StandOut lets you easily create floating windows in your Android app.

Give it a bit more of "Holo" look and usability.

• Fix code styling based on Android guidelines
• Changed DropDownItem by PopupMenu (I'm not sure if we can set icons, but it adapts to new APIs)
• Window.hasMoved(), and Window.setMoved(boolean) methods. This helps to determine whether if window has been moved atleast once. It could be useful to implement custom onTouch methods (Example: A video player that play/stops on touch but you don't want it to play/stop when you're dragging and dropping it)
• Renamed FLAG_ADD_FUNCTIONALITY_DROP_DOWN_DISABLE to FLAG_ADD_FUNCTIONALITY_POPUP_MENU_DISABLE (See above)
• Add ability to pass data bundles on show() method (Ex: for apps willing to use intent filters)
• Add ability to perform haptic feedback on MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN for both body and title bar (also changed a bit behavior of FLAG_DECORATION_MOVE_DISABLE)
• Remove hardcoded strings on most (all ?) of the places
• Removed some drawables and use holo ones
• Layout fixes (as updating fill_parent to match_parent)
• Fix android doc on some methods
• Updated some code following ide suggestions
• Update API usage to min 15, target 16 (ICS, Jellybean)

Hi Wei,

I am using your wonderful StandOut library for my latest project - a floating chessboard. My chessboard basically consists of a imageview. I track moves using the onTouch callback.

Which is a problem (in my case).

If I set the BRING_TO_FRONT_ON_TOUCH (/TAP) flags to have the library automatically bring my window to the front on touches/taps then the window will flicker everytime I move a piece on the chessboard. It's annoying.

I then devised the following strategy ... Do not set the BRING_TO_FRONT_ON_TOUCH (or TAP) flags on the window. In the show() and bringToFront() methods I track which windowId have been shown or brought to the front.

In my onTouch handler I then have:

    if (getTopmostWindowId() != id) {
        bringToFront(id);
    }

... and lo and behold. The flicker has gone!

I hope you find the patch worthwhile for inclusion into the StandOut library - or, better yet, let it serve for a better implementation if possible :-)

Anyway - thanks for a nice library. I expect tor release my chessboard app one of the days .... - and it wouldn't have been possible without your library!

Best regards, Brian

I am wondering what is the preferred way of getting the current Activity or Context object into StandOutWindow? Or the other way around, how to access the FrameView of StandOutWindow from the Activity?

Or did I do something wrong and there exists a development pattern that doesn't get you in such troubles?

It's working fine for Android 8 but error with Android 9 and Android 10.

Fatal Exception: android.app.RemoteServiceException: Bad notification for startForeground: java.lang.RuntimeException: invalid channel for service notification: Notification(channel=null pri=0 contentView=null vibrate=null sound=null tick defaults=0x0 flags=0x60 color=0x00000000 vis=SECRET internalType=0 internalPriority=0 internalGroupPriority=0 internalFlag=0)
       at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1965)
       at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
       at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:224)
       at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7081)
       at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java)
       at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:536)
       at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:928)

Anyone find solutions for this ?

Hey thank you for this library..

I am facing this issue at Android 6.

android.view.WindowManager$BadTokenException: Unable to add window android.view.ViewRootImpl$W@480c247 -- permission denied for this window type
07-13 19:09:23.481 15732-15732/com.spoofer W/System.err:     at android.view.ViewRootImpl.setView(ViewRootImpl.java:599)
07-13 19:09:23.481 15732-15732/com.spoofer W/System.err:     at android.view.WindowManagerGlobal.addView(WindowManagerGlobal.java:310)
07-13 19:09:23.481 15732-15732/com.spoofer W/System.err:     at android.view.WindowManagerImpl.addView(WindowManagerImpl.java:85)
07-13 19:09:23.481 15732-15732/com.spoofer W/System.err:     at com.spoofer.dp_widget.lib.StandOutWindow.show(StandOutWindow.java:1113)
07-13 19:09:23.481 15732-15732/com.spoofer W/System.err:     at com.spoofer.dp_widget.lib.StandOutWindow.onStartCommand(StandOutWindow.java:386)
07-13 19:09:23.481 15732-15732/com.spoofer W/System.err:     at android.app.ActivityThread.handleServiceArgs(ActivityThread.java:3028)
07-13 19:09:23.481 15732-15732/com.spoofer W/System.err:     at android.app.ActivityThread.access$2200(ActivityThread.java:157)

Hi How put string in activity before show float windows, like:

Bundle data = new Bundle(); data.putString("changedText", mapimg); StandOutWindow.sendData(view.getContext(), WidgetsWindow.class, StandOutWindow.DEFAULT_ID, DATA_CHANGED_TEXT, data, SimpleWindow.class, 1);

This code show Null Thanks

Hi, I added support for building the library via ant by adding a standard build.xml file Also, one of the imports of an inner class in StandoutWindow.java was not required and causing me ant compilation issues, so I removed it. Also removed some resources that dont need to be in a library project.

