Friday, May 23, 2014

Android: an application that turns the LED on the camera notification

An independent developer with Flash Blink offers an original solution to take advantage of most Android Smartphone with a visual notification system when an incoming call through the LED that usually acts for the camera flash. The vast majority of Android Smartphone on the market does not have external reporting system, as a small blinking light for example. Yet this kind of device is handy to know if you have received calls, messages, emails, etc. without having to leave before your Smartphone.  Faiyyaz, a member of the renowned developer forum XDA Developers has addressed the issue at the request of a user.

He managed to concoct Flash Blink this system quite original and especially compatible with most Smartphone Android does so far as to receive a notification light when an incoming call. To do so, Faiyyaz turned the LED that is normally used to flash the photo function. With its application, this LED 


is a notification system that flashes when a call then. Useful for those who want to cut both the ring and shakes their Smartphone. The developer indicates that this is only a first version of its application. It promises regular updates, especially to enable the notification of other events that occur on the Smartphone, not just calls.