With Android Nougat, on updated Android smartphones there is a new feature called " Quick Reply " which allows you to reply to incoming messages directly from the notification. In practice, the notification itself, if touched, will show the space to respond quickly, any app you are using, without having to leave that one.
This is very convenient for those who play often, not to interrupt road navigation with Google Maps or if you are using a specific app.
The notification that allows you to reply to messages is already a function of Whatsapp, which provides an option in the settings to activate the retractable notification.
A similar notification function also has Facebook Messenger with its Chat Heads, which, however, I personally consider too invasive (and in fact or written how to disable Facebook Messenger notifications).
To be able to reply to a message directly from the notification, from apps such as Google SMS Messenger, Whatsapp, Facebook Messenger, Hangouts, Telegram, Skype, Twitter and other apps, you can install an application such as Notifly, which allows you to view the notification and reply live, without having to open the relevant message application.
Notifly displays a notification bubble for incoming messages which allows you to reply from any screen, and which works with most messaging services.
To install and try Notifly, which is free, you can download the app from the Google Play Store and then, after installation, authorize it to read the notifications by touching the relevant option on the first screen that appears.
Once Notifly is activated, all the apps that you want to manage in this way must be set up so as not to send other similar notifications, such as those of Whatsapp and Facebook Messenger, to avoid duplication.
The other notifications, those that naturally appear on the top bar, can be kept because in the Notifly options you can choose how to manage them.
You can then make them disappear if Notifly's is removed or even the other way around, make the notification go away if you remove the notification from the bar.
Once ready, you can reply to messages from any screen on your Android phone from the box that appears when you receive a new message from the enabled apps.
Just tap on the answer button to bring up the keyboard and write, all without leaving the app in use.
If you want, you can also leave the bubble on the screen to respond later, when you have time or you can drag it down to remove it without answering.
A similar, more mature and more complete app, is Floatify which works in a similar way, but which provides more customization options.
This application is very convenient for managing notifications and replying to messages quickly from the notification bar itself, not therefore with a floating notification.
This application then works with all notifications of Android and all apps, not just those of messages.
In the options you can choose which apps not to activate the quick response function, where to display the heads-up, when, for how long, with what information and with what behavior effects.
The only limitation is that the quick response options can be activated with the purchase of the Pro version.
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