When i drag the folder around it flickers a lot on my HTC Desire Z (Android 2.3)

Every time the folder "hits" the screen boarders it starts flickering and sometimes it then changes into the small icon. it should be docking at the screen boarder instead i would say?

Ok when i wanted to open the app the second time i got:

06-15 11:04:29.650: E/AndroidRuntime(13895): FATAL EXCEPTION: main 06-15 11:04:29.650: E/AndroidRuntime(13895): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start service wei.mark.example.floatingfolders.FloatingFolder@405241e8 with Intent { act=SEND_DATA cmp=wei.mark.example/.floatingfolders.FloatingFolder (has extras) }: java.lang.NullPointerException 06-15 11:04:29.650: E/AndroidRuntime(13895): at android.app.ActivityThread.handleServiceArgs(ActivityThread.java:2338) 06-15 11:04:29.650: E/AndroidRuntime(13895): at android.app.ActivityThread.access$2800(ActivityThread.java:132) 06-15 11:04:29.650: E/AndroidRuntime(13895): at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1106) 06-15 11:04:29.650: E/AndroidRuntime(13895): at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99) 06-15 11:04:29.650: E/AndroidRuntime(13895): at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:143) 06-15 11:04:29.650: E/AndroidRuntime(13895): at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4196) 06-15 11:04:29.650: E/AndroidRuntime(13895): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method) 06-15 11:04:29.650: E/AndroidRuntime(13895): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:507) 06-15 11:04:29.650: E/AndroidRuntime(13895): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:839) 06-15 11:04:29.650: E/AndroidRuntime(13895): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:597) 06-15 11:04:29.650: E/AndroidRuntime(13895): at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method) 06-15 11:04:29.650: E/AndroidRuntime(13895): Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException 06-15 11:04:29.650: E/AndroidRuntime(13895): at wei.mark.example.floatingfolders.FloatingFolder.onReceiveData(FloatingFolder.java:219) 06-15 11:04:29.650: E/AndroidRuntime(13895): at wei.mark.standout.StandOutWindow.onStartCommand(StandOutWindow.java:505) 06-15 11:04:29.650: E/AndroidRuntime(13895): at android.app.ActivityThread.handleServiceArgs(ActivityThread.java:2321) 06-15 11:04:29.650: E/AndroidRuntime(13895): ... 10 more

These values don't give the right side and the bottom of the screen if flag FLAG_WINDOW_EDGE_LIMITS_ENABLE Is not set.

    public static final int RIGHT = Integer.MAX_VALUE;

1783 /** 1784 * Special value for y position that represents the bottom of the 1785 * screen. */ public static final int BOTTOM = Integer.MAX_VALUE;

When calling show and hide intents from another thread a race condition may appear causing multiple calls to window show and hide functions. It is unnecessary for those functions throw an exception, because it is obvious what should be achieved (window either shown or hidden).

The proposed patch replaces the exceptions with a debugging notice and "does the right thing".

orientation change and StandOutFlags.FLAG_WINDOW_EDGE_LIMITS_ENABLE doesnot update limits for the window.

When I start the app with portrait mode and then change to landscape it still has edge limit for portrait only, how can we update the limit when orientation is changed

Hi, Im not able to play video in full screen when window is floating/idle. The same happens when i try to play video in youtube or any other App. Please Help

Hello! Thank you for such an elegant and compact, yet powerful and well documented library. I had troubles building it with the old tools, so re-worked projects structure to work with the latest versions of Android Studio and Gradle. The test examples needed to deal with the new way of handling screen overlay permission under Android 6 and higher, which I added to the test app main activity class.

Also made some small code corrections to remove depreciated or removed calls and classes, e.g. using now NotificationCompat.Builder.

Consider merging it into your base fork, may help others quickly start with your library. I need it for my @Voice Aloud Reader app to make a floating Play/Pause button and maybe a few other buttons on a floating toolbar.

I tried to play a youtube video inside a standoutwindow using android youtube library. I don't think it's possible because youtube view needs a YouTubeBaseActivity, but StandoutWIndow is a Service, therefore YouTubePlayerView cannot be used here. Youtube player library also provides a YouTubePlayerFragment which also cannot be used because StandoutWindow cannot use fragments. I could place a WebView inside a StandOut window and play a youtube video with it. But using a webview is a bit clumsy and it works slower than youtube library.

Also, did you try to play a video from a URL inside a StandoutWIndow?