DotLoader vs ShortcutBadger

DotLoader

A cool customizable loading animation with Dots (by bhargavms)

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ShortcutBadger

An Android library supports badge notification like iOS in Samsung, LG, Sony and HTC launchers. (by leolin310148)

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DotLoader		ShortcutBadger
	Project
-	Mentions	3
137	Stars	7,324
-	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	0.0
almost 7 years ago	Latest Commit	8 months ago
Java	Language	Java
Apache License 2.0	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 or later

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Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

ShortcutBadger

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Push notifications service with a customizable badge count
1 project | /r/androiddev | 8 Sep 2022
Popular Android phones that have a badge count
1 project | /r/androiddev | 7 Sep 2022

Yes, it's totally dependent on the launcher. You can achieve something with this https://github.com/leolin310148/ShortcutBadger , but only for launchers that support it.
Alternative to Tasks.org?
2 projects | /r/fossdroid | 23 Jan 2021

About 1/2 of the permissions on that list are added by ShortcutBadger for writing notification badges to various launchers. If you have questions or concerns about any of the other permissions let me know

What are some alternatives?

When comparing DotLoader and ShortcutBadger you can also consider the following projects:

android-iconify - Android integration of multiple icon providers such as FontAwesome, Entypo, Typicons,...

android-viewbadger - [DEPRECATED] A simple way to "badge" any given Android view at runtime without having to cater for it in layout

Android-ScrollBarPanel - Android-ScrollBarPanel allows to attach a View to a scroll indicator like it's done in Path 2.0

SwipeSelector - A nicer-looking, more intuitive and highly customizable alternative for radio buttons and dropdowns for Android.

android-stackblur - Android StackBlur is a library that can perform a blurry effect on a Bitmap based on a gradient or radius, and return the result. The library is based on the code of Mario Klingemann.

AndroidQuery - AndroidQuery

TapTargetView - An implementation of tap targets from the Material Design guidelines for feature discovery.

AndroidNotificationJson - json2notification

AndroidViewHover - An elegant way to show your menu or messages.

AndroidSlidingUpPanel - This library provides a simple way to add a draggable sliding up panel (popularized by Google Music and Google Maps) to your Android application. Brought to you by Umano.

Litho (By Facebook) - A declarative framework for building efficient UIs on Android.

SlidingCard - Sliding cards with pretty gallery effects.