is on 42% of phones, over 95% of phones running lightflow are on 4.0 or higher. It may be time to chop those out of the new UI to speed up development and make new features for the UI easier to add.

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I'd missed a subscription email notification, hence the slow reply to this. So does the issue seem to be totally related to CM roms? It won't be great if that are moving away from androids standard notification methods (without at least having an option to switch it on/off). I'm not very up on the custom rom scene anymore as I don't get time with development and support eating my free time. Did anyone get anywhere with this?
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] benrees21:
They have added a new framework for the LED settings and they now seem to have priority over lightflow. Only the built in LED settings will work at the moment for notifications but for some reason, if I turn the screen on and back off lightflow takes priority and displays the right colour.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] DesmoDavid:
Maybe can you split the app like Tapatalk (with cross licensing) in two versions. One with 2.x and the other one with 4.x support. ;)

Inviato dal mio Nexus 4 con Tapatalk 2
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] GFXi0N:
I have an Issue here trying to make LightFlow work on ParanoidAndroid + Franco Kernel.

I just Installed LightFlow (pro paid version) and enabled some notifications but it does not work at all.

I disabled the built-in led notification tool, but still, no result....

I tried restarting the phone but even in the tests, no response.

Help? :(
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] ben_pyett:
check settings...display.....pulse notification light is on
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] GFXi0N:
So, both the rom's system and light flow must be activated?
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] ben_pyett:
I don't believe that this means this I understood it to mean that system wide permissions/settings would permit light flow to function. I use AOKP and it functions just fine.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] GFXi0N:
I'm still having issues... I tried enabling and disabling, wiping the app settings but nothing....

Could it be the cause that I have been jumping from cm to paranoid lately?.... I'd prefer not to wipe all my configurations.....

If I cannot get support here, where can I get official one?

Thanks
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] :
I paid for the lightflow app and it's one of my favourite apps without doubt. Thanks 4 this!

Enviado desde mi Nexus 4 usando Tapatalk 2
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] nethackker:
Mine seems to have compatibility issue with Touch control. Has to Uninstall one for another to work :(
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] MatMaul:
Hi,

Could you comment on this issue ? are you working on a fix ?

lightflow is useless on my phone right now :/

Thanks
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] Mohit12:
I'm using the lite version and my notification light flashes a darkish blue all the time. I don't have any notifications at all. Any idea what's causing this or how I can check?
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] Deeco7:
Please add an option where when charging only 'charging notifications(led)' are shown.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] andrewpmoore:
What issue do you get. I wonder if it's related to anything with the accessibility service. If you temporarily switch that off for lightflow do things then work?

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I'm not exactly sure what they have done, but lightflow on the nexus 4 just uses the standard android API to control the leds so my guess it that it's something that they have maybe changed and broken a bit in the rom. I'm not exactly sure. I've tried to look at the changelogs and source for their changes, but I'm not too familiar with their code to know the issue. I'm not sure if anyone has tried get in touch with the CM folk?

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The best thing to do is add the lightflow debug widget to a homescreen (just through the app launchers widget section). It'll show which notificaitons the app thinks are on. If it doesn't make sense after that PM me.

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Do you mean you'd want all notifications to switch off when charging (not just the battery ones like low battery)?

With the model I'm working on for version 4 of the app this kind of thing should be possible (all being well)
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] Rashiel:
Is lightflow take much battery?!
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] thephantom:
You won't even notice it's there. It's a great app
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] andrewpmoore:
Just to put it into context. I was having a play with my galaxy nexus (which now just sits on a desk and is used for some testing) and while sat inactive but with an outstanding notification the start of day 4 of being on battery it'd only 31% of the battery. TBH I was surprised that without any software on the galaxy nexus that it'd manage that!
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] Rashiel:
This means ofc, the App is really economic?^^
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] andrewpmoore:
I try to be very strict in what I add to the app to ensure low battery use. That's always priority over fancy features that'll kill the battery. Every few releases I try to make sure I've not significantly increased the time of the main running code and move things around to minimise battery use.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] Rashiel:
Will test the app 2-3 days and then buy it ofc! :)
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] Alarbus:
This is the change that broke how Light Flow works with CM. http://review.cyanogenmod.org/#/c/37812/

I'm having the exact same problem on my VZW Galaxy Nexus. If I revert to RC2, it works as intended. If I upgrade to RC3, it breaks.

Edit: hahaha, I just realized that you're the app dev. Observant.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] mishko:
Light Flow hasn't been working properly on the latest couple of PA roms and/or Franco kernels. Sound notifications work but not Led. Not sure if it's the kernel's or the rom's fult.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] steviewevie:
I use Light Flow on Franco kernel but with stock ROM and my LED is working fine.

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] Alarbus:
I've opened the following ticket with CM on this issue - https://jira.cyanogenmod.org/browse/CYAN-1299
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] mishko:
So probably not a kernel issue then...
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] Ok_Kaleidoscope5109:
it's without a doubt a CM issue. I was using RC2 (pre-LED commits) and after I flashed RC4 I started seeing all the things you guys described.

I really do hope that the lightflow dev looks into this and hopefully the CM changes aren't going to screw this up.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] banboune:
Great app !! thank for sharing.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] Q.Entity:
I have no problems with LightFlow and CM on the Nexus but on the ZL I get the notification from CM and LightFlow alternating...

Sendt fra min ZL 6506
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] andrewpmoore:
They are changing around the default way notification leds are controlled in android, but I'm hoping that I should be able to work around it. Going to test out the theory later today.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] Ok_Kaleidoscope5109:
Yah. I found your guys discussion on jira. Thanks for the amazing work.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] mishko:
[MENTION=220547]andrewpmoore[/MENTION]

Sorry for bumping my post but I have something to add. The paid version is still not working for me but with the free one (Lite) everything is ok! That's strange concidering both versions are 3.7.1.

Any ideas?
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] andrewpmoore:
PM me and I'll try check through some things.

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Ok from limited testing it seems like the modifications might be getting things going ok again with CM. Technically with their changes there may be some chances of other apps overriding the lightflow control but it's probably fairly unlikey with most apps.

Hoping to start a staged rollout tomorrow if all goes well beforehand.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] neuromix:
Can we get support for Textra sms app in upcoming update?
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] kid1da:
Has anyone else had lightflow stop working after the latest gmail update? After the new labels have been introduced, lightflow doesn't work for emails.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] pjc123:
I gave up on lite-flow. Installed, uninstalled, and re-installed three sets of times over a couple month period and it works for little while then stops working.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] brunini:
Here the light flow works great even after the last gmail update.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] kid1da:
Do you have the tabs within the gmail app? I didn't have a problem until I enabled the tabs on the web.