

Stephen has been passionate about writing his entire life and finally turned it into a professional career in 2016. Although not as popular as it once was, he still continues to root his primary devices today using the latest version of Magisk. He would frequently install custom ROMs, kernels, and recoveries to improve his Android experience beyond what stock could provide. After that, Stephen quickly learned about unlocking the bootloader and gaining full root access - both changed his smartphone life forever. However, he didn't get his first Android device until 2009 with the original Motorola Droid. He has actively followed the Android scene since 2008 with the HTC Dream, known by most as the T-Mobile G1. Stephen previously worked as a freelance how-to guide writer for the Android rooting, modding, and custom ROM section at Gadget Hacks. As a long-time power user who knows his devices from the inside out, he uses that knowledge to tweak and customize them to better fit his specific needs. He came on board with the team in late 2021, bringing his strong technical background in computers, smartphones, and customer service with him. If patience is one of your virtues, you can also wait (and hope) for an Xposed module to pop up with similar functionality.Stephen is a freelance writer at Android Police who primarily covers how-to guides, features, and the occasional in-depth explainer across various topics. You can find the download link of the DotView Notifications app here. However, with HTC unlikely to open up the APIs for the DotView case for developers to hook into, this application is your best bet to get notifications from third-party apps on it. Sadly, the app requires root access as well as a ROM that has been deodexed with signature verification disabled, which is a bummer. It also allows them to customize the default color for the built-in notifications as well as for the Weather widget. The app allows users to select the list of applications which notifications they want to be displayed on the case.

A developer over at XDA forums has taken matters into his own hands and released an app, dubbed Venom DotView notifications, that can display notifications from all the third-party apps installed on the One M8 on the case.

While it can show your missed calls, voicemails, text messages and more, it is limited to only the HTC specific apps, which greatly limits its usefulness. The Dot View case for the HTC One M8 is among the most innovative accessories available for any Android device.
