[APP] [OMG] Google Voice SMS Popup Notifications

Finally, a Google Voice SMS popup solution...

Background:
First off, I definitely care about this more than 99% of ppl out there, and have been looking for a solution for over 2 years, and have posted on countless forums, emailed probably 50 developers, created my own ghetto tasker solutions.. etc

I use Google Voice for ALL of my calls and SMS (using Google Voice App and GV Callback for calls), and have since it was GrandCentral. Given that, it's driven me crazy that there's no SMS popup option to work with Google Voice... since they don't have an open API, mainly. All other SMS apps like GO SMS, Handcent, etc make you use the random Google Voice contact number and mess up my threads.

Today, I finally found an app that will work with Google Voice and display a popup for incoming SMS along with the message (screen on or off).

by developer, ProductiGeeky
Notifier Pro
is the paid version, but the
lite version
also works if you want to test it out with limited features.

The developer has also released variants of basically the same app with very slightly different features called:
iPhone Notifications and WP7 Notifications

There are lite versions available for both. NotifierPro seems to include all features of WP7, but the iPhone Notifications app has a better toast popup dialog-- which is not available in NotifierPro. However, it (iphone) doesn't have the robust features available in the NotifierPro version.

You can read the app descriptions for more details, but here are some screenshots to get an idea.
In the app description, there is no mention of Google Voice compatibility. I've contacted the developer, and think he should make a variant with google voice in mind.

BTW, you can add notifications for virtually any app (like Gmail, messaging, email, GTalk, etc) with tons of other features. The major downside is, you can only use your default notification tone, despite the fact you can customize the vibration. In the screenshots, I'm using NotifierPro with the various themes that come with the app.

Some NotifierPro features include:
• allowing you to move the location of the popup
• adjust screen off > screen on popup settings
• set if you want it to appear as a banner or notification
• choose themes
• set sleep schedules
• set repeat notification reminders, etc, etc.

Screenshots of NotifierPro app (I'm using the paid Plus version, but free also works):





iPhone Notifications version I mentioned


NOTE: If you're going to try this for Google Voice, it's best to turn off the audible notification in the google voice app (under Sync & Notifications) to prevent the double tone.

Hope you enjoy this as much as I do. It's got plenty of room for improvement, but it's an absolute step in the right direction.

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Authentik said:

Does anybody know how he modified the carrier text at the bottom of the lockscreen?

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Lol, ya.. I did that. It's a baked in feature of Roman's AOKP ROM -- info thread is in the NS4G Dev section

Ya, its all the same dev- if you have feature ideas, I think he is watching this thread. He's been pretty quick and responsive

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c19932 said:

tried google voice notification as well as notifier, but both didnt work for me.

Both apps basically dont even give me any notifications at all for anything, such as missed calls, text, etc. I did already checked the accessibility thingy. Any idea why? I am on CM7, HTC sensation

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Interesting. I wonder if this only works on ICS .. (for google voice).
May be obvious, but have you tried rebooting?

c19932 said:

yup I have tried rebooting... would anyone happen to know what "services" is needed for this app to work? I tried unfreezing a lot of my system apps but the notification is still not coming up.

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Does a notification pop up when you hit "Test" in settings?

ewingr said:

Looks pretty nice.

Do you by any chance know of an app that works with GV that provides a better user interface than the stock GV app?

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Unless you count Handcent, GO SMS, or any of those others, no, not that I've seen-- and since Google Voice has a closed API (as of now..and probably eternity), we probably won't see one. That's why I like to theme them

I used handcent for a while, but get annoyed that it ends up jacking up my contact numbers-- having to add an extra number for anyone I text, and only reflecting sms messages sent and received by handcent.

lexluthor said:

When I do test notification, I got a white bar at the top with a test.

I don't get anything for incoming GV message.

What am I supposed to see for an incoming GV message? Just that same bar at the top?

Not really sure how that helps me too much. I still need to open the app to reply and clicking the bar doesn't even take you to GV or does it?

How exactly does this work?

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Did you select Google Voice from the other apps section in the settings? If you click on the banner notification, (in a real popup, not the test), it should take you to the actual message. I'm talking with the dev to work out kinks, and then hopefully build on that.

Wait, this is for the NotifierPro (free or plus version) . He pulled down the Google voice notification app because it wasn't working. One of the probs with GV not working internationally, as the dev can't test it himself.

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