LGSnackbar vs ShortcutBadger

LGSnackbar

An easy to use and customisable wrapper of the native Android Snackbar which stays visible across multiple activities. (by loregr)

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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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LGSnackbar		ShortcutBadger
	Project
-	Mentions	3
47	Stars	7,324
-	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	0.0
over 6 years ago	Latest Commit	7 months ago
Java	Language	Java
MIT License	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 or later

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LGSnackbar

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Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

ShortcutBadger

Posts with mentions or reviews of ShortcutBadger. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-01-23.

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 LGSnackbar and ShortcutBadger you can also consider the following projects:

cardslib - Android Library to build a UI Card

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

BottomBar - (Deprecated) A custom view component that mimics the new Material Design Bottom Navigation pattern.

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

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

AndroidQuery - AndroidQuery

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

AndroidNotificationJson - json2notification

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.

SwipeStack

SlidingCard - Sliding cards with pretty gallery effects.